Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva commended the economic reform endeavors pursued by Sri Lanka during a meeting with President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) intends to divest all or majority of its equity shareholding in Litro Gas Lanka Limited (LGL) & Litro Gas Terminal Lanka (Pvt) Ltd (LGTL).

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court today held that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's decision to grant a Presidential pardon to former Parliamentarian Duminda Silva is arbitrary and not valid in law.

Sri Lanka’s Colombo port has seen a big jump in container volumes in recent weeks as vessels steering clear of tensions in the southern Red Sea have found it a convenient transit point, officials said on Tuesday.

A team of senior IMF officials overseeing Sri Lanka’s bailout programme has toured the Tamil-dominated Northern district of Jaffna for the first time under the current USD 2.9 billion agreement, officials said on Monday.

The telecom arm of Reliance Industries Jio Platforms,, has expressed interest in buying a stake in Sri Lanka Telecom PLC, the state-owned telecommunication company.

The Public Health Inspectors’ Union (PHIU) alleges that the government is attempting to revise the permissible limit of ‘Aflatoxin’ contained in food supplements given to small children.

During a special operation conducted to chase away Indian poaching trawlers from Sri Lankan waters last night (14), the Sri Lanka Navy has apprehended 10 Indian fishermen along with an Indian trawler after having spotted they were engaging in illegal fishing in Sri Lankan waters north of Point Pedro, Jaffna.

The Central Bank is to introduce a digital currency for Sri Lanka by the end of this year, its official told a top committee in Parliament yesterday.