Sri Lanka

Nandalal Weerasinghe was appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka this year amid the country's worst economic crisis in decades.(REUTERS)
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka Central Bank sees inflation to cool from 70% to 4% by end 2023: Report

Sri Lanka’s inflation is expected to significantly cool in the coming months after peaking near 70% this year, and the nation may gradually relax a currency band as inflows improve, central bank...

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Bangladesh

After Bangladesh assisted Sri Lanka with $200mn, many countries made similar requests: PM

Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

PM seeks Sri Lanka's support for safe repatriation of Rohingyas

A man counts Sri Lankan rupees at a money exchange counter in Colombo September 4, 2015. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Inflation

Sri Lanka's national consumer price inflation slows to 70.6% in Oct

FILE PHOTO: Protesters shout slogans at an anti-government rally, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
Global Economy

Hundreds march in crisis-hit Sri Lanka protesting tax hikes, crackdowns

A woman holds up a photo of her missing relative during a protest in Kilinochchi, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Joseph Campbell
South Asia

Sri Lankans yearn for answers on relatives who disappeared in civil war

South Asia's first Disneyland to open in Sri Lanka's Hambantota. File Photo: Hindustan Times
World+Biz

South Asia's first Disneyland to open in Sri Lanka's Hambantota

Security personel patrol in a boat in the premises of the Parliament building, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 16, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka passes constitutional amendment trimming presidential powers

People wait in a queue to buy kerosene at a fuel station, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka consumer inflation hits record 73.7% in September

Demonstrators wait in line after entering the Presidential Secretariat premises, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 10, 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lankan lawmakers debate bill to trim presidential powers

Author Shehan Karunatilaka holds the Booker Prize during a photo call after the announcement of his victory, at the Roundhouse, in London, October 17. Photo: Collected
South Asia

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker Prize

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa presents his national statement as a part of the World Leaders' Summit at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 1, 2021. Andy Buchanan/Pool via REUTERS
South Asia

Sri Lanka top court allows proceedings against former President Rajapaksa, others

Twenty members of the 47-strong UNHRC voted in favour of the resolution on Sri Lanka. Photo: Collected
South Asia

India abstains on resolutions on Sri Lanka and Xinjiang at UNHRC