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News Sri Lanka » North Central » Economy: Slow Pace of Strategic Indian Projects: These Can Potentially be Gateways to Sri Lanka’s Economic Revival

News channel or source: https://www.southasiamonitor.org/economy-trade-and-development/slow-pace-strategic-indian-projects-these-can-potentially-be-gateways

Published on: Thursday 03 September 2026

For India, delays in its strategic projects are not merely bureaucratic setbacks but a matter of national security. Colombo’s motives remain opaque, but for New Delhi, a presence in Sri Lanka’s North ...

News Sri Lanka » North Central » Economy: Sri Lanka’s Fertility Fall May Outlast Its Economic Recovery

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2026/04/sri-lankas-fertility-fall-may-outlast-its-economic-recovery/

Published on: Thursday 16 April 2026

Sri Lanka’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is 1.3, according to the latest census. This is lower than that of non-Hispanic whites in the United States. This is a drastic drop since 2016, when the ...

News Sri Lanka » North Central » Economy: Sri Lanka braces for new economic crisis as war on Iran continues

News channel or source: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/3/27/sri-lanka-braces-for-new-economic-crisis-as-war-on-iran-continues

Published on: Thursday 26 March 2026

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 ...

News Sri Lanka » North Central » Economy: Sri Lankan economy grew 5.4% in third quarter of 2025

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/sri-lankan-economy-grew-54-third-quarter-2025-2025-12-15/

Published on: Sunday 14 December 2025

Dec 15 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's economy (LKGDP=ECI), opens new tab grew 5.4% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, official data showed on Monday, signaling a sustained recovery from the decade's ...

News Sri Lanka » North Central » Economy: Sri Lanka has space to absorb inflation shocks: Central Bank Governor

News channel or source: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/03/05/sri-lanka-has-space-to-absorb-inflation-shocks-central-bank.html

Published on: Wednesday 04 March 2026

Monday - Friday: 12:00 - 13:00 SIN/HK | 0600 - 07:00 CET P. Nandalal Weerasinghe, governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, discusses the country’s economic resilience amid Middle East tensions, ...

News Sri Lanka » North Central » Economy: How Low Taxes Drove Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis and Squandered its Education Lead

News channel or source: https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/10/14/tax-giveaways-struggling-schools/how-low-taxes-drove-sri-lankas-economic-crisis

Published on: Tuesday 14 October 2025

Susikala was working as a daily wage earner at a flower garden in Hatton, a hilly area in central Sri Lanka, when in April 2022 the government defaulted on its debt. The default sent the economy into ...

News Sri Lanka » North Central » Economy: Sri Lanka’s Luxury Property Boom Is Outrunning Its Regulations

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2026/08/sri-lankas-luxury-property-boom-is-outrunning-its-regulations/

Published on: Monday 31 August 2026

As Colombo’s luxury towers rise, the laws and institutions meant to oversee them lag far behind. Financial history shows that rarely ends well.

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