Sri Lanka economy

Low turnout at the protests indicates that Sri Lankans are giving the Ranil Wickremesinghe administration a chance to deliver.

How did Sri Lanka’s economic crisis get so bad – and how can the country move forward from here?

The government should take advantage of the crisis to do things that it could never attempt before, from addressing regressive subsidies to restructuring state-owned enterprises.

Wickremesinghe said the government's aim is to create a surplus in the primary budget by the year 2025 and to bring down public debt.

These loss-making entities are a huge drain on government coffers. It's time to think about privatization in some cases.

Ranil Wickremesinghe's use of troops to dismantle protest camps in Colombo sends out a chilling message.

A conversation with economist Ganeshan Wignaraja.

The economic crisis was made at home, a result of structural political and economic weaknesses. Any solutions have to start there.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa has stepped down, but the task of cleaning up the country's economic mess has only just begun.

Families that never had to worry about food or fuel are now cutting back on meals and eating less.

The island's usable foreign reserves are now down to less than $50 million.