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Sri Lanka, July 10 -- Sri Lanka is experiencing growing socio-economic pressures due to the ongoing Middle East crisis, with impacts being felt across fuel prices, inflation, trade, food security and ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Social: Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election Reflected a Regional Divide
Sri Lanka’s September 21 presidential election – the first since the protests in 2022 that ousted former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa – has been praised for the lack of election violence and the ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Social: Mass protests in Sri Lanka’s northern and eastern provinces against Wickremesinghe’s Anti-Terrorism Bill
Sri Lanka’s war-ravaged northern and eastern provinces were brought to a standstill on Tuesday by a mass hartal (strike and business closure) in protest against President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s new ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Social: More than 40,000 civilians flee latest fighting in eastern Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 13 (UNHCR) - More than 40,000 civilians have fled fierce fighting in eastern Sri Lanka over the past week, pushing to an estimated 127,000 the number of displaced within the ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Social: 3 ways to make social protection work for Sri Lanka’s poor and vulnerable
One-fourth of Sri Lankans are living in poverty, yet more than 50% are not covered by social protection schemes Fragmentation and poor governance have resulted in an inefficient social protection ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Social: The controversy over grasslands in eastern Sri Lanka
This article by Ishanka Singha Arachchi originally appeared on Groundviews, an award-winning citizen journalism website in Sri Lanka. An edited version is published below as part of a content-sharing ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Social: 20,000 displaced face tough time after fleeing fighting in eastern Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, January 9 (UNHCR) - More than 20,000 people have fled fighting and harsh conditions in the eastern Sri Lankan coastal strip of Vaharai in the past three weeks, but despite reaching ...