by Darini Rajasingham Senanayake On 4 February, Sri Lanka celebrated its 63rd birthday. After nearly three decades of armed conflict, it is now one of Southasia’s calmest and fastest-growing countries. Its social indicators, apart from the northeast zone, remain the...

The International Monetary Fund says economic conditions have shown remarkable progress with low inflation, which is expected to remain in single digits for the year, strong external balances, a high rate of remittance inflows, comfortable levels of gross reserves and rapidly improving tourism

By GABRIELLA STERN NEW YORK -- Sri Lanka's president said Wednesday that rising labor costs in China present an opportunity for his South Asian country to attract foreign companies seeking an alternative low-cost manufacturing base....

The International Monetary Fund is optimistic that Sri Lanka will be one of the World’s high fliers in terms of growth in the coming quarters. Sri Lanka’s economy advanced by 8.5 percent during the second quarter of this year based on the success recorded in several sectors of the economy

A visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission in Sri Lanka to review its programme in the country expressed satisfaction over the progress of the Sri Lankan economy. The mission said today (23) that it could make the necessary recommendation to release the next tranche of US$ 200 million

June 16, 2010: 11.00 am Siobhain McDonagh: (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab): I am grateful for the chance to highlight again the appalling treatment of Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Government....