Sri Lanka’s debt-ridden government is now negotiating a fresh financial relief package from Japan amounting to between $2billion and $3.5 billion similar to Indian assistance of US$ 900 million granted to Sri Lanka recently, with the a...

As Sri Lanka is struggling to repay a US$ 500 million international sovereign bond (ISB) by the 18 January deadline whilst running short of reserves to purchase essential needs of the country, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will extend over...

Sri Lanka’s worker remittances were down 60 percent from a year earlier to 325.2 million US dollars in December 2021 with foreign exchange diverted to the unofficial market as money printing undermined the credibility of a 200 to the U...

Sri Lanka’s 2022 debt service payments are 6,919 million dollars of which 2.72 billion US dollars are owed to domestic holders Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal said, which is close to 40 percent of total payments. Sri Lanka has to pay 6,919 million US dollar...