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Three dead, 23 injured, in Sri Lanka prison riots as overcrowding strains jails

Three prisoners were killed and at least 23 others injured in two prison riots in Sri Lanka, a senior...
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Submarine attack on Iranian ship off Sri Lanka leaves at least 101 people missing

A submarine attack on an Iranian ship off the coast of Sri Lanka has left at least 101 people...
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More than 1,000 dead as floods devastate Asia

More than 1,000 people have died after catastrophic flooding and landslides hit Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka in...
World

Southeast Asia floods kill 321 across Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka as waters recede

Flooding has claimed at least 321 lives across Southeast Asia, where emergency teams worked on Friday to evacuate trapped...
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Sri Lankan’s year in Cyprus prison ends after court cites torture risk

The Supreme Court has ordered the immediate release of a Sri Lankan national, overturning a detention order amid concerns...
Opinion

Are we stealing from our domestic workers?

Is this really happening for so many years? That it's being discussed in far-off Sri Lanka while we're none...
Economy

Sri Lankan MPs seek pension rights for workers in Cyprus

Sri Lankan authorities are taking diplomatic steps to secure social security contribution refunds for their nationals working in Cyprus,...
World

Leftist coalition wins landslide victory in Sri Lankan election

Sri Lanka's leftist National People's Power (NPP) coalition, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has secured a sweeping victory...
Photos

Buddhist faithful hold rituals on the day of the full moon in Colombo

Buddhist devotees take part in a religious observance on a full moon day at a temple in the Kelaniya...
World

Domestic violence is cost of climate change for Sri Lankan women

After years of scant rainfall in a remote region of Sri Lanka, farmer Renuka Karunarathna's crops failed and as...
Economy

Japan urges early signing of debt MoU between Sri Lanka and creditors

Japan restated the importance for early completion of signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Sri Lanka and...
World

Sri Lanka reaches debt restructuring deal with creditor nations – government source

Sri Lanka has been informed that a debt-restructuring agreement with creditor nations has been reached but is yet to...
World

Thousands of Sri Lankan workers set to depart for Israel despite war

Supermarket manager Laknath Dias says the economic crisis in his native Sri Lanka is too much for him to...

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