Sri Lanka, April 24 -- The Department of Census and Statistics has released the latest edition of the official poverty line chart for February 2025. According to the data, the national poverty ...

urban poverty on the island has tripled in the last year, from 5% to 15 %, according to a recent World Bank report.Sri Lanka is experiencing “its highest poverty rate since 2009 [when the civil war ...

About a quarter of cash-strapped Sri Lanka’s population was living in poverty despite the economy making a “remarkable recovery” from its worst financial meltdown, the World Bank said on ...

Many girls in Sri Lanka face period poverty. They struggle to afford sanitary pads. A survey shows many girls miss school due to this. The government is trying to help with vouchers. But ...

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka -- There was a sense of the new in Sri Lanka's parliament on Nov. 21 that went far beyond it being the day of the inaugural sitting after a general election the previous week.

The Department of Census and Statistics has released the latest edition of the official poverty line chart for February 2025. According to the data, the national poverty line—representing the minimum ...

Colombo: About a quarter of cash-strapped Sri Lanka's population was living in poverty despite the economy making a "remarkable recovery" from its worst financial meltdown, the World Bank said on ...

"I keep thinking about it, and so I can't study," said 14-year-old Girija referring to period poverty, a sentiment echoed by some of her peers. Sri Lanka's government is making an effort to ...