To understand poverty in Sri Lanka requires that we take into account both the successes and the challenges that remain. It also asks that we innovate, using tools to create the in-depth analysis that ...

Muslim sources in the area said the cultural identity that eastern Sri Lankan Muslims had retained over the years had become fused with influences from other countries.

For some girls in Sri Lanka's hill country, getting a period means having to skip classes unless their families can find money for sanitary pads.When 14- year-old Janani gets her period, she doesn ...

This goes to show that “the depth of Sri Lanka’s poverty is bigger than what the official statistics claim.” At the peak of the economic crisis in 2022, with high levels of food inflation, livelihood ...

As Sri Lankans continue braving their worst economic crisis since Independence, urban poverty on the island has tripled in the last year, from 5% to 15 %, according to a recent World Bank report.

As Sri Lankans continue braving their worst economic crisis since Independence, urban poverty on the island has tripled in the last year, from 5% to 15 %, according to a recent World Bank report.Sri ...

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is driving millions of people into poverty, jeopardizing their rights to health, education, and an adequate standard of living.

South Asia News: 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 ...

Rashmira Balasuriya, director of the Arka Initiative to combat period poverty and technical advisor to Sri Lanka's Family Planning Association, said the issue had "most likely gotten worse" following ...