New infrastructure projects boost Sri Lankan economy
Since the end of its civil war in 2009, Sri Lanka and other nations have invested heavily in repairing the country's economy and infrastructure. In 2011 and 2012, Sri Lanka posted the highest economic growth rate of any country in South Asia.
![Schoolchildren attend classes at a government school in Bagpath district in Uttar Pradesh on August 30th, 2012. Education was one of the top concerns discussed at a recent panel on Muslim issues in India. [Sajjad Hussain/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/05/16/130516-UDAYAN_IN_MUSLIMSEMINAR-270_180.jpg)
![Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers train tribal youths in West Midnapore district in West Bengal to prepare them for physical endurance test for recruitment in government forces. [Akhtar Ali/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/05/16/130516_AKHTAR_IN_TRIBALYOUT-270_180.jpg)
![A man looks at burnt religious literature including the Holy Qur'an at shops near the Baitul Mukarram mosque in Dhaka on May 6th, after tens of thousands of hardline Islamists swarmed the capital city to press for passage of a blasphemy law and other demands. [Munir uz Zaman/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/05/15/130515_KAMRAN_BD_MAY5-270_180.jpg)
![Kolkata maids Anima Das and Sandhya Jana invested one-third of their monthly salaries in fraudulent investment funds run by the Saradha Group. [Sahana Ghosh/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/05/15/130515-SAHANA_IN_SARDHA-270_180.jpg)
![Bangladeshi rescue personnel carry stretchers with the remains of garment workers from the site of a collapsed building in Savar on May 9th. With a death toll of at least 1,127 workers, the April 24th collapse ranks as the world's worst industrial disaster in recent history. [AFP]](/shared/images/2013/05/14/130514_TASHFIN_BD_COLLAPSE-270_180.jpg)
![Students at Srinagar's Hotel Management Institute take part in food preparation classes under Hunar-se-Rozgar (Talent to Job). The programme seeks to train 25,000 local youth for jobs and careers in the hospitality industry. [Photos: Imran Ali/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/05/14/120514-ADIL_IN_HOSPITALITY1-270_180.jpg)
![Bangladeshi rescue personnel carry stretchers with the remains of garment workers from the site of a collapsed building in Savar on May 9th. With a death toll of at least 1,127 workers, the April 24th collapse ranks as the world's worst industrial disaster in recent history. [AFP]](/shared/images/2013/05/14/130514_TASHFIN_BD_COLLAPSE-100_67.jpg)
![Here, Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen (centre) and Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Minister Douglas Devananda (right) open the 2013 Jaffna International Trade Fair on January 18th, aiming to inject more energy into the economic revival taking place in the former war zone. [Photos by Nilupul Perera/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/02/26/130226_LK_ESSAY1-270_180.jpg)