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2 weeks ago | 
foreignpolicy.com | Dimuthu Attanayake
Climate Change South Asia Soon after Ravindra Lamosia started working as a tenant farmer more than a decade ago, he learned the hard way that climate extremes could swiftly destroy his family’s livelihood. The first year, his farm, located near the Sri Lankan town of Talawa, flooded.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Dimuthu Attanayake
The maiden budget from Sri Lanka’s recently elected leftist government highlights expanded trade pacts and foreign investment as vital pillars of recovery from the island’s debilitating economic crisis – an approach analysts describe as surprising but strategically pragmatic.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Dimuthu Attanayake
'Freaked out' Trump backed off tariff plan after seeing markets tank: MSNBC analystPresident Donald Trump is less concerned about how the American people are faring from his back-and-forth on tariffs than he is on how the stock …
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2 months ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Dimuthu Attanayake
Sri Lanka’s nationwide blackout this month has raised concerns about the country’s ability to integrate renewable energy into its power grid, exposing vulnerabilities that experts say could deepen as climate conditions strain hydropower and investment in energy infrastructure stalls. Sri Lanka experienced the mass outage on February 9 when a sub-power station was disrupted by the electrocution of a monkey.
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2 months ago | 
scmp.com | Dimuthu Attanayake
Sri Lanka’s nationwide blackout this month has raised concerns about the country’s ability to integrate renewable energy into its power grid, exposing vulnerabilities that experts say could deepen as climate conditions strain hydropower and investment in energy infrastructure stalls. Sri Lanka experienced the mass outage on February 9 when a sub-power station was disrupted by the electrocution of a monkey.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Dimuthu Attanayake
For a week, seven-year-old Nathushika suffered from diarrhoea, vomiting, and a high fever. Her mother, Easwary, was baffled by her daughter’s sudden illness, as no one else in the household was sick and Nathushika had not eaten any outside food. At the time, Easwary did not realise that her daughter, like many others in their flood-stricken community, had unknowingly been exposed to waterborne disease.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Dimuthu Attanayake
Sri Lanka’s new leftist government, which won a landslide election earlier this month by promising to ease an austerity regime imposed by an IMF bailout, risks upsetting voters early into its term by following an unpopular debt repayment plan set by former president Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Dimuthu Attanayake
A notable number of women are contesting Sri Lanka’s general elections on Thursday, signalling a potential shift in the nation’s male-dominated political landscape, but analysts warn simply having more female candidates is not enough to transform the country’s leadership culture.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Dimuthu Attanayake
As Sri Lanka heads into a snap general election next month, the spotlight is on its newly appointed president who is aiming to secure a parliamentary majority to push through crucial reforms and deliver on his promises to the people. The country last month marked a historic political change by electing into office its first president from a socialist background – leader of the leftist National People’s Power (NPP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Dimuthu Attanayake
Sri Lanka’s historic election of its first socialist president has sparked guarded optimism and doubts among analysts about his capacity to renegotiate the terms of the International Monetary Fund’s loans to the heavily indebted country. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the leftist National People’s Power (NPP) coalition, was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s ninth president on Monday after securing 42.3 per cent of the votes in Saturday’s presidential election.
