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Spotlight
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…
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US announces $40 million agricultural aid to Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: The United States has announced $40 million in aid to buy fertilizer and other key agricultural inputs in time…
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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…
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Asia
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,…
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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…
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Sri Lanka and IMF reach staff-level pact for US $ 2.9bn under Extended Fund Facility
COLOMBO: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Peter Breuer and Mr. Masahiro Nozaki visited Colombo from August…
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British Instagrammer files writ petition against Sri Lankan government’s move to deport her
COLOMBO: Scottish woman Kayleigh Fraser has filed a writ petition at the Court of Appeal against the decision taken by…
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AKD leads survey on leaders who can be trusted to resolve Sri Lanka’s economic crisis
COLOMBO: A public survey by the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) shows Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake…
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13 human rights and civil society organisations call on Sri Lanka to end violent crackdown on peaceful protesters
NEW YORK: Thirteen human rights and civil society organisations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of…
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Sri Lanka targets organisers of protests that toppled president
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government is cracking down on the people who participated in a protest movement that toppled the…
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