Sri Lanka's foreign minister said on Wednesday that the South Asian island nation had signed an agreement with Chinese state energy giant Sinopec to fast-track a proposed $3.7 billion oil refinery in its southern port city of Hambantota.

Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation dropped to minus 2 percent year-on-year in December after easing to minus 1.7 percent in November, official data showed on Tuesday, as the country posted a strong rebound from its worst financial crisis in decades.

The Ceylon Chamber of Coconut Industries has urged the government for permission to import 200 million coconuts with the next few months

School development officers protested on Monday in front of the Colombo Fort railway station, demanding integration into the state teachers’ service.

The prohibition of an IYSSE lecture at Peradeniya University was followed by a blanket ban on all student meetings on or off campus, which sets a dangerous precedent for all universities.

The government has procured 350 units of high-resolution cameras and fingerprint scanners for its Sri Lanka Unique Digital Identity project.

China will continue to play a "positive role" in the International Monetary Fund and maintain friendly communication with other creditors, in assisting Sri Lanka to achieve financial relief and debt sustainability,

Sri Lanka’s Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has held talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, one month after visiting India on his first overseas trip since winning election in September.

State-owned NTPC partners with Sri Lanka's Ceylon Electricity Board to establish a 50 MW solar project in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Named Trincomalee Power Company Limited, the joint venture aims to diversify the country's energy mix by reducing dependence on fossil fuels with a set tariff of 5.

China and Sri Lanka agreed on more investment and economic cooperation on Wednesday as China's President Xi Jinping met recently-elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Beijing.

Sri Lanka's foreign minister said on Wednesday that the island nation has signed an agreement with China to fast-track Sinopec's proposed $3.7 billion refinery in Hambantota. China's Sinopec and Sri Lanka will work to resolve land,

Sri Lanka’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that the South Asian island nation had signed an agreement with Chinese state energy giant Sinopec