Item in The Economist, October 2025 ,… with highlights that are part of its presentation [ one sent to TPS by Nalin Gunasekera]
The following are the economic assessments read by the Investors for FDI: “Last year the NPP and AKD won many votes in the Tamil north, partly on hopes they would begin to tackle Tamils’ grievances. But local-election results in May, in which the NPP did less well, suggested that disillusionment had already set in. On that issue, too, its honeymoon cannot be extended indefinitely. “■
Sri Lanka is still reeling from its economic collapse…… And its new government’s honeymoon may be ending
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Sept 4th 2025
