https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APTSc6RJrOw/asantha-sirimanne RSS for Node Fri, 08 May 2026 09:26:54 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/sri-lanka-probes-2-5-million-hack-of-finance-ministry-funds https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/sri-lanka-probes-2-5-million-hack-of-finance-ministry-funds Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:45:23 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-03-13/deadly-us-strike-on-iranian-warship-puts-india-s-modi-under-pressure https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-03-13/deadly-us-strike-on-iranian-warship-puts-india-s-modi-under-pressure Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:00:04 GMT In an image released by the US Department of Defense on March 4, the Iranian warship IRIS Dena is sunk by a US torpedo off the coast of Sri Lanka. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-04/iranian-warship-sinks-off-coast-of-sri-lanka-30-rescued https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-04/iranian-warship-sinks-off-coast-of-sri-lanka-30-rescued Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:51:30 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-25/sri-lanka-to-let-exporters-buy-dollar-bonds-to-diversify-funding https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-25/sri-lanka-to-let-exporters-buy-dollar-bonds-to-diversify-funding Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:45:06 GMT The Sri Lankan rupee fell over 44% against the dollar in 2022 amid an unprecedented economic crisis. Photographer: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-07/colombo-bourse-halts-trading-on-unusual-prices-in-debutant-stock https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-07/colombo-bourse-halts-trading-on-unusual-prices-in-debutant-stock Wed, 07 Jan 2026 05:02:56 GMT The Colombo Stock Exchange. Photographer: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-09/sri-lanka-set-to-secure-yuan-loan-equivalent-to-500-million https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-09/sri-lanka-set-to-secure-yuan-loan-equivalent-to-500-million Tue, 09 Sep 2025 07:35:47 GMT The construction of Sri Lanka’s Central Expressway is expected to recommence later this month. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-26/sri-lanka-ex-president-gets-bail-after-arrest-on-misuse-of-funds https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-26/sri-lanka-ex-president-gets-bail-after-arrest-on-misuse-of-funds Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:09:23 GMT Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe is escorted to his seat in a prison bus in Colombo on Aug. 22. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-22/sri-lanka-ex-president-arrested-on-alleged-fund-misuse-afp-says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-22/sri-lanka-ex-president-arrested-on-alleged-fund-misuse-afp-says Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:03:08 GMT Ranil Wickremesinghe https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/sri-lanka-to-continue-talks-as-us-tariff-cut-seen-a-good-start https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/sri-lanka-to-continue-talks-as-us-tariff-cut-seen-a-good-start Thu, 10 Jul 2025 07:20:56 GMT Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) seen from the Galle Face promenade in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. Backed by several hundred million dollars of American funding, a unit of India’s Adani Group conglomerate and two local partners are undertaking a massive expansion of the Colombo’s main port, the busiest in South Asia. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/sri-lanka-has-space-to-ease-policy-further-weerasinghe-says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/sri-lanka-has-space-to-ease-policy-further-weerasinghe-says Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:59:07 GMT Nandalal Weerasinghe https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/sri-lanka-s-president-seeks-reform-mandate-from-local-elections https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/sri-lanka-s-president-seeks-reform-mandate-from-local-elections Tue, 06 May 2025 01:00:00 GMT Anura Kumara Dissanayake Photographer: Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-02/sri-lanka-firm-aims-to-sell-nation-s-first-sukuk-in-coming-weeks https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-02/sri-lanka-firm-aims-to-sell-nation-s-first-sukuk-in-coming-weeks Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:14:45 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-17/sri-lanka-budget-seeks-to-balance-poll-pledges-with-imf-demands https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-17/sri-lanka-budget-seeks-to-balance-poll-pledges-with-imf-demands Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:30:00 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-24/sri-lanka-revokes-power-purchase-pact-with-adani-group-afp-says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-24/sri-lanka-revokes-power-purchase-pact-with-adani-group-afp-says Fri, 24 Jan 2025 08:48:44 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-03/work-continuing-on-adani-backed-sri-lanka-port-says-official https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-03/work-continuing-on-adani-backed-sri-lanka-port-says-official Tue, 03 Dec 2024 08:41:30 GMT Workers at the Colombo West International Terminal construction site in September. Photographer: Thilina Kaluthotage/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-14/sri-lanka-president-s-bloc-takes-early-lead-in-parliament-polls https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-14/sri-lanka-president-s-bloc-takes-early-lead-in-parliament-polls Thu, 14 Nov 2024 23:34:23 GMT TOPSHOT - Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake shows his inked finger as he leaves a polling station after casting his ballot to vote in Sri Lanka's parliamentary election in Colombo on November 14, 2024. Sri Lankans were voting in snap parliamentary elections on November 14, with new leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party expected to secure a mandate to drive through economic reforms. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-24/sri-lanka-beefs-up-security-as-us-israel-warn-of-tourist-attack https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-24/sri-lanka-beefs-up-security-as-us-israel-warn-of-tourist-attack Thu, 24 Oct 2024 07:34:53 GMT Visitors at a beach in Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-08/sri-lanka-s-new-government-pledges-review-of-adani-wind-project https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-08/sri-lanka-s-new-government-pledges-review-of-adani-wind-project Tue, 08 Oct 2024 09:17:20 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-25/sri-lanka-president-plans-to-start-imf-talks-focus-on-stability https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-25/sri-lanka-president-plans-to-start-imf-talks-focus-on-stability Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:21:49 GMT Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's president-elect, center, departs from the Sri Lankan Election Commission after announcement of the presidential election results in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. Sri Lanka's leftist candidate won a tightly contested presidential election, with voters sweeping out the incumbent for the economic pain they've endured in the two years since the country was plunged into crisis. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-22/sri-lanka-leftist-wins-presidency-after-vowing-to-rejig-imf-deal https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-22/sri-lanka-leftist-wins-presidency-after-vowing-to-rejig-imf-deal Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:18:03 GMT