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Recapping 09 July: How Demonstrators Took Over The Presidential Palace

After 92 days of protesting outside the Presidential Secretariat, protesters supported by millions of citizens were able to storm President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s Presidential Palace and office — a watershed moment in the peoples’ struggle that began earlier this year.

Our Lady Of Perpetual Protest

It sounds cliche, but when Hirunika Premachandra was 10 years old, she wrote an English essay about how she would like to be the President of Sri Lanka when she grew up.

Why Sri Lanka Is Approaching Its ‘Worst Man-Made Disaster’ In History

“What we see is that this is the worst man-made disaster to the agriculture sector since gaining independence in 1948.”

Here’s Why We Must Prepare For Population Ageing

How is Sri Lanka’s ageing population likely to affect its long-term economic interests? How can policymakers today help the country adapt to this trend and remain prosperous in the face of a shrinking labour sector and declining fertility rates?

How Entrepreneurship Changes Lives: Renuka Suraweera

Renuka Suraweera would be the first to tell you: batik is an art. It requires training, skills, and experience. But that hasn’t stopped her from mastering the art form, kickstarting her own business, and teaching others. Roo Siru Bathik is a prime example of a flourishing business driven by passion.

Sri Lanka’s Medicine Shortage Is Making Preventable Deaths More Likely

A number of medicines and medical items that are required by chronically ill patients are in shortage in the market due to the worsening economic crisis.

‘From Community, To Community’: How Community Kitchens Feed Sri Lanka’s Underserved

Once we had an uncle who told us that it was his second plate of rice after four months. Another one said he had a piece of chicken after three months,” Akash Moses recalled while behind him the daily operations of the Rajagiriya Community Kitchen run by the Voice For Voiceless Foundation were in full swing. “Then there was this homeless community in Kamachchode in Negombo. The people there thanked us for the food and thanked us for having a meal with them when everyone else have alienated them.

Kitchen Lament and Farming Fridays

The ‘Kitchen Lament’ is a recent protest where people clattered saucepans and pots to make noise against the Government, who they blame for causing the severe food shortage.

Sri Lankan Tea Estate Workers Continue Suffer During Economic Crisis

It is a cruel irony when the tea plantation workers have had a cup of milk tea as a luxury item. But with its economy in complete meltdown, many of the estate workers of the Argyle estate in Hatton have had to ration even their daily cups of tea.

Sri Lanka’s Medicine Crisis Explained

Sri Lanka’s once lauded free public health system, is now crippled by the economic crisis. Here’s what happened.

How Sri Lanka’s Specialty Coffee Can Boost Our Economy

In the mid-1800s, Sri Lanka was a nation renowned for producing high-quality coffee. Today, with the country’s re-emerging coffee culture, speciality coffee provides immense potential for the country to be a key player in the global coffee trade.

Why Are Sri Lankans Against The Adani Group?

Last week, the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union temporarily called off a planned strike in protest of — among other things — the handing over of the country’s wind and solar power resources to the Adani Group without following the standard competitive bidding process.

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