Over the past eight years, Sri Lanka has been hit by a series of severe crises that have tested the country’s resilience.

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 309.95/310.05 to the US dollar in the spot market Monday, weaker from 309.75/85 Friday, dealers ...

Sri Lanka tourist arrivals rose a marginal 4.2 percent to 258,928 in December 2025, amidst the widespread destruction in the ...

Markets and institutions often force adjustments only when political entities are unwilling to do so voluntarily.

Cyclone Ditwah has devastated critical infrastructure and disrupted key sectors, threatening Sri Lanka's already fragile economic recovery. Cyclone Ditwah has emerged as one of Sri Lanka's worst ...

SRI LANKA has witnessed the dramatic failures of several well-intentioned policy decisions in the recent past, creating ...

Sri Lanka's newly appointed commissioner general of essential services, Prabath Chandrakeerthi, said the economic loss from Ditwah was estimated to be around $6 billion to $7 billion (E5.1 billion to ...

Photo courtesy of Spencer Manuelpillai Deforestation and the human-animal conflict have become dangerously intertwined as ...

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Cyclone Ditwah has brought Sri Lanka’s disaster preparedness under serious scrutiny and resulted in blistering attacks on the ...

However, this changed since 2009. The government spends recovery funds throughout the nation. No discrimination is seen between the most nationally valuable community and other communities. However, ...