Sri Lanka

  • Apr 2, 2019
  • 2 min read

Sri Lanka may reconsider plan to resume executions

Human rights groups are stepping up criticism of the president’s plan to restore the death penalty for drug traffickers

Sri Lanka
  • Mar 21, 2019
  • 2 min read

Sri Lanka refinery confusion may be due to China

Oman is denying that it has agreed to an investment deal involving an Indian group

Sri Lanka
  • Mar 7, 2019
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Sri Lanka increasingly risks alienating Tamils

The government is fostering uncertainty over post-civil war reconciliation

Sri Lanka
  • Mar 6, 2019
  • 2 min read

Sri Lanka will struggle to reconcile key budget aims

The finance minister has presented a budget for 2019

Sri Lanka
  • Feb 21, 2019
  • 7 min read

Sri Lankan Tamils’ push for reform may prompt violence

Ethnic Tamil politicians are seeking constitutional reform and restitution of rights

Sri Lanka
  • Jan 16, 2019
  • 2 min read

Sri Lanka will be stuck in economic short-termism

The country is arranging financial support to help with debt repayments

Sri Lanka
  • Dec 17, 2018
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Sri Lanka’s restored prime minister will be unstable

Ranil Wickremesinghe has been reappointed prime minister despite the president’s avowed misgivings

Sri Lanka
  • Dec 14, 2018
  • 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa will push harder for early polls

The recently appointed prime minister is under pressure, with the president’s dissolution of parliament ruled illegal

Sri Lanka