The government wants the country to exit bankruptcy by 2026, President Ranil Wickremesinghe tells Parliament. Sri Lanka’s economy is expected to grow
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Sri Lankans lament Independence Day pomp amid economic crisis | News
Armed troops parade in Colombo amid criticim over the event’s cost at a time of dire economic crisis. Sri Lankans have protested
Sri Lankan FM: Bad luck and bad policies caused economic crisis | Business and Economy
From: Talk to Al Jazeera Foreign Minister Ali Sabry discusses his country’s worst financial collapse since its independence in 1948. Last year,
India to ‘encourage greater investments’ in crisis-hit Sri Lanka | News
Sri Lanka’s worst-ever economic crisis is seeing a shortage of foreign currency, runaway inflation and a steep recession. India has told Sri
Sri Lanka to slash military by a third to cut costs | Military News
The bankrupt country says it will reduce number of army personnel to 135,000 by next year and 100,000 by 2030 as it
‘I can’t afford my medicine’: A Sri Lankan granny’s monthly costs | Poverty and Development
What’s your money worth? A series from the front line of the cost-of-living crisis, where people who have been hit hard share their
Canada sanctions ex-Sri Lanka presidents Mahinda, Gotabaya | Human Rights News
Canada has imposed sanctions on four top Sri Lankan officials, including former presidents Mahinda and Gotabaya Rajapaksa, over “gross and systematic violations
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka to hold first election since major unrest | Elections News
Local government polls will be held before the end of February, according to officials. Sri Lanka has announced its first nationwide elections
Sri Lanka’s cancer patients struggle amid economic chaos | Health
Priyantha Kumarasinghe starts his day in the small Sri Lankan town of Maharagama with a breakfast of two biscuits and a small
A flicker of hope for human rights in South Asia | Opinions
A cursory look at the human rights situation in South Asia can make one feel that the arc of the moral universe
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