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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has lifted import restrictions on nearly 300 items with immediate effect, the finance ministry announced on Saturday, in a clear sign that the island nation is slowly but surely emerging from its worst economic crisis in…

COLOMBO: Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was ousted from power last year over his government's mishandling of the cash-strapped country's economy, has returned from Dubai, his first foreign trip since returning to Sri Lanka four…

The Island nation has been grappling with an unprecedented economic turmoil since its independence from Britain in 1948. The Island nation has been grappling with an unprecedented economic turmoil since its independence from Britain in…

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Monday he was quitting to help form an interim, unity government. "Multiple stakeholders have indicated the best solution to the present crisis is the formation of an interim all-party…