COLOMBO -- For nearly three years, Irfan Abdul had been saving up to upgrade his three-wheel taxi to a four-wheeler. When Sri ...

With up to 300% import duties applied to passenger cars pre-pandemic, Sri Lanka has missed out on significant tax revenues since the ban was introduced. Lifting the ban would help the government ...

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) today questioned the government on the criteria used as the basis for lifting the ban on the import ...

The Sri Lankan government this week confirmed it will lift its ban on vehicle imports into the country this year, as it looks to increase its import tax revenues and improve public finances.

COLOMBO: Deshabandu Tennakoon, theoretically still the island nation's police chief, is being treated as a fugitive and his ...

Sri Lanka is banking on vehicle import taxes to ... President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said the ban’s end would bolster state revenue to meet the tax target of 15 per cent of gross domestic ...

Saman Indrajith Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara told Parliament on Saturday that the government would expeditiously ...

Sri Lanka’s leftist president received a boost from Washington on Friday, with the International Monetary Fund greenlighting ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka--Sri Lanka’s government said Tuesday it would take time to consider a proposed ban on the wearing of burqas, which a top security official called a sign of religious extremism.

The 2025 budget – the first under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake – reveals a delicate balancing act between adhering to ...