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On a lush plantation in Sri Lanka, Arulappan Ideijody deftly plucks the tips of each tea bush, throwing them over her shoulder into an open basket on her back. After a month of picking more than 18 kg of such tea leaves each day, she and her husband,

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's finance minister said on Wednesday the country was in talks with the World Bank to extend its support by $300 million ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka plans to replace its current "unrealistic" budget and is in talks with the World Bank to extend its support by $300 million to $700 million, the country's finance minister said on Wednesday.

COLOMBO (Reuters) - China supports crisis-hit Sri Lanka's decision to work with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to restructure its debt, Beijing...

By Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of Sri Lankan opposition parties rallied on Sunday in the commercial...

COLOMBO -All Sri Lankas creditors will be treated equally in a planned restructuring of the countrys debt, its central bank governor said on Friday, adding that he expected progress in talks with...

By Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON (Reuters) - Social unrest, political uncertainty and a complex web of creditors could scupper Sri Lanka's push for a sw...

Many schools in Colombo were shut and several train stations deserted on Thursday as teachers and train drivers joined mass walkouts demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's government quit over Sri Lanka's worst financial crisis in decades.

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) - Many schools in Colombo were shut and several train stations deserted on Thursday as teacher...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Many schools in Colombo were shut and several train stations deserted on Thursday as teachers and train drivers joined mass walkouts demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's government quit over Sri Lanka's worst financial crisis in decades.