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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Sri Lanka rescues 120 whales after mass stranding
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s navy and volunteers rescued 120 pilot whales stranded in the country’s biggest mass beaching, but at least two injured animals…
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China blasts 'bully' US ahead of Pompeo's Sri Lanka stop
COLOMBO (AFP) – China warned the United States not to “coerce and bully” Sri Lanka as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived on a…
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Sri Lanka tea storm swirls around Lebanon president
BEIRUT (AFP) – Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun has come under fire after it emerged that tea donated by Sri Lanka for victims of the Beirut…
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Sri Lanka tows stricken oil tanker out to sea, douses fire
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – The Sri Lankan navy said on Wednesday (Sept 9) it had extinguished another fire on a stricken supertanker loaded with 2…
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Fire-stricken oil tanker pushed away from Sri Lankan coast after getting too close
COLOMBO (AFP) – A fire-stricken oil tanker was pushed away from Sri Lanka’s coast and into deeper waters on Saturday (Sept 5), rescuers said, after…
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Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lanka's new prime minister
COLOMBO (XINHUA) – Leader of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party, Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa, took his oath as the country’s new prime minister on Sunday…
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Sri Lanka counts votes as Rajapaksa brothers look to consolidate power
COLOMBO (BLOOMBERG) – Sri Lanka on Thursday (Aug 6) began counting votes in an election that will decide whether President Gotabaya Rajapaksa can push through…
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Sri Lanka lifts coronavirus lockdown, says 'no community spread'
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s nationwide lockdown was lifted Sunday (June 28) after a selective curfew a month ago was reimposed during a surge in…
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Sri Lanka falls silent for victims on Easter attacks anniversary
COLOMBO (AFP) – Survivors of last year’s devastating Islamist suicide bombings in Sri Lanka held a private anniversary service on Tuesday (April 21) because of…
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Sri Lanka Catholic church 'forgives' 2019 Easter suicide bombers
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith told an Easter mass that ‘we offered love to the enemies who tried to destroy us’. Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic Church has…
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Sri Lanka pardons soldier who slaughtered Tamil civilians
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s President on Thursday (March 26) pardoned and released an army officer on death row for slitting the throats of Tamil…
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Sri Lanka to probe graft accusations over Airbus deal
COLOMBO (REUTERS) – Sri Lanka has ordered a probe into accusations of bribery by European planemaker Airbus to pave the way for the sale of…
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Ten years after end of war, Tamils still waiting to return home
Some 30 members of Tamil minority protest to reclaim their lands occupied by the army in Mullaitivu, northern Sri Lanka. Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka – On…
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