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Author: Dilshani Ranawaka

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Colombo, Economy, Politics and Governance, Poverty

Facing Starvation: Averting a Catastrophe

Scrolling through newsfeeds I find at least one article that refers to the number of people who are starving every day in Sri Lanka. My friends who are teachers say that children’s…

Dilshani Ranawaka Dilshani Ranawaka on 10/19/202210/19/2022
Colombo, Economy, Pandemic, Politics and Governance, Poverty

Rescuing the Poor from the Economic Abyss

At a small grocery store, an elderly man pointed at a particular packet of biscuits and asked what the price was – it was Rs.70. The man asked if there were biscuits…

Dilshani Ranawaka Dilshani Ranawaka on 05/16/202206/17/2022

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