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

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.

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 ...