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Continuity with change in Sri Lanka’s presidential election
Sri Lanka’s presidential election is scheduled for 21 September. Ranil Wickremesinghe, whom parliament elected…
Sri Lankan Leftist Candidate Dissanayake Claims Presidential Election
Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sajith Premadasa go forward after no candidates gained 50% in first round.
The Sri…
Bankrupt Sri Lanka To Seek Debt Moratorium Until 2028
Sri Lanka's president said Wednesday he was seeking a moratorium on foreign debt repayments until 2028, following…
Most Sri Lanka ruling party MPs want to back Wickremesinghe: state minister
A large majority of the parliamentary group of the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) believe that…
Foreign power didn’t want me to quit: SL ex-president hints at India’s role
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, ousted as the president of Sri Lanka in a popular public uprising in 2022, on Thursday hinted…
Meet the founder who built and sold a $600M enterprise software startup from Sri…
Sanjiva Weerawarana is a Sri Lankan success story. He founded enterprise software firm WSO2 in 2005, got it…
IMF reviews CEB and CPC operations
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer and other officials…
‘The silent killer’ – economic consequences of an overvalued exchange rate
IntroductionIn our previous article on the value of the Sri Lankan rupee in this newspaper…
Sri Lankan health unions to strike as government talks near collapse
The Health Trade Union Alliance (HTUA), a combine of several trade unions in the Sri Lankan health sector,…
IMF team says Sri Lanka’s EFF program showing positive signs
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer says the IMF program…