Sri Lanka crisis

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In April 2022, Sri Lanka was gripped by a major economic crisis. Prices were rising sharply, protests started in the capital, Colombo,and spread across the country.Daily power cuts and shortages of basics such as fuel, food and medicines were commonplace. Inflation was running at ...  Show more

In the past month, hundreds of people from Sri Lanka have attempted a perilous boat journey to Australia, in a bid to escape the country’s worst economic crisis in over seventy years. According to Colombo-based human rights lawyer, Lakshan Dias, the wave of desperate asylum seeke ...  Show more

Sri Lanka is in crisis right now. After months of fuel, medicine and food shortages, protestors have taken to the streets – and the homes of the country’ ...

Sri Lanka's economic crisis seems to be going from bad to worse. The government has now restricted the sale of fuel days after the Prime Minister said the economy had completely collapsed. So what's caused the crisis? And what are the consequences? Join host Hashem Ahelbarra  Gue ...  Show more