The devastating earthquakes that recently struck Myanmar and Thailand have once again underscored the pressing need for a coordinated and effective disaster response mechanism in South Asia ...

By prioritizing transparency, the Sri Lankan government aims to rebuild trust with international lenders and investors, a ...

JURIST Staff, US Sri Lanka’s civil war (1983-2009) between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist Tamil militant and political ...

Faced with widespread food, fuel, and medicine shortages, commentators were quick to judge the country as a failing state.

Catholic nuns in Sri Lanka are upset over a recent order from Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith banning girls from being altar servers, but have not protested as they did during a public stir against their ...

Critics say trust in politicians was broken long before the 2023 rail disaster. "This is not just about the train crash, it is about the way the government and the justice system has handled it ...

As the waves creep closer to his home in Kankesanthurai, in Sri Lanka’s northernmost Jaffna Peninsula, 41- year-old Seelan Kandeepan recalls how the sea continuously consumes what was once a thriving ...

ITHACA, NEW YORK – US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House has been accompanied by dramatic economic-policy shifts, setting countries around the world on edge. The new administration has ...

The cooperation also covers 8 sub-sectors: Blue Economy, Mountain Economy, Energy, Disaster Management, Fisheries & Livestock, Poverty Alleviation, Health, and Human Resource Development.

Sri Lanka’s multidimensional vulnerability has been assessed across three key dimensions: Education, Health and Disaster, and Living Standards. These dimensions are evaluated using twelve ...