COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka on Friday (Sept 1) lifted a near six-week lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, but maintained a night curfew…
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Sri Lanka to cease building coal-fired plants, aims to be net-zero emitter by 2050
COLOMBO (REUTERS) – Sri Lanka will cease building new coal-fired power plants and achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said in an…
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New Zealand attacker 'brainwashed' by radical neighbours, mother says
COLOMBO (AFP) – A Sri Lankan man who went on a knife rampage in a New Zealand mall was “brainwashed” by neighbours from the Middle…
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Sri Lankan minister blames marine life deaths on chemical leak amid probe
COLOMBO (XINHUA) – Marine creatures including sea turtles that were washed ashore along the Sri Lankan coastal line recently died over a chemical leak from the X-Press…
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Sri Lankans blame cargo ship fire in May as more dead marine animals wash ashore
BANGALORE – A dead blue whale has been beached in northern Sri Lanka, the latest of several bodies of marine animals washing ashore in the…
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Sri Lanka court frees top detective probing Rajapaksas
COLOMBO (AFP) – A Sri Lanka court on Wednesday (June 16) freed on bail the country’s top detective after 10 months behind bars, in a…
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A cargo ship carrying chemicals that has burned for 13 straight days off Sri Lanka is now sinking, and could create a devastating oil spill
Advance Auto Parts Boosts FY21 Outlook – Quick Facts While reporting financial results for the first quarter on Wednesday, automotive aftermarket parts provider Advance Auto…
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Singapore-flagged container ship ablaze off Sri Lanka threatens chemical, oil spill
COLOMBO (BLOOMBERG, XINHUA, REUTERS) – The Sri Lankan authorities were on Wednesday (May 26) trying to douse a massive fire that has raged for six…
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U.N. to Gather Evidence of Atrocities in Sri Lanka Civil War
GENEVA — Responding to a decades-long push for accountability in the Sri Lankan civil war, the United Nations will set up a team of investigators…
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Sri Lanka invites Myanmar junta's foreign minister to meeting, but denies endorsing coup
COLOMBO (REUTERS) – Sri Lanka has invited a representative of Myanmar’s junta to a meeting of Asian foreign ministers, but denied on Wednesday (March 10)…
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UN rights chief seeks sanctions against Sri Lanka generals
GENEVA • The United Nations human rights chief has called for an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into Sri Lanka’s Tamil separatist conflict and sanctions…
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Deaths of Indian fishermen in Sri Lanka waters sheds light on marine crisis caused by overfishing
BANGALORE – The recent deaths of four fishermen from Tamil Nadu – one of them a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee living in India – have…
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Sri Lanka to conduct investigation into war crime allegations
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka will conduct an investigation into allegations its troops committed war crimes during a conflict with Tamil separatists, it said on…
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Sri Lanka evacuates thousands as Cyclone Burevi nears
COLOMBO (REUTERS) – Sri Lanka evacuated 75,000 people from homes on the east coast, where tropical cyclone Burevi, packing winds of 80km/h to 90km/h is…
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