Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) is turning to digital storytelling in a bid to position itself as a year-round ...

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Faced with widespread food, fuel, and medicine shortages, commentators were quick to judge the country as a failing state.

Almost all forest fire in Sri Lanka is human-caused; the two main forest fire seasons are February to March and July to ...

In 2021, the Sri Lankan Army became the unlikely vanguard of a supposed green revolution, resulting in a radical redefinition ...

Debt-for-nature swaps could be Sri Lanka’s first opportunity to raise funds after restructuring its debt, the country’s central bank Governor P. Nandalal Weerasinghe said.

An interview with a former President that led to public calls for a probe into the Batalanda Commission Report has finally ...

With a single tusk that made him stand out, the majestic bull elephant Unicorn was a true king among the wild herds of ...

Keep Going for a Full Recovery, Op-ed by IMF’s Peter Breuer and Martha Tesfaye Woldemichael, Originally published on The Morning, The Daily Mirror, and Ceylon Today ...

Sri Lanka is attempting to sustain economic growth while maintaining macroeconomic stability under the IMF program it began in 2016. The government's high debt payments and bloated civil service ...