Many poor Sri Lankans still live at subsistence level (Photo by Kim Kyung Hoon) According to Numbeo, a user-generated cost-of-living statistics website, Sri Lanka is the second most expensive country in South Asia to live in Our people are hungry. Our people are angry.
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0 claims checkedSri Lankan Tamils who fled to Tamil Nadu during the height of the armed conflict have been living in isolated conditions for many years.
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