J R Jayewardene

Sri Lanka’s great IMF lie

Decades of looking to the IMF for salvation has yielded only crises. Sri Lanka’s economic crisis demands urgent relief measures for a desperate citizenry and a new, self-sufficient model of development

A fatal intersection

Three small shops in northwestern Sri Lanka no longer exist.

| Jun 01, 2010

A record victory, poorly attended

How will the April election results affect the prospects for sustainable peace in Sri Lanka?

| May 01, 2010

A deal is a deal

With the suspension of preferential trading access, the European Union has sent a strong message to the Sri Lankan authorities.

| May 01, 2010

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