ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankans have not much impacted in the Middle Eastern (ME) region due to the Iran attack, the island nation’s Foreign Ministry said, after Israel and the U.S. jointly bombed Tehran ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankans have not much impacted in the Middle Eastern (ME) region due to the Iran attack, the island nation’s Foreign Ministry said, after Israel and the U.S. jointly bombed Tehran ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Israel has launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran on Saturday, pushing the Middle East into a renewed military confrontation and further dimming hopes for a diplomatic solution to ...

Sri Lanka’s construction sector activity spiked in January 2026, registering a value of 75.0, up from the previous month’s 67.1, on a Purchasing Managers Index compiled by the central bank.

Food inflation (Y-o-Y) decelerated to 0.2% in February 2026 from 3.3% in January 2026, while Non-Food inflation (Y-o-Y) ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s state-owned lender People’s Bank reported a historically high consolidated profit of 43.5 billion rupees for the financial year 2025 with high gross income, the Bank said in ...

– The recent US Supreme Court ruling will reduce Sri Lanka’s overall tariff from about 31% to 21.6%, with apparel seeing nearly a 10point cut. – More Sri Lankan products now qualify for tariff ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s central bank should terminate its inflationary swaps and lock in foreign reserves represented by excess liquidity instead of temporarily mopping up excess liquidity overnight ...

Fitch Ratings believes the Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s (CBSL) reintroduction of a consolidation framework for the banking sector is broadly positive for sector credit profiles.

Sri Lanka has sold 31,124 million rupees of treasury bills offered on tap at average rates of 7.63 percent, 7.92 percent and 8.24 percent, the public debt management office said, bringing the total of ...