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Dimuthu Attanayake
Dimuthu Attanayake is an independent journalist and a researcher from Sri Lanka, covering business, tech, social issues, and environment. She was one of the 12 international journalists shortlisted for Thomson Foundation's Young Journalist Award in 2018. Previously, she worked as a big data researcher for LIRNEasia, and has also served as a Business Adviser for an Australian aid programme.
President Dissanayake has chosen to continue with the current IMF programme, raising concerns about its impact on economic growth and relief for the population.
While analysts welcome the increase, they caution that more women in politics alone won’t challenge patriarchal norms and achieve true gender equality.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power, which holds only three seats currently, is aiming to win a parliamentary majority.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake promises Sri Lankans that his coalition government aims to end the country’s economic and debt crisis.
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Analysts predict the race will narrow to Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Ranil Wickremesinghe and Sajith Premadasa, each offering distinct visions.
Sri Lanka’s September polls could prove to be a ‘game changer’ for its relations with its two most powerful neighbours, analysts say.
Namal Rajapaksa’s candidacy comes after his father and uncle fell from power in 2022 due to protests over Sri Lanka’s economic crisis.
New Delhi is intensifying its courtship of Sri Lanka and its prospective underwater cobalt reserves in a move with far-reaching implications.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s debt restructuring announcement seemed more like a campaign speech, analysts said.
Sri Lankan families are still waiting for their loved ones to come home, 15 years after they surrendered to government forces during the last stages of the country’s civil war.
New Delhi has never had a better opportunity to tighten its grip on its island neighbour, analysts say, amid a flurry of business deals involving Indian companies.
Many Sri Lankans have yet to benefit from a new social welfare programme and are still struggling with the IMF’s harsh austerity measures.
Sri Lanka’s 2020 decision to drop a light rail project financed by Japanese companies led to friction between the countries, amid Colombo’s pivot to China.
The free trade pact offers tariff concessions over a 15-year period, and could be a catalyst for Sri Lanka’s objective of joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s JVP has long been anti-India. But New Delhi looks ready to set that aside as the political coalition he leads hones in on crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s presidency.
Unpredictable weather patterns have left women farmers trapped in debt as floods, droughts batter their farms, straining their ability to repay loans.
The Sri Lankan government could potentially abuse the law and its ‘ultimate aim is self-censorship’, human rights groups say.
Sri Lankans are concerned their lives ‘may be threatened’ and help will not be readily available in an emergency as the country does not have a mission in Yemen.
Economists say the projects could be thrown a lifeline through a China-Sri Lanka free trade agreement and joint ventures.
To hold the president and the other officials criminally responsible, criminal cases have to be filed and proof of criminal actions are required.
Austerity measures such as tax reforms have taken a toll on Sri Lankans struggling with inflation and rising living costs.
India’s rush of energy and maritime deals with Sri Lanka are part of a strategy to boost its presence as the ‘strongest player’ in the South Asia region, analysts say.
Some experts also caution of lower barriers of entry to Sri Lanka’s power and energy markets for foreign firms, in view of the stability of the nation’s political future.
The cash-strapped South Asian nation is closing its banks from Thursday to begin a restructuring process linked to the US$2.9 billion loan it received from the IMF earlier this year.
Global economic shocks that decimated apparel demand prompted factories to lay off workers in an industry that accounted for half Sri Lanka’s export revenue in 2022.
Families, survivors urge ‘deserving punishment’ for perpetrators, as evidence suggest authorities had intelligence on potential attacks at least two weeks in advance.
Sri Lanka has been waiting since September for the IMF loan, which would give it foreign exchange funds to purchase sorely-needed goods and ease inflation.
‘The economy has collapsed, everything is unstable. If the franchise is also lost, can we still hold hope for the future?’.
Many are angry at president’s move to ‘fully’ implement a 1987 constitutional amendment which would grant more autonomy to regions.
Proposals would reduce number of approved military personnel from 200,783 to 135,000 by 2024, and further reduced to 100,000 by 2030.
