Reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on or emanating from Sri Lanka.
Over 70 delegates from 43 organizations across 17 countries gathered in Colombo from 16-18 July for the āHands Off Asiaā conference, organized…
Sri Lanka has undergone one of the sharpest and fastest episodes of austerity in history, driven by a massive retrenchment in public…
āDonāt worry, I will control the situationā, former president Ranil Wickremesinghe told reporters and supporters as he arrived at court in a…
āKatunayake FTZ workers skip travel home to vote due to high bus faresā reported a Sri Lankan news outlet on the morning…
On 17 February 2025, Sri Lankaās Anura Kumara Dissanayake delivered his maiden budget speech. Dissanayake, who is both president and finance minister,…
Social media has usurped the traditional mediaās influence in Sri Lankan politics, particularly after the Aragalaya ā and even any improvement in…
Jayadeva Uyangoda, emeritus professor of political science at the University of Colombo, spoke to Amit Baruah about the groundbreaking November 14 election…
Sri Lanka elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new president on September 21, marking the first time in the countryās history that…
Under normal circumstances, the victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Sri Lanka’s presidential election would have been called a political earthquake. But…
Sri Lankaās economic crisis has worsened due to IMF deals, causing social unrest, unemployment, poverty, and food insecurity, and posing significant challenges…
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