Sri Lanka on brink of food crisis after economic meltdown
COLOMBO: A food crisis in Sri Lanka looms as the island nation faces its worst economic disaster in decades., according to a report by Deutsche…
Can Sri Lanka’s Left turn protests into political power?
© FOREIGN POLICY By Devana Senanayake The mass protests in Sri Lanka that led to the removal of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the appointment of…
World reacts to Sri Lanka’s stunning Asia Cup triumph
DUBAI: Dasun Shanaka-led Sri Lanka showed tremendous character to stun Pakistan in the final of the Asia Cup 2022 on September 11, defeating their star-studded…
Sri Lanka crowned Asian netball champions for 6th time, qualify for Netball World Cup in South Africa
SINGAPORE: Sri Lanka defeated host nation Singapore 63-53 on Sunday, 11 September to win the Asian Netball Championships 2022, the sixth time that Sri Lanka…
No fuel, no hope: Sri Lankans flee crisis in mass brain drain
COLOMBO: Shamla Yoosoof, an investment researcher from Colombo, left Sri Lanka with her 3-year-old son and a jam-packed suitcase, swapping economic chaos at home for…
Shipping giant changes course to save Sri Lanka whales
COLOMBO: Animal rights activists on Friday (Sep 9) cheered a move by a shipping giant to alter course in Sri Lankan waters to avoid collisions…
Sri Lanka: Devastating crisis for children, a ‘cautionary tale’ for South Asia
COLOMBO: Staple foods have become unaffordable, warned UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, George Laryea-Adjei who pointed out that severe malnutrition in crisis-wracked Sri Lanka was…
Authorities’ crackdown on protest rights must end: Amnesty International
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan authorities have fiercely clamped down on protests and demonized protesters during a period of economic crisis and hardship in the country,…
The many ways of helping Sri Lanka
© THE HINDU By T. Ramakrishnan Recently, Chamal, who drives a battery-operated vehicle in the Peradeniya Botanic Gardens in Kandy, told this journalist that the…
How Sri Lanka can overcome its economic crisis
© THE DIPLOMAT By Talat Rafi and Sirimal Abeyratne Winston Churchill’s famous dictum, “Never let a good crisis go to waste,” could not be more…