Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka unveils $410 million subsidy to offset energy costs

Those living below the poverty line will get an additional $32 in April to celebrate the traditional Sinhala and Tamil New Year festivals.

Sri Lanka raises cooking gas prices by 23%

Colombo has warned that a prolonged war in the Middle East could seriously undermine efforts to emerge from its economic meltdown of 2022.

Sri Lanka struggles to avert economic collapse over Middle East war

The Colombo Municipal Council building is pictured after lights out in Colombo on April 2, 2026 as authorities order measures to save electricity amid an energy shortage.

Sri Lanka jails man for hoarding four litres of fuel

Fuel prices across Sri Lanka have risen by a third since the United States and Israel began bombing Iran, triggering retaliatory attacks that disrupted global supplies.

Iran seeks repatriation of sailors in Sri Lanka

FILE PHOTO: A Sri Lanka Navy vessel approaches an Iranian Navy vessel IRIS Bushehr (422) during a rescue operation, a day after the crew of a distressed Iranian military ship, IRIS Dena, were assisted in waters south of Sri Lanka, off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 5, 2026. Sri Lanka Navy/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo REFILE - ADDING THE NAME OF THE IRANIAN VESSEL

Sri Lanka raises fuel prices by 25% as Iran war bites

The president ordered a four-day working week from on March 11 and asked employers to reintroduce work-from-home arrangements where possible..

A public holiday every week? Sri Lankans bemoan enforced day off amid fuel shortages from Iran war

A vendor sitting in his shop at a railway station, after the Sri Lankan government declared a weekly Wednesday holiday for public officials to conserve fuel.

Sri Lanka declined ground access to two US combat aircraft, president says

FILE PHOTO: Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 24, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

Sri Lanka refused ground access to US warplanes: President

Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (front, right) said the request was made to maintain Colombo's neutrality.

Sri Lanka asks electric vehicle owners to unplug at night

Electric cars were adding an extra 300 megawatts of demand at night, straining the grid, said the Sri Lankan President.

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