Hello and welcome to the highlights from our live coverage of match 12 of ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025, that was played between Sri Lanka and England at Colombo's R Premadasa Stadium on Saturday ...

Urgent Structural Reforms and Efficient Public Spending Key for Long-Term Growth COLOMBO, October 7, 2025—Sri Lanka’s recent economic performance has been strong. Despite this, the recovery remains ...

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, ...

Silva's knock perfectly complemented a half-century from Chamari Athapaththu and meant that, having opted to bat first in Colombo, Sri Lanka managed to post a very competitive 258 for 6. There were ...

End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do ...

Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted yet another resolution on accountability for mass atrocities committed in Sri Lanka. It was the latest in a long series of measures ...

Scientists have documented the first-ever record of an oarfish (Regalecus russellii) in Sri Lanka, a 2.6-meter (8.5-foot) specimen caught off the country’s western coast. The find expands the known ...

Colombo, October 6 (Daily Mirror) - Sri Lanka is ready to complete the selection of a marketing consultant this week to proceed with calling for bids for commercial extraction of offshore natural oil ...

Sri Lanka will field one of its strongest and largest ever contingent at junior level, with a force of 100 athletes for the 3rd Asian Youth Games, which is set to take place from October 22 to 31 in ...

Human rights in Sri Lanka remain at serious risk in the face of security force abuses committed with impunity and an economic crisis that reduced the living standards of millions. To silence dissent, ...

Colombo, Oct. 7 (Daily Mirror) - The State Debt Management Office has informed the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) that Sri Lanka has still to repay foreign loans amounting to USD 37 billion and ...

Text commentary, expert analysis, video and reaction as England beat Sri Lanka by 89 runs for their third straight win at the Women's World Cup; Nat Sciver-Brunt's side had previously routed South ...