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Booker Prize Winner Shehan Karunatilaka on Literature and Sri Lanka's Ongoing Crises

By Armani Syed

Sri Lanka Has a New President. That Won't Stop the Protests

By Sanya Mansoor

How Organic Farming Worsened Sri Lanka’s Crisis

By Chad de Guzman

Sri Lanka Default Hints at Trouble Ahead for Developing Nations

By Sydney Maki and Amelia Pollard / Bloomberg
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Protesters Fire to Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa's Home

The ancestral home of the Rajapaksa family was set on fire, with police using tear gas to disperse protesters

By Asantha Sirimanne / Bloomberg

Sri Lanka Leader’s Brother Quits as Prime Minister in Escalating Crisis

Weekslong protests over Asia’s fastest inflation have recently turned violent

By Asantha Sirimanne / Bloomberg

Sri Lanka Imposes Curfew as Government Backers, Protesters Clash

Sri Lanka has imposed a nationwide curfew as clashes erupted between government supporters and citizen protesters demanding the premier and his brother, the president, resign in recognition of the nation’s worst economic crisis since independence....

By Asantha Sirimanne / Bloomberg

Sri Lanka Leaders Defiant at Home While Scrambling for Funds

The country's government is banking on new funds and credit lines from China and India to avoid international default

By Anusha Ondaatjie and Karthikeyan Sundaram / Bloomberg

The Tropical Island Being Hammered by War in Ukraine

Russia’s war is now threatening to crush an economy more than 4,000 miles away in the Indian Ocean

By Anusha Ondaatjie / Bloomberg

Sri Lankans Ask the U.K. to Take Back Rotten Waste

The South Asian nation joins a growing list of countries pushing back on Western trash

By Hillary Leung

A State of Disorientation: Dispatch from Sri Lanka after the Easter Bombings

In Colombo, as though there is war once more, the ominous presence of heavily armed soldiers is everywhere. Ever since the Easter Sunday bombings, checkpoints have been posted on all the main roads, as well...

By Anuk Arudpragasam

Sri Lanka Bans Face Coverings as it Scrambles to Respond to Easter Attacks

Eight days after the April 21 bombings in Sri Lanka left at least 253 dead, the government announced that all face coverings would be banned in public, saying the move would help the search for...

By Billy Perrigo

The Birthplace of Suicide Bombing: Sri Lanka's Grim History

The deadly terrorist tactic was perfected during the country's long civil war

By Amy Gunia

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Sri Lanka Terrorist Attack

The terrorist group ISIS has claimed responsibility for the bomb attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed at least 321 people on Easter Sunday, but provided no evidence. In a bulletin posted...

By Billy Perrigo

Sri Lanka Struggles to Come to Terms With Easter Bombings

With the 2009 ending of the civil war, Sri Lankans thought they had put strife behind them

By Himal Kotelawala / Colombo

These Are Some the Victims of the Sri Lanka Easter Bombings

At least four Americans were among the nearly 300 killed, officials said

By TIME Staff

What To Know About the Group Suspected in Sri Lanka Attacks

Sri Lankan officials have said the Islamist militant group National Thowheeth Jama'ath is responsible for Easter Sunday bombing attacks in the island nation that killed at least 290 people and injured 500 more. Rajitha Senaratne,...

By Mahita Gajanan

U.S. Warns 'Terrorists' May Plot More Attacks in Sri Lanka

The State Department advises "increased caution due to terrorism" after a series of bombings Sunday killed at least 290 people

By Hillary Leung

World Leaders Respond to the Easter Sunday Bombings in Sri Lanka That Killed at Least 200 People

At least 207 people have been killed and 450 more wounded

By Alejandro de la Garza

Sri Lanka Bombings: What to Know

Nobody has claimed responsibility so far.

By TIME Staff
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