South Asia News: Sri Lanka's leftist ruling party, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, wins local council elections but experiences a drop in voter share compared to previous national polls ...

The Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU) has two main aims. First, it reports on key developments over the past 12 months in Sri Lanka’s economy, places these in longer term and global contexts, and ...

04/04/2025 April 4, 2025. Nearly 16 years after Sri Lanka's civil war, former female fighters from the country's northern provinces still have limited opportunities.

Following independence from Britain, both India and Sri Lanka emerged as leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement, which sought to advance developing nations’ interests during the Cold War. Indeed, the ...

The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) and Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) are allocated LKR92.5 billion and LKR72.1 billion, respective increases of 12% and 4%. These funding allocations include capital expenses.

Will Young scored an unbeaten 90 and also stitched a 93-run partnership with opening partner Rachin Ravindra which helped New Zealand dismantle Sri Lanka in the first one-day international to go 1 ...

Basin Reserve, Wellington pitch report The pitch in Wellington has been challenging for batters. Although 30 ODI matches have happened on this ground, there hasn't been a single total of more than ...

Sri Lanka has an ESG Relevance Score of ‘5’ for Political Stability and Rights, as WBGI have the highest weight in Fitch’s SRM and are highly relevant to the rating and a key rating driver with a high ...

Within Sri Lanka, observers have compared this stunning outcome and the wider historical moment of which it forms a part to the watershed 1977 general election. On that occasion, the right-wing United ...

Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis since Independence has led to unimaginable political changes. Like Humpty Dumpty, the old political order has had a mighty fall and cannot be put back together.

The 25-year-old player has played 10 Test matches for Sri Lanka, where he scored 571 runs and his highest being 205 runs. His batting average in Tests has been 33.58 and he has a century to his name.

The Sri Lankan government has reinitiated its previous electronic travel authorization (ETA) visa system. Key Points: As BAL previously reported, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka issued an interim ...