The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on March 21, 2024, that it has reached a staff-level agreement with Sri Lanka regarding the next phase of financial assistance, granting access to $337 ...

The United Nations Human Rights Office said on Thursday that basic freedoms in Sri Lanka were under threat as the nation prepares to elect a new president in September. The Office of the United ...

The betrayal by CEB union bureaucracies is a lesson for all Sri Lankan workers and poses the need for independent action ...

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is known as the refugee agency of the United Nations and was established in 1951 to provide international protection to refugees ...

At the end of the IMF program, by around 2028, Sri Lanka is projected to spend over 40% of Government revenue on debt ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – An international human rights group said Monday that respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated separatist ...

Sadayan Kuweni, 31, was not allowed to perform traditional funeral rites for her father at her rented house because her landlord forbade it — one of a number of "unfair" rules marginalized people must ...

A recent survey has revealed that over 80,000 sex workers are currently active in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka’s tax policies played a driving role in the country’s devastating 2022 economic crisis and have contributed to the ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A group of United Nations human rights experts said Friday that Sri Lanka has yet to respect individual rights, with people kept in custody for excessive periods pending ...