“We only buy essentials now,” Janalaxan said. “For the next five years, Sri Lanka will be going down.” At a time of rising global debt distress, Sri Lanka has become an extreme example of ...

The state runs two TV stations, radio networks and newspapers in Sinhala, Tamil and English. At the height of the civil war Sri Lanka was one of the world's most dangerous places for journalists.

The International Monetary Fund is lending Sri Lanka $3bn (£2.4bn) to help it deal with its worst economic crisis in its history as an independent nation. Soaring prices, shortages of essential ...

In Sri Lanka, defiant protestors have continued their occupation of the presidential palace as opposition politicians met to discuss forming a new government. In the face of overwhelming public ...

His observations echo decades later in Sri Lanka where print publishers are reliving a paper crisis, aggravated by the national economic bankruptcy. Once again, in paper producing and consuming ...