Sri Lanka, June 19 -- Sri Lanka's economy has expanded for 11 consecutive quarters since the second quarter of 2023, marking a sustained recovery from the unprecedented economic crisis of 2022, according to a senior Central Bank official.

Janaka Edirisinghe, Deputy Director of the Economic Research Department of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), said maintaining continuous growth over such a prolonged period despite multiple challenges was the outcome of pursuing a sustainable economic policy and steering the country in the right direction.

He noted that the economy contracted by 10.6 percent and 2.2 percent in the first and second quarters of 2023 respectively, before returning to positive territory with growth of 2.0 percent in th...