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Sri Lanka’s economic crisis threatens its dollar-earning IT firms

Apart from a leading revenue earner, Sri Lanka's IT sector was one of the first to publicly support the wave of protests held against the Rajapaksa government [File: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters]

Colombo, Sri Lanka–There have been days when cybersecurity professional Asela Waidyalankara and his colleagues have sat in hotel lobbies to complete projects during power outages. Other days, they have run around Colombo looking for fuel for generators so they could work from home.

“We have a buddy system at the company to inform each other about fuel availability,” laughs Waidyalankara, adding that his company encourages staff to carpool if they have to attend meetings in Colombo and work from home when possible.

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