Sri Lanka economy

Sri Lanka economy

People queue outside a state-run supermarket to buy essential food items in Colombo, Sept. 3 Photographer: Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP

Sri Lanka seeks new $250M swap from Bangladesh

A man walks along a beach, against the backdrop of Colombo's Financial City, Sri Lanka June 12, 2018. REUTERS/ Dinuka Liyanawatte

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka seeks further $1b credit line from India, sources say

Sri Lanka faces clear 'solvency problem': IMF Report

Sri Lanka faces clear 'solvency problem': IMF Report

Sri Lanka's Army members stand guard at a Ceylon Petroleum Corporation fuel station to help stations distribute oil during the fuel crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

6 Sri Lankans caught entering India illegally, trying to flee economic crisis

An Uber driver waits at a Ceylon Petroleum Corporation fuel station to buy fuel after his bike ran out of petrol on the road, in Colombo, Sri Lanka March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo

'Have to eat half': Sri Lankans feel pain of spiralling economic crisis

Sri Lanka's Army members stand guard at a Ceylon Petroleum Corporation fuel station to help stations distribute oil during the fuel crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka sends troops to oversee fuel distribution

File photo: Sri lanka flag/ Reuters

Sri Lanka to hire global law firm to aid debt restructuring: Official

Education authorities said exams were postponed indefinitely due to an acute paper shortage as Sri Lanka contends with its worst financial crisis since independence in 1948 [File: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters]

Sri Lanka cancels school exams over paper shortage

A protest against rising living costs, at the entrance of the president’s office in Colombo on March 15.Photographer: Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images/Bloomberg

Sri Lanka’s economy is being crushed by war in Ukraine

Vehicle owners wait in line to fill their tanks during a power outage at a Ceylon Petroleum Corporation fuel station in Nugegoda, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 24 February, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Shocks and missteps: how Sri Lanka's economy ended in crisis

Supun Deshak, 23, a salesman at an area selling Japanese spare parts for vehicles, searches for a used part for the Suzuki Wagon R car inside the store room in a suburb town of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 17 February, 2022. PHOTO" REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Shortage of Suzuki car mirrors reflects Sri Lanka's growing economic crisis

Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sudarshan Dipal Suresh Seneviratne.

Cox’s Bazar has potential to be an economic zone: Sri Lankan high commissioner

People queue outside a state-run supermarket to buy essential food items in Colombo, Sept. 3 Photographer: Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP

Sri Lanka is running out of money for imports as Delta rages