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Sri Lanka

Rising debt challenges divide developed and developing economies
Thought Leader
/ 9 January 2025

Rising debt challenges divide developed and developing economies

An international framework that prevents prolonged restructuring negotiations is required

By Anne O Krueger
Film explores people power
Friday
/ 15 February 2024

Film explores people power

A Sri Lankan documentary about the overthrow of its despotic leader is being shown locally

By Charles Leonard
EFF marched but it was no Sri Lanka moment
Opinion
/ 24 March 2023

EFF marched but it was no Sri Lanka moment

Police Minister Bheki Cele and his team of officers appear to be better at arresting radials than criminals

By Paddy Harper
Hungry for action campaign: Time for a food and finance revolution
Opinion
/ 19 September 2022

Hungry for action campaign: Time for a food and finance revolution

The world must act now because the food system is broken and families from Mozambique to Ireland don’t know where their next meal will come from

By Graça Machel and Mary Robinson
‘Tunisia Days’ ahead as inflation exerts political pressure
Business
/ 27 July 2022

‘Tunisia Days’ ahead as inflation exerts political pressure

With high prices continuing to bear down on consumers the world over, leaders who fail to bring inflation to heel could face a reckoning

By Sarah Smit
After India: The countries on the brink of another Covid oxygen crisis
Coronavirus
/ 25 May 2021

After India: The countries on the brink of another Covid oxygen crisis

The need for medical oxygen to treat Covid-19 patients in low- and middle-income countries has more than doubled in the past two months, and many of these countries faced oxygen shortages before the pandemic

By Madlen Davies and Rosa Furneaux
Invest in children to give them a better world
Opinion
/ 25 June 2020

Invest in children to give them a better world

This entails putting them at the centre of national strategies, but doing it without high CO2 releases

By Helen Clark
‘Kung Fu’ nuns cycling for the environment
Article
/ 28 September 2019

‘Kung Fu’ nuns cycling for the environment

After facing the consequences of climate change first-hand in their own villages, the nuns decided to start marching with two strong messages

By Adrija Bose
World Cup Week 1: What we’ve learned
Article
/ 7 June 2019

World Cup Week 1: What we’ve learned

After a week of entertainment we’re still trying to figure out what the pecking order is in this medley

By Luke Feltham
Sri Lanka blocks social media after anti-Muslim riots
Article
/ 13 May 2019

Sri Lanka blocks social media after anti-Muslim riots

Christian groups attacked Muslim-owned shops in the northwestern town of Chilaw on Sunday in anger at a Facebook post by a shopkeeper, police said

By Amal Jayasinghe
Sri Lanka attack mastermind used chatrooms to sway suicide bombers
Article
/ 4 May 2019

Sri Lanka attack mastermind used chatrooms to sway suicide bombers

Investigators believe the group also used social media private messenges to keep in touch without being noticed by the authorities

By Amal Jayasinghe
Sri Lanka mass cancelled over ‘specific attack threat’
Article
/ 2 May 2019

Sri Lanka mass cancelled over ‘specific attack threat’

The Church had planned to resume Sunday public services for the first time since the Easter Sunday attacks that killed 257 people

By Amal Jayasinghe
Sri Lanka Catholics to resume mass two weeks after attacks
Article
/ 30 April 2019

Sri Lanka Catholics to resume mass two weeks after attacks

All public services by Sri Lanka’s Christian minority were cancelled after the April 21 suicide attacks

By Amal Jayasinghe
Sri Lankan president vows security shake-up over attacks
Article
/ 24 April 2019

Sri Lankan president vows security shake-up over attacks

Tensions over alleged intelligence failures escalate as ISIL claims responsibility for deadly Easter Sunday blasts

By Agency
Probe shows Sri Lanka attacks ‘retaliation for Christchurch’ — government
Article
/ 23 April 2019

Probe shows Sri Lanka attacks ‘retaliation for Christchurch’ — government

The revelation came as the death toll in the Easter Sunday bomb attacks on churches and high-end hotels rose to 321

By Amal Jayasinghe and Peter Hutchison
‘Where is God?’: Sri Lankans stunned after deadly blasts
Article
/ 22 April 2019

‘Where is God?’: Sri Lankans stunned after deadly blasts

In the aftermath of Sunday’s deadly attacks, Sri Lankans are trying to understand what has happened

