COLOMBO –  Sri Lanka intends to complete its current International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme when the four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) expires in March 2027 and does not currently plan to seek a successor programme linked to debt restructuring, Minister Bimal Rathnayake has said. Rathnayake said the government would end the present IMF arrangement but would continue normal engagement with ...

When Those in Power Say, “I Don’t Remember” There are few phrases more powerful in a courtroom than “I don’t remember.” For an ordinary witness, it may simply reflect the limitations of human memory. But when the witness is a former Defence Secretary being questioned about disappearances, abductions and the conduct of security institutions, the phrase takes on a much ...

There are many ways to spend a Thursday morning. You can have breakfast, you can go for a walk. You can attend a political rally and explain how everyone else is corrupt. Or, if you are Namal Rajapaksa, you can finally answer a summons from the bribery commission and discover that the phrase “come in for questioning” can have a ...

Former First Lady leaves Sri Lanka days before reported FCID appearance as questions resurface over Siriliya Saviya account, CT scanner funds, luxury buses and other investigations Former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa’s departure for Singapore has brought renewed attention to a series of financial and criminal investigations that have surrounded her for more than a decade. Rajapaksa left Bandaranaike International Airport ...