Sri Lanka
People repair a collapsed bridge affected by Cyclone Ditwah in Badulla District, Sri Lanka, Dec. 13, 2025.
Economists call for the suspension of Sri Lanka’s debt after devastating Cyclone Ditwah

Sri Lanka is expected to pay over 25% of its total revenue in debt servicing every year at a time when Ditwah, as per early estimates, caused damages worth 7 billion USD or around 7% of the country’s GDP.

N. M. Perera
The 90th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s socialist movement

Despite numerous splits, the socialist movement embedded itself in Sri Lankan society and made a lasting impact on the polity.

Impact of Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka
Causes and consequences of Sri Lanka’s “most challenging” natural disaster

Cyclone Ditwah has caused devastating consequences for the island nation and brought to the fore new challenges to the debt-burdened country

Garment workers in Sri Lanka
Sitting targets: negligence and occupational risk in Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan writer Shiran Illanperuma takes an intimate look at labor conditions in the island nation, from factories to plantations

Colombo Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s 2021-2024 austerity is one of the most severe in history

A recent World Bank reports examines Sri Lanka’s austerity policies following the 2022 external debt default

Ranil Wickremesinghe arrest
What the arrest of a former president means for Sri Lanka

Former Sri Lankan President and “avatar of neoliberalism” Ranil Wickremesinghe is being charged with misuse of public funds

Can Global South investments develop Sri Lanka?

The substitution of southern capital over northern capital alone may not resolve questions of viability, sustainability, or sovereignty.

Workers in South Asia celebrated May Day with a resolve to change the world

Labor unions organized rallies in all major cities in the region raising major issues facing the working classes and extending solidarity to the anti-imperialist movements across the globe.

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.