Sri Lankan soldiers, dressed in traditional costumes, march with national flags during the 75th Independence Day parade in Colombo. Photo: EPA-EFE
Sri Lanka weighs ‘failures’ during independence milestone
- The 75 years since the end of British rule have included a decades-long Tamil rebellion that claimed 100,000 lives and two deadly communist insurgencies
- Nation’s 22 million people are also reeling from hardships triggered by an unprecedented economic collapse last year that brought months of shortages
Sri Lankan soldiers, dressed in traditional costumes, march with national flags during the 75th Independence Day parade in Colombo. Photo: EPA-EFE