After taking office as president of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe had promised to form an all-party government that could obtain a multibillion-dollar IMF bailout. However, his appointments have so far angered protesters
Thyagi Ruwanpathirana, Amnesty International’s South Asia Regional Researcher, responded to media reports that the government is in talks with a number of lenders about its debt obligations and the imposition of austerity measures in the midst of a severe economic crisi
As part of the program, Caritas Sri Lanka has trained a group of Sinhalese ethnic and cultural counsilors and Tamil mediums who visit the different schools. The counsilors of Jaffna, Mannar and Trincomalee operate with the support of the well-known psychiatrist consultant Dr. Sivathas Sivasubramanium. “The program will begin soon and will involve 12 schools