Meet the fact-checkers decoding Sri Lanka’s meltdown

NEW YORK: In the evening of May 3, the atmosphere at Galle Face Green, an esplanade along the coastline of Sri Lanka’s capital city of…

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A Letter From Sri Lanka: Galle Storm

COLOMBO: Galle Face is Colombo’s showpiece sea front. China and India have cheek-by-jowl real estate here. The Taj Samudra is an old property, dwarfed by…

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Sri Lanka protesters defy President, rejecting a cabinet shuffle

COLOMBO: After weeks of upheaval over Sri Lanka’s economic crisis and growing resentment to his rule, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa offered the public a sacrifice, urging…

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Sri Lankan rupee is world’s worst-performing currency

HONG KONG: Sri Lanka’s rupee has plunged to a record low to become the world’s worst-performing currency, as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa struggles to contain a…

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Sri Lanka launches online seat reservation system for train travel

COLOMBO: Dilum Amunugama, Minister of Transport on 21 March launched a website and a mobile application for the first time in Sri Lanka for booking…

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