Dushni Weerakoon | East Asia Forum eastasiaforum.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eastasiaforum.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The year was dominated by elections, and political and economic instability. Amid the bad news, India landed a spacecraft near the Moon’s south pole.
Although Sri Lanka's economy began to stabilise in 2023, living standards are still going backwards after the crisis - and upcoming elections threaten to derail the road to recovery.
With economic reforms needing time to take effect, the government is betting on public patience as the 2024 elections loom, writes Dushni Weerakoon (Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka).