Sri Lanka
People’s movements and the Bandung Spirit: A view from Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s participation in the Bandung Conference reveals that in many countries, it was the movements and organized left that pushed for South-South integration, in defiance of US imperialism

Sri Lanka’s defense agreement with India and the prospects for peace in the Indian Ocean

The evolution of Sri Lanka and India’s defense relations hearken back to Sirimavo Bandaranaike’s 1964 proposal for an Indian Ocean “zone of peace” to their recent defense cooperation.

Trump’s tariffs could intensify Sri Lanka’s debt crisis

Trump slapped a 44% tariff on Sri Lankan goods, as the country struggles to dig its way out of debt-fueled economic crisis

Sri Lanka’s new government struggles to increase public investment amid IMF constraints

The maiden budget by Sri Lanka’s new government reflects the challenges that Global South countries face of overcoming IMF debt.

Sri Lanka and China announce enhanced economic and political cooperation

The president of Sri Lanka promised greater coordination with China within a multilateral, Global South framework.

Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power sweeps general election

The NPP will have to tap into the insurgent multipolar movement in the Global South in order to build a united front against debt and imperialism

Left-wing alliance wins two-thirds majority in the Sri Lankan parliament

With the parliamentary victory, the leftist president Anura Kumara Dissanayake is better placed to implement his agenda of economic and political reforms in the crisis-hit country

The left wins presidential election in Sri Lanka

Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the left-wing National People’s Power alliance won a historic victory in Sri Lanka’s presidential elections.

Sri Lanka goes to its first presidential polls since 2022 economic crisis

Left candidate and the leader of the National People’s Power Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads the opinion polls in the elections dominated by the economic issues faced by the common Sri Lankans since 2022 crisis.

Rising incidents of custodial death trigger demonstration in Sri Lanka

A teenager’s custodial death has prompted demonstrations in the northern Sri Lanka’s Kokuvil, protesters are accusing police of torture and harassment

One year after mass uprising, Sri Lanka’s political and economic crisis festers

Ahilan Kadirgamar, Senior Lecturer at the University of Jaffna, talks about the political and economic crisis in Sri Lanka, one year after the uprising that overthrew President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. He explains how the Ranil Wickremesinghe regime has combined repression with anti-people economic policies

Sri Lanka food insecurity (2)
One-third of school students in Sri Lanka go without an adequate breakfast

Sri Lanka has been grappling with an acute economic crisis since last year. This has aggravated the problem of food insecurity in the country