Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Livia Hengel is a travel journalist covering Italy, Asia and beyond. Jul 16, 2024, 06:00am EDT Jul 17, 2024, 08:27am EDT Sri Lanka ...

For centuries, Sri Lanka has been popular with foreign travelers. Around 300BC, at the time of Alexander the Great, the ancient Greeks called the island Palaesimoundu, meaning 'beyond the sea,' and ...

Thousands of protesters were refusing to budge from the official residences of Sri Lanka's president and its prime minister on Monday, having occupied both homes for days. A wave of national outrage ...

In 2020, Sri Lanka went through its worst bout of macroeconomic instability since winning independence. The COVID-19 pandemic is not the only cause of this instability; the economy has long been beset ...

As a new wave of large-scale solar energy projects take shape along the fringes of Sri Lanka’s Managed Elephant Range, or MER ...

Panelists attend the Central Asia Forum 2024 organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, together with the Geopolitical Cartographer, at the Granbell Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Aug.

COLOMBO, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will present his first budget on Monday to outline how the island nation plans to strengthen its recovery from a ...

When I reach Galaha in Sri Lanka’s central highlands, the sun is high in the sky and the streets are clouded with dust. Tuk-tuks rattle around women in red saris flecked with gold, narrowly missing ...

Kandy, Sri Lanka – On a sunny March day in the hill city of Kandy in central Sri Lanka, Keerthi Rathna waited in a serpentine queue to buy his share of petrol for his three-wheeler tuk-tuk. The ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In a candid conversation with Newsweek in the stately bilateral meeting room at the President’s Secretariat in Colombo, ...