IMF staff and the Sri Lankan authorities have reached staff-level agreement on economic policies to conclude the third review of Sri Lanka s economic reform program supported by the IMF s Extended Fund Facility (EFF). MORE..
23 Nov 2024 (12:59 PM)
Two Australian teenagers and a British woman died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. An American man and two Danes also died, though their exact causes of death have not been released. MORE..
23 Nov 2024 (11:32 AM)
Sri Lankan banks operating environment (OE) assessment and overall credit profiles will be supported by any improvement in the sovereign s credit profile (Long-Term Foreign-Currency IDR- RD, Long-Term Local-Currency IDR- CCC-) following a completed debt restructuring, says Fitch Ratings. MORE..
22 Nov 2024 (2:06 PM)
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism, Vijitha Herath, has announced that it has been decided to conduct the Local Government Elections at the beginning of next year. MORE..
23 Nov 2024 (1:51 PM)
SriLankan Airlines has been honored with the highly coveted 2025 APEX Best Entertainment Award for the Central'Southern Asia region. MORE..
22 Nov 2024 (11:13 PM)
The Meteorology Department says showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Northern, North-central and Eastern provinces. MORE..
23 Nov 2024 (9:45 AM)