Home grown is better for you
Harshita Bhasin and Anirban Dasgupta warn of the perils of living on imported food. The food crisis fueling an ongoing rush of inflation globally was already brewing due to the …
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Sri Lanka’s crisis is not just about the economy, but a long history of discrimination against minority groups
Sri Lanka is in the grip of an economic, political and humanitarian crisis. In a remarkable display of anger on Saturday, thousands of protesters disregarded government curfews, rampant military and …
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Beyond Sri Lanka, economic cyclone bears down on South Asia
MUMBAI — For over a decade, Mattias Martinsson has been investing in frontier economies, including Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Now, he says, South Asia is “in the eye of …
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Sri Lanka’s economic crisis exposes gaps in renewable energy push
It is hard to know how much Sri Lankan forest has been cut down as fuel shortages force people to use firewood to cook: inspectors have halted deforestation patrols because …
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China’s all-weather friends in deep economic crisis
The two countries are caught in the Chinese debt trap with Beijing demanding further concessions for rescheduling the debt like demanding that Colombo give permission for Oceanography in South Sri …
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Sri Lankan protesters demand president quit over economic crisis
Anti-government protests have roiled Sri Lanka’s capital amid demands that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign, as the country suffers its worst economic crisis in decades. Tens of thousands of people gathered outside the …
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Friday 29th – this week’s top economic news
Wage squeeze will leave average worker almost £13,000 worse off, Sunak warned from The Guardian: The biggest wage squeeze in British economic history will leave the average worker almost £13,000 …
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Why Sri Lanka’s economy is in crisis
Colombo avoids a debt default, but it’s fast running out of money to pay for imports. Will the IMF provide a bailout? Sri Lanka’s finances are in a precarious state, …
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Gendered Land: Sri Lankan Women Battle Unequal Access to Resources
Only 10 countries in the world offer full legal protections to women, according to the “Women, Business and the Law 2021” report, published recently by the World Bank. Sri Lanka scores just 65.5 …
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Sri Lanka’s Ceylon tea workers live under a legacy of exploitation
The descendants of Indian Tamil tea plantation workers remain stuck at the bottom of Sri Lankan society. Many of them continue to work under harsh conditions for a meager daily …
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