Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Sri Lanka gives public workers extra day off to grow food

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet approves a four-day work week for public sector employees. The move is partly to help them cope with fuel shortages and encourage them to farm. The island nation is suffering from its worst financial crisis in decades. Food inflation reached 57 percent in April. The government of Sri Lanka approved a four-day … Read more

‘We are going to die’: Sri Lanka warns of food shortages

As the island nation confronts a terrible economic crisis, Sri Lanka’s prime minister has warned of a food scarcity, promising that the government will buy enough fertiliser for the next planting season to enhance output. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s decision to restrict all chemical fertilisers in April last year dramatically reduced crop output, and while the … Read more