After an economic collapse and political upheaval, Sri Lankans have become resigned to leaner meals and reduced horizons. By Mujib Mashal and Skandha Gunasekara Reporting from Ibbagamuwa, in Sri Lanka ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Livia Hengel is a travel journalist covering Italy, Asia and beyond. Jul 16, 2024, 06:00am EDT Jul 17, 2024, 08:27am EDT Sri Lanka ...

I've been traveling for years but never encountered a place like Sri Lanka before. Sri Lanka has much of what Bali has to offer and more, but with a fraction of the tourists. It has a lot of amazing ...

Sri Lankan soldiers dressed in traditional costumes carry national flags during the Independence Day celebration in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. Credit: AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena Sri ...

In 2020, Sri Lanka went through its worst bout of macroeconomic instability since winning independence. The COVID-19 pandemic is not the only cause of this instability; the economy has long been beset ...

Supporters of Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, celebrate near the Presidential Secretariat after Dissanayake's swearing-in ceremony in Colombo on September 23, 2024. On ...

Protesters gather inside the premises of the Presidential Secretariat to demand the resignation of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on July 9, 2022, in Colombo. Reporter With its president ...

When I reach Galaha in Sri Lanka’s central highlands, the sun is high in the sky and the streets are clouded with dust. Tuk-tuks rattle around women in red saris flecked with gold, narrowly missing ...

In a candid conversation with Newsweek in the stately bilateral meeting room at the President’s Secretariat in Colombo, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake laid out the realities his nation faces in ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — It all began 20 years ago, when China loaned Sri Lanka more than $1 billion to build a fancy new port — what would become its second-largest — on its southern coast. The ...