Sri Lanka is in an unenviable position, and its policy makers face a conundrum. The country is experiencing its worst economic crisis in a century. Sri Lanka has formally defaulted; its public debt is ...

Despite Sri Lanka’s longstanding commitment to free education and its commendable literacy rates, the country’s school education system remains deeply burdened by structural inequities and regional ...

In a candid conversation with Newsweek in the stately bilateral meeting room at the President’s Secretariat in Colombo, ...

Water is crucial to Sri Lanka’s growth story, as most of the major economic sectors rely heavily on water resources. Although Sri Lanka has increased and improved access to piped water for urban and ...

Sri Lanka provides an interesting case study of the problems of energy and development. Because of the implementation of large-scale projects, notably the Mahaweli program, there is currently a ...

Global media and numerous ‘experts’ routinely assert that Sri Lanka was forced to cede a strategically important port to China after being lured into a debt trap by easy Chinese loans. This story has ...

When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Chennai today, both United States and Indian officials will be eager to emphasize the robust commercial and people-to-people ties that increasingly bind ...

It was a moment worthy of celebration for women in Sri Lanka when Bimshani Jasin Arachchi was appointed as Sri Lanka’s first female deputy inspector general of police (DIG) in October, 2020. This ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 response should prioritize the introduction of special mechanisms to address the needs of marginalized communities, women and ...

The Sri Lankan government wants to see the deep-water container terminal project at the Colombo port go ahead and has no ...

In the wake of the April 21 bombings in Sri Lanka that killed about 250 people, the government there took the unusual step of blocking Facebook and other social media. In 2018, Sri Lanka did the same ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Sri Lanka faces an uphill task to clean up countless plastic pellets that have washed up on its beaches from a cargo ship that caught fire off the ...