Muslim families complain to UN over Sri Lankan Covid cremations

Muslim Council of Great Britain brings case against policy preventing burials on unproven health grounds A protest in Colombo in December ov...

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Man blamed for nearly half Sri Lanka virus cases speaks out

Referring to him only as "Patient 206", government officials lambasted the man on TV and social media, blaming him for at least ...

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Don't let Muslim Prabhakaran be born: Sri Lankan President Sirisena calls for unity

Acknowledging that the country has now been divided, Sirisena, who spoke in Mullaitivu, a former bastion of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil...

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Sri Lanka leader opposed to police attending attacks inquiry

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena is opposed to police testifying before a parliamentary inquiry into intelligence failures that p...

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US, Japan Freeze Aid To Lanka Over Constitutional Crisis, Says Former PM

"Countries are sensitive, they have concerns (about a government led by Rajapaksa) democratic countries have concerns," he said ...

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Sri Lankan president appoints Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister after sacking Ranil Wickremesinghe

Colombo: President Maithripala Sirisena Friday sacked his Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and appointed former president Mahinda Rajap...

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Bathroom taps, brass lamps worth Rs 70,000 stolen from Sri Lankan High Commissioner’s residence in Islamabad

An official of Sri Lanka's High Commission filed a police complaint in Islamabad, alleging that the thieves had stolen brass lamps and...

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China almost has Australia surrounded. But its debt-trap diplomacy has been exposed

BEIJING’s island-grabbing campaign is getting close to home. It’s muscling in on tiny nations from the Indian to the Pacific Oceans. A ...

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Boat of asylum seekers runs aground in crocodile-infested waters in Australia

Many of those on board the vessel then flee into a mangrove rainforest, home to crocodiles, venomous snakes and giant cassowaries. Repo...

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