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…
President Ranil: So far, no good
© The Morning By Sanja De Silva Jayatilleka The new President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, recently selected and appointed by 134 MPs, is the main protagonist in…
Parliamentary fantasy and ground reality
© THE ISLAND By Anura Gunasekera July 20, 2022, will go down in Sri Lanka’s history as a day of a political miracle, possible only…
The hope and fear of the Sri Lankan protest movement
© THE NEW YORKER By Isaac Chotiner NEW YORK: Last week, protesters in Colombo stormed the residence of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President of Sri Lanka,…
Sri Lanka’s crisis likely won’t be resolved soon
© COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS By Akhil Bery NEW YORK: For over one hundred days, Sri Lankans have been protesting in the streets while the…
Stable government a distant wish to most Sri Lankans: Think tank
© ASIAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL As the political and economic upheaval in Sri Lanka continues, the average Sri Lankan believes that the current situation is largely…
Sri Lanka’s crisis and the power of citizen mobilization
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE By Bhavani Fonseka Sri Lanka is facing an exceptional political and economic crisis that has sparked months-long protests across the…
Who is pouring oil on the flames in Sri Lanka?
CHINA GLOBAL TELEVISION NETWORK By Feng Guoquan BEIJING: Sri Lanka is in a dire situation. Known as the “Pearl of the Indian Ocean,” the country…
Sri Lankan crisis and regime change
EUROASIA REVIEW By Dr. S. I. Keethaponcalan Sri Lanka’s economic crisis instigated a people’s protest against the government. The stated objective was a system change….