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President vows to get economy back on track through ‘prudent fiscal management and ambitious reform agenda’The International Monetary Fund has approved Sri Lanka’s request for a $2.9bn bailout, raising hopes for an easing of its economic crisis.The IMF…
Read MoreThe families of sick children have been pushed into poverty to access the country’s severely limited care services. Now a refuge is about to open its doorsDespite a combined economic crisis and drug shortage, Sri Lanka is poised to open its first child…
Read MoreSupreme court finds top government, police and intelligence officials were responsible for ‘failing to prevent’ bombingsThe supreme court in Sri Lanka has ordered the former president Maithripala Sirisena to pay millions in compensation to the victims …
Read MoreExclusive: 182 experts say only debt cancellation offers chance of recovery but private investors are playing hardballSome of the world’s most powerful hedge funds and other investors are holding up vital help for crisis-hit Sri Lanka by their hardline…
Read MoreThe nation has been rattled by economic crisis, political upheaval and corruption, but many believe the dessert-making custom could spark joy in these bleak timesAs a child in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Oryan Cumaraiah-Misso remembers excitedly readying himse…
Read MoreThe secret to a healthier diet has been around for centuries: a return to unprocessed grain in its natural state. And in Asia, the health benefits could be hugeA plan to develop a new breed of iron-rich rice that could ward off disease was swiftly aban…
Read MoreParticulate matter, which is hazardous to lungs, has been pulled in from India by Cyclone MandousIn Sri Lanka, schools were forced to close on Friday last week owing to high levels of pollution pulled in from India via Cyclone Mandous. The cyclone was …
Read MoreWith Sri Lanka’s Shehan Karunatilaka and India’s Geetanjali Shree taking home two of publishing’s biggest prizes, what next for one of the world’s most overlooked literary regions? Why isn’t more south Asian fiction published outside the subcontinent?…
Read MoreChild malnutrition is soaring as inflation hits 94.9%, and many are missing school because parents do not have the cash to send themOver the past few months, at a state school in the centre of Colombo, Sri Lanka, it has become common for children to f…
Read MoreDiwali, one of the most popular Hindu festivals, is celebrated by devotees all over the world. Also known as the festival of lights, it symbolises the victory of good over evil and commemorates Lord Ram’s return to the Ayodhya kingdom after a 14-year e…
Read MoreUK government lawyers tell asylum seekers they can return to Sri Lanka or be removed to undisclosed countryTamil refugees seeking asylum from the British-claimed Chagos Islands face being forcibly removed to a third country under Rwanda-style plans dra…
Read MoreJudges described the Sri Lankan author’s second novel as a ‘rollercoaster journey through life and death’ and praised its audacity and ambitionThe Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka has won the Booker prize for fictio…
Read MoreMoD personnel escorted refugees away from Diego Garcia in boat with no record of having radio or lifesaving equipment, lawyers sayLawyers have accused the UK of facilitating dangerous onward boat journeys by Tamil refugees who had arrived at the Britis…
Read MoreMayooran Thangaratnam fled Sri Lanka for the UK in 2003 after brutal murder of his father but was repeatedly refused asylum A refugee who was wrongly recorded as being a child murderer by the Home Office says delays in his case have led to him wasting …
Read MoreRights groups say Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled in July amid protests, should be brought to justice on a number of chargesThe deposed Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is facing calls for his arrest after returning home from self-imposed exile und…
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