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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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    Accountability

    Inflation Will Be SouthAsia’s Sore Point in FY 2022, says World Bank Global Economic Prospects Report

    In the face of global stagflation, growth in SouthAsia is forecast to slow down to 6.8 and 5.8 per cent in 2022 and 2023,...
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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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    Accountability

    General Strike In Sri Lanka Today Demanding President Rajapaksa to Step Down

    A general strike, or hartal is underway across Sri Lanka since this morning. Shops have not opened since the morning and black flags have...
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    Accountability

    In Sri Lanka, Things Fall Apart

    Although the protesters are now demanding that the whole Rajapaksa family pack their bags and quit, the main target quite rightly is President Gotabaya....
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    Accountability

    Sri Lanka, China Discussing Debt Treatment, Says Minister

    Chinese loans to Sri Lanka account for about 10 per cent of the country’s total debts and China could even provide fresh loans for...
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