The woman stood in line for more than 14 hours for a passport, desperate to escape the economic crisis engulfing Sri Lanka. Selwi Thangawelu, a Sri Lankan housewife, has secured a job as a housekeeper...

The war in Ukraine has exacerbated food insecurity worldwide due to precarious supply chains, increased fertiliser prices and blocked grain exports, leaders said at the World Economic Forum Annual Mee...

  India and Japan will provide food relief supplies worth millions of dollars to Sri Lanka which is grappling with its worst economic crisis, leading to nationwide protests over the government&#...

The US hopes India will reconsider its decision to ban wheat exports, with Washington encouraging" countries not to restrict exports as that will exacerbate food shortages, amidst Russia's in...

“If those dealing in food grains have to pay two per cent tax for buying those, they have to sell those at a higher price for maintaining a margin which will be very difficult in competitive mar...

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared a public emergency amidst a spate of protests over the worst economic crisis in the country. Rajapaksa issued a special gazette notification on Fr...

As the war in Ukraine heightens food insecurity, a new report argues that producing what we eat in a sustainable way will lessen dependence of imports while fighting climate change. With no end in si...

Opposition leaders led a march of hundreds of protesters through Colombo on Tuesday as anger grows over a worsening economic crisis that has brought fuel shortages and spiralling food prices.  P...

A global food crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine escalated on Wednesday as Indonesia tightened curbs on palm oil exports, adding to a growing list of key producing countries seeking ...