• Sri Lanka dusts off the begging bowl

    Sri Lanka is going on bended knees to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - an institution it chased away two years ago - for a bailout package worth US$1.9 billion as the country's authorities scrape the barrel for foreign exchange.
  • Sri Lanka’s clampdown on International NGOs
    Accusing international non-government organisations of disseminating ‘wrong’ information to media on the civil war with LTTE and rights issues, the government has moved to tighten the visa regime for foreign workers in entering the country.
  • Clampdown on international NGOs
    Accusing INGOs of disseminating ‘wrong’ information to media on the civil war with Tamil Tigers and rights issues, the government has moved to tighten the visa regime for foreign workers in Sri Lanka.
  • Business as usual in Sri Lanka - despite rights record
    Is Sri Lanka's bloody ethnic conflict and dismal human rights record an issue for international corporations and multinationals doing business in the country?
  • Tamils traumatized by war - study
    While residents in Colombo and areas outside the conflict zones often grumble about the cost of living, opportunist politicians and the lack of accountability by state institutions, their counterparts in war-torn Jaffna are a community virtually on the run.
     
    Every family has a bag packed with all the essentials, ready to flee at a moment's notice, a new research study has revealed.
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