Sri Lanka
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—Sri Lanka’s debt-laden economy has “collapsed” after months of shortages of food, fuel, and electricity, the prime minister told lawmakers Wednesday in comments that ...
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Sri Lanka has requested that China amend the terms of a $1.5 billion yuan-denominated swap facility so that it can be used to fund essential imports, ...
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Now we turn to a viewer’s request for a review of China’s influence in Sri Lanka. This can be seen as a textbook example of how ...
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of debt-ridden Sri Lanka asked China on Sunday for the restructuring of its loans and access to preferential credit for imports of essential ...
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A gem company in Sri Lanka has unveiled a rare and massive gemstone weighing 683 pounds (310 kilograms) that has been certified as one of the ...
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COLOMBO—A ferry capsized in eastern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, killing at least six people, a navy spokesperson said. Twelve people have been rescued and the search ...
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COLOMBO/CHENNAI—Heavy rains on Sri Lanka’s coast and in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu have killed at least 25 people, destroyed thousands of homes and ...
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COLOMBO—An elephant in Sri Lanka gave birth to twins on Tuesday for the first time in nearly 80 years, wildlife authorities said. The twins, both males, ...
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—Flash floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains in Sri Lanka have killed at least six people and left five missing, while more than ...
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A cargo ship carrying tonnes of chemicals sank off Sri Lanka's west coast, and tonnes of plastic pellets have fouled the country's rich fishing waters.
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COLOMBO—Rescuers have evacuated all crew from a container ship off the coast of Sri Lanka as a fire on board intensified and two people were injured, ...
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NEW DELHI—Sri Lanka has found six cases of blood clots among recipients of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, three of whom have died, Health Minister Pavithra Waniarachchi ...
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COLOMBO—Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a government minister said on Saturday. Minister for public ...
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COLOMBO—Sri Lanka’s navy said on Tuesday more than 100 whales had been rescued after becoming stranded on a beach on the island’s southwest coast. Villagers defied ...
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COLOMBO—The Sri Lankan navy towed a stricken supertanker away from the Indian Ocean island’s east coast on Wednesday, while an Indian Coast Guard plane sprayed chemical ...
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COLOMBO—An oil slick has been spotted half a mile from a stricken supertanker loaded with crude oil off the east coast of Sri Lanka, the Sri ...
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—Ships and aircraft from Sri Lanka and India intensified efforts to extinguish a new fire on an oil tanker off Sri Lanka’s coast on ...
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A Chinese state-owned company, “China Communications” was recently added to the U.S. sanctions list for helping the Chinese military build an island in the South China ...
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COLOMBO—Sri Lanka began towing a fully loaded supertanker that had caught fire off its east coast after it began drifting towards land, a spokesman for the ...
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COLOMBO/NEW DELHI—A new fire broke out on a supertanker carrying about 2 million barrels of oil in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Sri ...
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a former defense official revered by Sri Lanka’s ethnic majority for his role in ending a bloody civil war but feared by minorities for ...
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At least 18 people were injured after two elephants became restless and stampeded down a street during a religious parade in Sri Lanka.
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The 70-year-old bony elephant, Tikiiri, which was featured in viral photos during a parade, later collapsed, according to a local minister and an animal welfare group ...
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Boycott Urged After Photo of Emaciated Sri Lanka Elephant Emerges
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COLOMBO/KATTANKUDY, Sri Lanka—Authorities in Sri Lanka on Monday, April 29, banned women from wearing face veils under an emergency law put in place after deadly Easter ...
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Sri Lankan security forces found 15 bodies, including six children, early Saturday after terrorists linked to the Easter bombings opened fire and set off explosives during ...
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COLOMBO—Sri Lankan police are trying to track down 140 people believed linked to the ISIS terrorist group, which claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday suicide bombings ...
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—The suspected leader of the terrorist group Sri Lankan authorities said carried out a series of Easter Sunday bombings died in the blast at ...
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The alleged ringleader behind the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka died during one of the bombings, at a luxury hotel in Colombo. Sri Lankan President ...
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A Sri Lankan member of Parliament has called for a ban on the burqa across the country, following the suicide bombings that killed at least 359 ...