The programme at a glance IMF Review Scorecard? Sri Lanka entered into a 48-month Extended Fund Facility in March 2023 for SDR 2.286bn (~US$3bn). The
Investor conversations about Sri Lanka in late 2025 share a consistent theme: macro indicators are stabilising, yet confidence remains cautious. The U.S. State Department’s 2025
With just days to go before the abolition of Sri Lanka’s Simplified VAT (SVAT) regime, leading export associations are warning of a severe liquidity shock
Sri Lanka’s Revenue Administration Management Information System (RAMIS), a Rs.10 billion digital tax platform launched in 2016, is underperforming and exposed to serious risk, according
Governments across the world have historically launched businesses to provide essential goods and services or to seed industries that the private sector was too small
Selling Loss-Making SOEs in Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka’s state-owned enterprise (SOE) problem is not abstract. In 2022, aggregate SOE losses were in the hundreds
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) decided to reverse its plan of replacing call centre staff with AI “voice bots” has sent ripples across the business
Sri Lanka’s Foreign Reserves | When Sri Lanka’s economy collapsed in 2022, the numbers were stark and frightening. The country’s foreign reserves, its buffer against
Introduction Sri Lanka is betting big on casinos to revive its struggling economy. With the launch of the $1.2 billion City of Dreams integrated resort
Airport Gridlock | Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake remains Sri Lanka’s most important international gateway, handling more than 98 per cent of the country’s
