Sri Lanka’s much-vaunted post-default recovery continues to face a fundamental obstacle: the island remains effectively shut out of international capital markets. Fitch Ratings has affirmed that its sovereign credit rating remains constrained at ‘CCC+’ despite the completion of debt restructuring in 2024.

Students from the University of Jaffna held an event on campus to commemorate Annai Poopathy who fasted unto death 38 years ago. 

The students laid flowers before a portrait of Annai Poopathy, who died on April 19, 1988, after a month-long fast without food or water in protest against the injustices and atrocities committed by the Indian Peace Keeping Force. 

Annai Poopathy, who fasted unto death in protest against the atrocities committed by Indian Peace Keeping Forces, was remembered in Batticaloa yesterday. 

Poopathy Kanapathipillai, was a member of the Navatkerny Mother's Front when she commenced a fast unto death on March 19, 1988 to protest the injustices and atrocities committed by the IPKF. She had called for an immediate ceasefire and peace talks between the IPKF and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).