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    Finance and Economy

    Sri Lankan Beggar’s Opera

    It is the need for clean government that causes concerns with President Rajapaksa reneging on promises he made to introduce constitutional amendments that will...
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    Accountability

    Sri Lanka’s Struggle to Bring Down The Rajapaksas

    The complete ouster of Rajapaksa rule will not transform Sri Lanka unless the country embraces the rule of law and pluralism. The current intercommunal...
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    Accountability

    Should Sri Lanka Join the Ranks of the “Poorest of the World’s Poor”?

    Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange reserves have hit a low of US$1.9 billion, equivalent to funds that could finance less than one month’s imports while...
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    Accountability

    Spelling Out: What Is The Sri Lanka Crisis All About?

    The economic crisis was exacerbated by the loss of livelihoods, particularly by urban and rural daily wage earners, who consequently faced food insecurity due...
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    Accountability

    UN, Red Cross Appeal for Aid for Sri Lanka

    The UN and non-governmental agencies launched a US$ 47.2 million humanitarian needs and priorities plan “to provide life-saving assistance to 1.7 million people worst-hit...
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    Civil society

    Human Rights Must Be At Heart Of Solution To Sri Lanka Crisis

    The severe economic crisis in Sri Lanka shows no signs of ending any time soon, with the country’s newly installed Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe,...
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    Children

    Spare A Thought For Sri Lanka’s Forever Marginalised Communities

    Let us remind ourselves of the promise we have made to our future generations – all so clearly embodied in the Sustainable Development Goals....
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    Accountability

    Red Cross Fund Document Takes Note of Civil Unrest in Sri Lanka

    The Red Cross aid document has called this a fund for civil unrest – though the grant document alludes to the unrest being a...
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