Tag: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka bans face coverings in wake of Easter bombings
Sri Lanka has banned all kinds of clothing that cover the face and prevent identification, such as niqabs and burqas,…
Father, 2 brothers of Sri Lanka suicide bombings mastermind killed in gun battle
The father and two brothers of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings were killed when security forces…
Death toll in Sri Lanka attacks hits 290
By Isa Isawade Official death toll of the Sunday suicide attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka has soared…
Easter Bombings: Christians afraid to attend church in Sri Lanka
The Members of Sri Lanka’s Christian minority are now reportedly afraid to go to church after deadly attacks that hit…
Ousted Sri Lanka prime minister reinstated
Sri Lanka’s sacked Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe has been reinstated, a legislator said, ending a 51-day political crisis in the…
Sri Lanka’s President delays reconvening parliament
Sri Lanka’s President, Maithripala Sirisena, has delayed recalling parliament by two more days, amid growing political uncertainty after the sacking…
Sri Lankan president cancels parliamentary suspension after protests
President Maithripala Sirisena of Sri Lanka cancelled his three-week suspension of parliament on Thursday, amid a political crisis triggered by…
Supporters of Sri Lanka’s ousted PM protest
Thousands of supporters of Sri Lanka’s ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe protested in the capital Colombo on Tuesday as political…
Sri Lanka heavy rains: 12 killed, over 69,000 affected
Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Center (DMC) on Thursday said 12 people had been killed and over 69,000 affected from the…
Adverse weather kills 8 in Sri Lanka
Eight people were killed and over 30,000 affected as strong winds and heavy rains lashed out across Sri Lanka over…
Sri Lanka looks to grant visa free entry to tourist friendly nations
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed a taskforce to study the possibility of granting visa free entry to…
Sri Lanka sounds “red alert” on rat fever
Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry has issued a “red alert” on rat fever in several districts across the island in the…
Sri Lanka: Viral flu kills 14 children
Sri Lanka’s Health Officials on Thursday said 14 children had died from a viral fever which was spreading in Southern…
Chickenpox shuts down Sri Lankan university faculty
An outbreak of chickenpox on Thursday forced Sri Lanka’s Rajarata University to shut down academic activities of the agriculture faculty…
New child-killing virus hits Sri Lanka’s south
Sri Lanka’s health officials on Thursday warned that a new virus affecting children was spreading in the island’s south and…
Buddhist-Muslim clash: Sri Lanka declares state of emergency
Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency for 10 days to rein in the spread of communal violence, a…
Sri Lanka restores ban on selling alcohol to women
A ban on selling alcohol to women will remain in place in Sri Lanka, after the finance minister reversed his…
Sri Lanka bans begging in capital
The Sri Lankan government said on Wednesday that it had banned begging along the roads or in public transport places…
Workers’ strike: Military take over fuel distribution in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s military have taken over control of main fuel distribution because of a strike embarked upon by employees that…
Sri Lanka expresses interest in tea production with Nigeria
Sri Lanka has expressed interest in partnering with Nigeria in tea production to support the the country’s agricultural development in…
Landslides kill 57 people
The death toll in landslides triggered by heavy rain across Sri Lanka has surpassed 57, with no fewer than 30…
100 Feared Dead After Huge Garbage Dump Collapses
Hopes were fading Monday for the survival of some 100 people trapped under the mud and debris of a landslide…
No Sri Lankans stranded at U.S. airports – Government
Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday said that there have been no reports of Sri Lankan nationals stranded in the…
Protest in Sri Lanka against Donald Trump
A small, but vociferous group on Friday staged a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka on the inauguration…
Elephant kills journalist
A journalist was trampled to death after a herd of wild elephants invaded a village in North-Central Sri Lanka, police…
Pope ends record-breaking Asia tour
Masses of cheering believers in the Philippines turned out to bid farewell to Pope Francis Monday, a fitting end to…
If the Opposition could win in Sri Lanka, APC can win Nigeria
When an opposition party rises to the level that it can trounce the ruling party, it only signals one thing;…
‘Exhausted’ pope cancels meeting with bishops
Pope Francis on Tuesday cancelled a planned meeting with Sri Lankan bishops, with one security official saying he was “exhausted”…
US vows to work with new Sri Lanka leaders
Washington pledged Monday to work with Sri Lanka’s newly-elected government to help improve human rights and democracy, voicing hope the…
Opposition candidate beats Sri Lankan president in poll
Sri Lanka’s Mahinda Rajapakse has conceded defeat in presidential elections, officials said Friday, after a bitter campaign that saw Asia’s…