Sustained adherence to the reform agenda has underpinned a robust economic recovery, price stability, substantial revenue-based fiscal consolidation, and progress in rebuilding foreign exchange ...

COLOMBO, December 15, 2025—The World Bank Group is deeply saddened by the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka. Our thoughts are with the people who have lost loved ones, homes, and ...

In a candid conversation with Newsweek in the stately bilateral meeting room at the President’s Secretariat in Colombo, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake laid out the realities his nation faces in ...

PADANG SIDEMPUAN, Indonesia — Indonesia’s president told survivors of last week’s devastating floods that help was arriving to those in need Monday as Asian governments scaled up their responses to a ...

The country’s president said the nationwide flooding after the storm hit last week was the most challenging natural disaster in the island nation’s history. A man is carried through flooded streets on ...

Numbered white cards placed alongside the bones mark how many skeletons have been found since digging began in May of this year, reviving decades-old allegations of wartime atrocities and cover-ups.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The death toll from heavy floods and mudslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka rose to ...

A New Zealand woman has spoken out after her horrifying experience while traveling went viral. Molly, who goes by molsgonewild online, left a chill down every woman’s spine over the weekend after ...

Real-time Singlish → Sinhala conversion Web UI built with Python & Flask Lightweight and easy to extend Ready for packaging into a desktop app (PyInstaller) or browser extension ├── app.py # Flask web ...

At least seven Buddhist monks, including three foreign nationals, died in a cable car accident at a Sri Lankan monastery on Wednesday, local police told CNN. The monks were among 13 people traveling ...

OPENED IN AUGUST with the stated ambition of making Sri Lanka “India’s Macau”, the City of Dreams development in downtown Colombo houses a casino, luxury hotels, high-end shops and a ...

The ex-leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was arrested amid government investigations into widespread bribery and graft. By Pamodi Waravita and Anupreeta Das A former Sri Lankan president who helped to ...