The Latest Breaking News from Colombo

Half of Sri Lanka families reducing children food intake: Charity

Government and global community must act to prevent children from ‘becoming a lost generation’, warns Save the Children.

Al Jazeera · Mar 2, 2023

‘A place of healing’: comfort for young cancer patients amid Sri Lanka’s economic crisis

The families of sick children have been pushed into poverty to access the country’s severely limited care services. Now a refuge is about to open its doors

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023

Sri Lanka’s Chinese-built port city stirs white elephant fears

Sri Lankans are questioning the feasibility of Port City Colombo as their country faces its worst economic crisis.

Al Jazeera · Feb 17, 2023

Trysts With Sri Lanka’s Ghosts

In the Booker Prize-winning “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,” the past haunts a country racked by unresolved death.

Foreign Policy · Jan 7, 2023

India makes inroads into Sri Lanka under China's long shadow

When Sri Lanka slid into its worst economic crisis in seven decades leading to deadly riots and alarming shortages of fuel, food and medicines earlier this year, its giant northern neighbour stepped into the breach.

Reuters · Dec 27, 2022

Sri Lanka's cancer patients struggle amid economic chaos

Priyantha Kumarasinghe starts his day in the small Sri Lankan town of Maharagama with a breakfast of two biscuits and a small glass of tea, followed by a round of cancer medicines.

Reuters · Dec 22, 2022

Indian boxer Urvashi Singh wins two WBC titles in Colombo

NEW DELHI: Indian boxer Urvashi Singh beat Thailand's national champion Thanchanok Phanan in a 10-round contest to claim the WBC International Super Bantamweight title as well as the WBC Asia Silver crown in Colombo.

The Times of India · Nov 28, 2022

Sri Lanka must use its ports for economic growth: President Ranil Wickremesinghe

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka must use its ports and strategic location for its economic growth, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Friday while expressing regret over scrapping of the country's trilateral deal with India and Japan to develop the Colombo Port's Eastern Container Terminal.

The Times of India · Nov 18, 2022

Asia's richest man challenges China in show of support for PM Modi

COLOMBO: A small group of fishermen ply the shallow coastal water along Pooneryn in northern Sri Lanka, an impoverished, remote area within striking distance of India's southern tip. It's where Gautam Adani -- the Indian billionaire who is Asia's richest man and has vaulted ahead of Jeff Bezos this year…

The Times of India · Nov 11, 2022

Hundreds march in crisis-hit Sri Lanka protesting tax hikes, crackdowns

Hundreds of people marched in Sri Lanka's largest city Colombo on Wednesday protesting against higher taxes, inflation and alleged state-led repression as the country struggles to emerge from its worst financial crisis in seven decades.

Reuters · Nov 2, 2022