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We left the hotels behind and stayed with a local Sri Lankan family — and it changed the way we see the country. In this ...
Sri Lanka’s estimated poverty (share of the population living on less than $3.65 a day) remains stubbornly high, affecting as ...
Sri Lanka's ruling family in fight for survival as crisis worsens. By Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe. May 12, 2022 3:38 AM UTC Updated ago Item 1 of ... At the main house, ...
There are falls from grace and then there’s what’s happening to Mahinda Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka. For the better part of the past two decades, he loomed large over the island nation’s politics ...
In 2022, Melissa Petro's family skipped holiday stress for a meaningful trip to Sri Lanka instead. The trip was a celebration after she sold a book proposal and they met up with family members there.
Sri Lanka attacks: The family networks behind the bombings. 10 May 2019. ... safe houses, an extensive network ... Sri Lanka is a war-scarred society and suffered extreme violence for decades.
House hunt in Sri Lanka: Seeking the place my father once called home. As Dakshana Bascaramurty was growing up in Canada, ... Anis, is half Sri Lankan and has family in the country's south.
As the economy crashed, she said, they lost their family business, a small takeaway restaurant that employed 15 people, and sold their house. Now they are surviving on money from selling their car ...
In 2022, Melissa Petro's family skipped holiday stress for a meaningful trip to Sri Lanka instead. The trip was a celebration after she sold a book proposal and they met up with family members there.
PERALIYA, Sri Lanka (AP) – Far from the road, where the rustle of palm trees nearly drowns out the rumbling midday traffic, a woman sits in the wreckage of what used to be her neighbor’s house ...
Political protests in Sri Lanka have intensified over recent months, with protesters’ attention focused on the ruling elite and especially former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. He and his family ...
Sri Lanka: why the Philippines offers a warning for what might come next Could the disgraced Rajapaksas return to power, like the Marcos family has in the Philippines? Rashmee Roshan Lall ...