Economy

The Staff-level agreement with reform conditions was signed in Colombo on September 1

Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a preliminary agreement on an emergency loan to the crisis-hit...

The World Food Programme (WFP) says 6.3 million people or three in 10 Sri Lankans today are facing food insecurity.

It also provides a buffer to the poor who are bearing the brunt of the current unprecedented economic crisis. 

The IMF required the country to first arrange additional funds to cover the rest of its external funding shortfall for...

Sri Lanka’s 2023 budget would aim to reduce the fiscal deficit to 6.8 per cent in 2023 from the projected...

The import of over 300 items has been temporarily suspended with effect from today (August 23) under the Import and...

Sri Lanka ranks fifth, only behind Lebanon, Zimbabwe, Venezuela and Türkiye, with the highest food price inflation in the world,...

New data published by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the global industry group for exchanges and central clearing counterparties,...

The International Monetary Fund said it will need "adequate assurances" from Sri Lanka's creditors for a new program as it...