The visit comes as the IMF said it would be giving Sri Lanka $200 million to help fund recovery. The IMF has held up its fifth review of the $2.9 billion bail out until next month. The sixth tranche ...

Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said an IMF team will visit Colombo later this month for the fifth review of the ...

Clouds over the skyline of the city of Visakhapatnam before Cyclone Montha makes landfall near Kakinada district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis ...

IMF to assess economic damage in Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah. Discussions on recovery efforts and financial assistance.

Veteran environmental activist Hemantha Withanage of Sri Lankan NGO the Center for Environmental Justice has been a regular ...

The program, known as "Rebuilding Sri Lanka," has been introduced as an urgent national recovery mechanism to address rehabilitation and restoration needs arising from the devastation caused by ...

Cyclone Ditwah, which struck Sri Lanka last month, caused an estimated $4.1 billion in direct physical damage to buildings, agriculture and critical infrastructure, according to a World Bank report ...

The Berkeley River Lodge rebuild after damage wrought by Cyclone Fina is tracking ahead of schedule with the resort ready to ...

HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) -A severe cyclone that battered India's eastern coast this week caused damage estimated at nearly 53 billion rupees ($603 million), as ‌farms, roads and buildings were ...

Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said a fact-finding mission will visit Sri Lanka from January 22 to 28 to ...

All these were promising signs for a better future until the country was hit by an unexpected natural disaster in the form of ...