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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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