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    Sri Lanka Government Clamps Curfew in Colombo to Curb Protests

    People spilled on to the streets overnight, blaming the government for the economic mess and demanding the President’s resignation. The lifting of the blackout...
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    Accountability

    IMF red flags Sri Lanka’s China-backed tax free zone

    The Colombo Port City SEZ conflicts with OECD’s minimum global tax regime. As a dollarized entity, the Port City has been envisaged to be...
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    Accountability

    Sri Lanka Criminalising Same-sex Relationships, Breaching Rights, says UN women’s rights body

    Sri Lankan authorities had not taken any legal or other measures to respect and protect a rights defender’s right to a life free from...
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    Empowerment

    Four among 25 Sri Lankan university students say they have been sexually harassed, even raped, says study

    A report released Tuesday on ragging and sexual and gender based violence in Sri Lankan State universities highlights grave consequences young women face in...
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    Finance and Economy

    Murder, deaths, runaway inflation – the litany of the common Sri Lankan

    Minor scuffles, fist-fights, people dying in queues, heat strokes and cases of knife-stabbing are increasingly becoming a feature of Sri Lankan life in 2021. Three...
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    Education

    Lack of Money to Import Paper Leads to Postponement of School Examination

    The past week has seen public protests outside the presidential office and a social media campaign trending as “Gota Go Home” that calls on...
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    Finance and Economy

    Sri Lanka’s best-known tourism ambassador wants to leave as economy tanks

    Challenged to import fuel to run its power plants and with its dams running out of water reserves and not producing electricity, Sri Lanka’s...
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    Finance and Economy

    Why is India’s financial aid offer to Sri Lanka getting delayed?

    Sri Lankan finance minister Basil Rajapaksa’s visit to clinch a big-ticket loan from India has been postponed. Is this go-slow a deliberate strategy to...
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    Sri Lanka: NEXT Workers Demand Answers, Consultation Over Abrupt Factory Closure

    Anto Marcus, Secretary General of the Free Trade Zones and General Services Employees Union, confirmed that the company failed to consult workers as mandated by their collective agreement.
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    Vice President Calls for Farmer-Led Agri-Business Revolution at Goa’s ICAR-CCARI Meet

    Dhankhar urged farmers to see themselves as entrepreneurs with the potential to drive rural economies. He underscored the importance of participating in the input chain of agriculture (fertilizers, pesticides, machinery) and the output chain including storage, processing, and retail.
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    Sri Lanka: NEXT Workers Demand Answers, Consultation Over Abrupt Factory Closure

    Anto Marcus, Secretary General of the Free Trade Zones and General Services Employees Union, confirmed that the company failed to consult workers as mandated by their collective agreement.
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