World Chronicle

World Bank says Sri Lanka’s economic recovery remains incomplete, calls for urgent reforms

07/10/2025 by Aarna Saini

Despite strong recent growth, low inflation, and robust external inflows, food prices remain high, and reserve accumulation has slowed in Sri Lanka. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sri Lanka’s recent economic performance has been strong, but the recovery remains incomplete, the World Bank said on Tuesday (October 7, 2025). “With growth still below pre-crisis levels … Read more

Decades later, a difficult story finds its way to Sri Lanka’s Sinhala south

01/09/2025 by Aarna Saini

For six months now, a team of archaeologists and forensic experts has been unearthing human remains from a mass grave in Jaffna, northern Sri Lanka. The number of skeletons retrieved has now crossed 200, including some of the children. The grave site and the mounting toll of human remains found in it dominate daily headlines … Read more