Reuters. Lankika Dilrukshi, 31, along with her son is pictured inside her house in Thotalanga, Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 9, 2024. REUTERS/Thilina Kaluthotage/File Photo ...

The Sri Lankan census and statistics department reported in 2019 that household monthly expenditure was 63,130 rupees but with rising inflation and commodity prices over the past three years ...

Last year Sri Lanka’s GDP growth rate was -7.8 percent. Although this year’s estimated growth rate is -1 percent, growth for the first half of the year was -7.9 percent. These are not just ...

As Sri Lanka's economic crisis pushes food prices out of reach, UNICEF is helping malnourished children survive. Thulakshan, 5, eats a small meal outside his house in the village of Devapuram ...

Mr Hapuhinne said these included about 1.6 million government employees. Sri Lanka's inflation was officially measured at 60.8 per cent in July, but private economists say it is well over 100 per ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan housewife Lankika Dilrukshi says she is tired of the daily struggle needed to provide for her children. On Saturday, she is voting in a presidential poll she sees ...

Sri Lankan housewife Lankika Dilrukshi says she is tired of the daily struggle needed to provide for her children. Dilrukshi, 31, is one of the millions of people barely able to make ends meet ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan housewife Lankika Dilrukshi says she is tired of the daily struggle needed to provide for her children. On Saturday, she is voting in a presidential poll she sees as key to ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan housewife Lankika Dilrukshi says she is tired of the daily struggle needed to provide for her children. On Saturday, she is voting in a presidential poll she sees as ...