By Abhaya Srivastava
Easter blasts at Sri Lanka hotels and churches kill at least 207
Article
/ 21 April 2019

Easter blasts at Sri Lanka hotels and churches kill at least 207

The attacks were the worst act of violence to hit the country in the decade since the end of a bloody civil war that killed up to 100 000 people

By Agency
Poor form puts Amla’s World Cup place in jeopardy
Article
/ 15 April 2019

Poor form puts Amla’s World Cup place in jeopardy

The Proteas batsman faces being axed from the Wrold Cup squad after a poor run of form against Sri Lanka

By Colin Bryden
Sine’s a gift that will keep giving
Article
/ 5 April 2019

Sine’s a gift that will keep giving

South Africa’s newest Protea Sinethemba Qeshile’s rags-to-riches ascension to first-class cricket couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy

By Simnikiwe Xabanisa
Sri Lanka interviews 47 potential hangmen
Article
/ 3 April 2019

Sri Lanka interviews 47 potential hangmen

47 male applicants would be interviewed on Wednesday and Thursday, after the government advertised the vacancies in February

By Agency
Fast track bullies must learn Sri Lankan lesson
Article
/ 20 February 2019

Fast track bullies must learn Sri Lankan lesson

It is to be hoped that the defeat by Sri Lanka triggers the changes needed for South Africa to reach the top of the World Test Series

By Niren Tolsi
Sri Lanka reinstates ousted prime minister: official
Article
/ 16 December 2018

Sri Lanka reinstates ousted prime minister: official

The 69-year-old leader was sworn in by President Maithripala Sirisena, who sacked him on October 26

By Amal Jayasinghe
Sport audit 2018: How SA’s national cricket teams performed
Article
/ 7 December 2018

Sport audit 2018: How SA’s national cricket teams performed

If our national teams are adverts of who we are then it’s little wonder we are so quick to hold them to account. So let’s do just that

By Luke Feltham
Proteas’ habitual arrogance belies their status
Article
/ 5 December 2018

Proteas’ habitual arrogance belies their status

The Proteas only have the prestige of their status as a cricketing nation to parley with — but even that appears inadequately leveraged

By Niren Tolsi
China’s generosity queried
Article
/ 27 July 2018

China’s generosity queried

The Asian giant is aware of the risks of lending to South Africa’s ailing parastatals, so the question is: Why would it do so?

By Tebogo Tshwane
Sri Lanka close in on whitewash of the Proteas
Article
/ 22 July 2018

Sri Lanka close in on whitewash of the Proteas

The Proteas have not been whitewashed anywhere in the world since 2006

By Agency
Sri Lanka set the Proteas a mammoth 490 to avoid a whitewash
Article
/ 22 July 2018

Sri Lanka set the Proteas a mammoth 490 to avoid a whitewash

Sri Lanka tightened the noose on South Africa on the third morning of the second Test

By Agency
Sri Lanka’s Lions lack bite of yore
Article
/ 13 July 2018

Sri Lanka’s Lions lack bite of yore

Dogged by scandal and missing stars who have retired, Sri Lanka may struggle at home against the Proteas

By Dileep Premachandran 1
M.I.A.’s collage clarifies the cause
Article
/ 25 May 2018

M.I.A.’s collage clarifies the cause

Stephen Loveridge and M.I.A. piece together old and new visuals to piece together a collage of the experiences that developed the artist.

By Zaza Hlalethwa
Feeling like two million bucks: Little-known bowler thrust into IPL spotlight
Article
/ 23 March 2018

Feeling like two million bucks: Little-known bowler thrust into IPL spotlight

Fast bowler Jaydev Unadkat has been thrust into the cricketing limelight after being handed a bumper payday by the Indian Premier League

By Faisal Kamal
First Sri Lankan woman at the Asian Winter Games surprises all
Article
/ 24 February 2017

First Sri Lankan woman at the Asian Winter Games surprises all

After learning how to snowboard in 14 days, the Sri Lankan woman takes to the steep slopes.

By Staff Reporter
Dean Elgar leads South Africa back into the breach in second test against Sri Lanka
Article
/ 2 January 2017

Dean Elgar leads South Africa back into the breach in second test against Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka struggled to make further inroads with Du Plessis the only wicket to fall

By Mark Gleeson Author
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