Global money managers are turning to Sri Lanka’s local-currency government bonds as a catch-up trade in the country’s red hot debt market on optimism for a restructuring deal.
ADB to resume Sri Lanka project financing, back PPPs under new strategy
Manila-based Asian Development Bank will resume financing projects under its 2024-2028 country partnership strategy along with budget support loans linked to reforms, Country Director Takafumi Kadono …
Bangladesh concede clean sweep
Bangladesh suffered a 192-run defeat in the second and final Test of their two-match series against Sri Lanka at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury …
Sri Lanka sweep Test series against Bangladesh
Fast bowler Lahiru Kumara claimed four wickets for 50 runs as touring Sri Lanka swept the two-Test series against Bangladesh with a 192-run victory in the second match in Chattogram. Sri Lanka won the …
2-0 to Sri Lanka as Bangladesh suffer yet another crushing defeat in 2nd Test
The hosts were bundled out for 318 runs in their chase of a mammoth 511 runs. This was actually Bangladeesh’s highest team total in the series after failing to reach the 200-run mark in the previous …
Mathews scores half century as Sri Lanka remains in control of 2nd test against Bangladesh
Veteran Angelo Mathews scored a half-century as Sri Lanka set an improbable 511-run target for Bangladesh to win the second and final cricket test.
Angelo Mathews registers his fourth 50-plus score versus Bangladesh (Tests)
Veteran Sri Lanka batter Angelo Mathews scored a fine half-century in the third innings of the ongoing second and final Test versus Bangladesh in Chattogram. He batted well despite the continuous fall …
Tiny Sri Lankan island sparks political row in India
Katchatheevu – a strip of land spanning just about 1.9 sq km (0.7 sq miles) – is located in the Palk Strait, a stretch of ocean which divides India and Sri Lanka. It lies to the northeast to …
Nehru attached ‘no importance’, Karunanidhi said yes to giving Kachchativu to Sri Lanka
Documents from the Ministry of External Affairs in possession of News18 now reveal these facts. These documents also reveal the opinion of the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru over the Island …
World Bank raises Sri Lanka’s growth forecast to 2.2% for 2024
The World Bank raised its forecast for Sri Lanka’s economy on Tuesday, projecting a growth of 2.2% for 2024, as the crisis-hit nation makes a faster-than-expected recovery from its worst financial …