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By Steve A. Morrell Brokers’ reports indicate record prices at high and low grown elevations for Sri Lankan tea. However, tea smallholders and tea factory owners reported decreasing crop cultivation, and worse, tea factory owners…
A poor man in India has volunteered to offer the INR 20,000 that he had obtained by begging as an aid to Sri Lankans suffering due to the current economic crisis. The man has been…
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Sri Lanka is experiencing an incredibly tumultuous period as island-wide protests continue amid an economic crisis. Economic blunders have been compounded by the pandemic, resulting in soaring inflation…
by Uditha Devapriya At more than 10 hours, the power cuts are draining Sri Lanka’s potential by the day. What’s particularly terrifying about them is that the government is imposing them in the early hours.…
Sri Lanka’s rupee has plunged to a record low to become the world’s worst-performing currency, as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa struggles to contain a worsening economic and political crisis, The Financial Times reported. “The Sri Lankan…
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will not resign under any reason and the government will face the present national crisis, Chief Government Whip Johnston Fernando informed Parliament a short while ago. Johnston said the President was elected…
The United Nations Human Rights Office is closely following developments in Sri Lanka, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Liz Throssell said. Issuing a statement, Liz Throssell said in the past few…
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday (04) told The Island that he would not quit over the current political crisis. The SLPP government still had a comfortable majority in Parliament and he would therefore continue to be the…
The armed forces of Sri Lanka would always comply with the Constitution and the Army is no exception. The Army as a professional outfit is always prepared to provide security and protection to the State…
Protests have intensified against Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his Government with several protests being held in various parts of the country today. The public has engaged in peaceful public protests in several areas…
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