Sri Lanka

From: The Listening Post
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Published On 3 Dec 2022
WHAT'S YOUR MONEY WORTH?
‘We’ll be left without a home’: A family struggles in Sri Lanka
An exorbitant rise in costs means desperate money decisions for a taxi driver and his wife as they support their family.
Published On 23 Nov 2022
Amnesty urges Sri Lanka to drop charges, free two protest leaders
Rights group also renews call for Sri Lanka to repeal Prevention of Terrorism Act under which the two are being held.
Published On 17 Nov 2022
UN warns of worsening food crisis in Sri Lanka amid economic woes
UN agencies say they raised $79m in aid, they need an additional $70m to cater to growing number of poor people.
Published On 8 Nov 2022

Danushka Gunathilaka, 31, was charged with sexual assault while in Australia to play in the T20 World Cup.

Gunathilaka has been charged for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in Sydney and has been taken into custody.

Despite earlier brutal crackdowns, protesters gathered in Colombo to express discontent at the dire economic situation.

The central bank said that inflation in the island nation is peaking, with price rises likely to ease this month.

Unelected and brutal, Ranil Wickremesinghe must go. But so must the executive presidency that keeps serving up tyrants.

The judges said Karunatilaka’s book The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida was an afterlife noir that showed ‘deep humanity’.

The island nation of 22 million people is facing its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years.

UN Human Rights Council renews mandate to collect and preserve evidence of atrocities during the decades-long civil war.

The island nation is in the grip of a dire economic crisis and has defaulted on its foreign loans.

In Sri Lanka, rice is more than a sustaining staple. It is an undeniable main character in its history and identity.

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