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![When Sri Lanka Lost Control of COVID When Sri Lanka Lost Control of COVID](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-02-28-153606.jpg)
When Sri Lanka Lost Control of COVID
By Devana Senanayake and Janik Sittampalam
What led to Sri Lanka’s “Delta peak” in 2021, after a promising start to pandemic containment?
![Sri Lanka Imposes Power Cuts as Cash Crisis Deepens Sri Lanka Imposes Power Cuts as Cash Crisis Deepens](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-04-09-7.jpg)
Sri Lanka Imposes Power Cuts as Cash Crisis Deepens
By Bharatha Mallawarachi
A currency crunch has hindered imports of fuel and other essentials from overseas, including milk powder, cooking gas, and petrol.
![Spotlight on Sri Lanka’s Women-Headed Households Affected by COVID-19 Spotlight on Sri Lanka’s Women-Headed Households Affected by COVID-19](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-06-04-8.jpg)
Spotlight on Sri Lanka’s Women-Headed Households Affected by COVID-19
By Lihini Ratwatte
A quarter of households in Sri Lanka are headed by women, yet there is no comprehensive national strategy to address their needs, particularly during times of crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic.
![Sri Lanka Teaches the World How Not to Respond to COVID-19 Sri Lanka Teaches the World How Not to Respond to COVID-19](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-05-18.jpg)
Sri Lanka Teaches the World How Not to Respond to COVID-19
By Kalani Kumarasinghe
Bungled communications and ethnic profiling have become hallmarks of Sri Lanka's pandemic response.
![India’s Public Health Collapse Is a Ticking Time Bomb for the Whole Region India’s Public Health Collapse Is a Ticking Time Bomb for the Whole Region](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-04-23-16.jpg)
India’s Public Health Collapse Is a Ticking Time Bomb for the Whole Region
By Atif Choudhury
The failure of the Modi government may spell disaster for the COVID-19 recovery of India’s neighbors.
![Islamophobia on the Rise in Sri Lanka as Deceased Muslims Forced Into Cremation Islamophobia on the Rise in Sri Lanka as Deceased Muslims Forced Into Cremation](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2019-12-12-6.jpg)
Islamophobia on the Rise in Sri Lanka as Deceased Muslims Forced Into Cremation
By Tasnim Nazeer
Authorities are using COVID-19 to justify forced cremations for Muslims, devastating family members.
![Sri Lanka Widens Curfew, Bans Gatherings as Virus Surges Sri Lanka Widens Curfew, Bans Gatherings as Virus Surges](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-04-01.png)
Sri Lanka Widens Curfew, Bans Gatherings as Virus Surges
By Associated Press
An outbreak linked to a garment factory has infected more than 1,000 people, the biggest cluster yet in the country.
![Sri Lanka Cracks Down on Black Lives Matter Solidarity Protest Sri Lanka Cracks Down on Black Lives Matter Solidarity Protest](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-06-10-4.jpg)
Sri Lanka Cracks Down on Black Lives Matter Solidarity Protest
By Kalani Kumarasinghe
A protest against police brutality in the U.S. is met with police brutality in Colombo.
![Sailors Become Biggest Cluster of Infections in Sri Lanka Sailors Become Biggest Cluster of Infections in Sri Lanka](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-680px-small_sri_lankan_flag.jpg)
Sailors Become Biggest Cluster of Infections in Sri Lanka
By Associated Press
Out of 30 cases discovered in the last 24 hours, 22 are navy sailors.
![The Battles That Can Cost South Asia the War Against COVID-19 The Battles That Can Cost South Asia the War Against COVID-19](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap-070330023791.jpg)
The Battles That Can Cost South Asia the War Against COVID-19
By Said Sabir Ibrahimi and Syed Mafiz Kamal
Communal tensions, misinformation, and poverty: across South Asia, governments are facing similar issues in their COVID-19 responses.
![China to the Rescue in Sri Lanka China to the Rescue in Sri Lanka](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-04-15-1.jpg)
China to the Rescue in Sri Lanka
By Rathindra Kuruwita
Beijing first stepped forward to assist Colombo, a move with geopolitical ramifications.
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