In the conduct of negotiations for the reduction of reciprocal tariffs, the U.S. authorities have proposed some restrictive measures on trading with China, but Sri Lanka has declined to do so in ...

පසුගිය වසරවල ආර්ථික අර්බුදය, ණය නොගෙවිය හැකි තත්ත්වය, සහ මිල ඉහළ යාම නිසා ජනතාව තරමක් පරික්ෂාකාරීව මැතිවරණ පොරොන්දු බැලීම ආරම්භ කර ඇත. විශේෂයෙන් 2022 පසු ජනතාවගේ විශ්වාසය දේශපාලන පක්ෂවලට පවා අඩුවී ඇති ...

Criticising is always easy So long as the National People’s Power (NPP) was not in power, its leaders claimed moral high ground over other major political parties, especially those that have ruled the ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that, as a result of recent discussions with the United States, the previously imposed reciprocal tariff rate on Sri Lanka was successfully reduced from 44% ...

EXPANSION plans in Fiji by Sri Lankan conglomerate Aitken Spence PLC through its subsidiary company Elpitiya Plantations has ...

Interest costs declined to 80% of revenue in 2023 and to 66% in 2024, averaging 72.8%. However, this remains significantly higher than the IMF’s anticipated average of 60.3%. Interest payments were ...

United States is Sri Lanka’s largest single export destination, accounting for 23 per cent of its total merchandise exports in 2024, reports maintained adding, among the most affected sectors will ...

In late May 2025, Tokyo announced that it would welcome one lakh (100,000) skilled workers from Bangladesh over the next five years. This initiative will be formaliz ...

Currently, over 50 per cent of households are burdened by debt, struggling to meet repayments amid the rising cost of living.

“If this is the end number, Sri Lanka is in trouble because our competitors, such as Vietnam, have received lower tariffs,” Yohan Lawrence, of the Joint Apparel Associations Forum, or JAAF, ...

Colombo, July 10 (Daily Mirror) – Parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekara today accused the government of mishandling tariff negotiations with the United States, claiming Sri Lanka had failed to secure ...

The United States yesterday”s announcement of a 30% tariff on Sri Lankan imports marks a significant blow to the country’s export sector, with estimated losses projected between USD 1.2 to 1.5 billion ...