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Sri Lanka listed as a country already in a debt crisis by UK-based group.
http://www.businessinsider.com/greece-isnt-the-only-debt-crisis-2015-7

14 countries are spiraling towards government debt crises Greece’s plight is far from unique: 23 other countries are also wrestling with their own debt crises.

Verité Research explains the Bond debacle :
"While calculations of the resulting monetary loss have been erroneous and hugely exaggerated, the biggest loss is probably not monetary; it is the loss of trust and confidence"

http://www.dailymirror.lk/78805/central-bank-s-30-year-bond-debacle-what-is-the-loss

Central Bank’s 30-year bond debacle: What is the loss? ::: Dailymirror.lk ::: Breaking News The Sri Lankan Central Bank’s issue of a 30-year bond on February 27, 2015 ran into immediate controversy. The main reason was that markets were expecting the bank to take up only around Rs.1 billion, but the bank accepted bids upwards of Rs.10 billion.

"Even if is not said openly, the U.N. report was considered when deciding the date," Champika Ranawaka, power and energy minister and one of Sirisena’s close allies, told Reuters.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/06/us-sri-lanka-politics-election-idUSKCN0PG0D120150706

Sri Lanka polls timed ahead of U.N. war crimes report to foil Rajapaksa comeback Sri Lanka's August elections have been timed to stop a comeback by war-time president Mahinda Rajapaksa, who remarkably may see his popularity rise in coming months if criticized for war crimes in a

Former President Rajapaksa : We will contest the general election.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsGNd1hpapk

We will contest at the General Election, says Mahinda : Full Speech We will contest at the next General Election and form a new government, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said at his home in Medamulana this morning (01). ...

The new Sri Lankan government must make reconciliation a top priority in order to move the country past a brutal, decades-long civil war

https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/06/12/sri-lankas-wounds-of-war/

Sri Lanka’s Wounds of War The new Sri Lankan government must make reconciliation a top priority in order to move the country past a brutal, decades-long civil war.

The last 10 years saw a renewed illiberalism in economics, politics, ethnic chauvinism and another bias towards China in foreign policy, Razeen Sally, Associate Professor at the Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.

http://www.economynext.com/Economic_liberalism_missing_in_Sri_Lanka_s_policy_mix__Sally-3-1898-1.html

Public anger over sexual assault and murder of schoolgirl spills over into violent demonstration in Jaffna

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/05/gang-rape-prompts-protests-sri-lanka-north-150520182532004.html

Gang-rape prompts protests in Sri Lanka's north Public anger over sexual assault and murder of schoolgirl spills over into violent demonstration in Jaffna