Sri Lanka pardons suspected Tamil Tigers convicted of terr...
June 25 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Sri Lanka’s president has pardoned 16 men linked to the Tamil Tiger rebels, as the island nation faces renewed pressure from the...
Bangladesh may have a solution for Sri Lanka’s muddled fer...
June 25 ,2021
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By: P.K. Balachandran
Bangladesh scientists introduce new flood resistant variety of rice to farmer.
Bangladesh, which has made a success of agricul...
Sri Lanka’s muddled fertilizer policy threatens agricultur...
June 23 ,2021
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By: P.K. Balachandran
The Sri Lankan government is determined to make farmers immediately switch over to organic farming citing health and environmental reas...
Sri Lanka ship fire caused 'significant damage to planet',...
June 21 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The United Nations representative in Sri Lanka said the sinking of a container ship that caught fire while transporting chemicals off t...
EU Parliament resolution puts spotlight on Sri Lanka’s rig...
June 15 ,2021
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By: Meera Srinivasan
A recent resolution adopted by the European Parliament, urging the EU Commission to consider temporary withdrawal of the GSP+ status gi...
Sri Lanka fishing and tourism sectors drown in new crisis
June 14 ,2021
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By: Munza Mushtaq
A member of Sri Lanka's military tries to clear Sarakkuwa Beach, north of Colombo, of pellets from a plastic and chemical spill...
As chemical cargo ship sinks off Sri Lanka, locals fear th...
June 4 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
For more than a week, the routine on the beach at Pamunugama in Sri Lanka’s Western Province, 20km (12 miles) from the capital, C...
Sri Lankan officials brace for oil spill from sinking carg...
June 4 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Sri Lanka is preparing to face a potential oil leak from the ship, X-Press Pearl, which began to sink earlier yesterday.
The Navy said...
Sri Lanka grills crew of burning cargo ship as it assesses...
June 1 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Tonnes of microplastic granules from the ship and its nearly 1,500 containers have inundated Sri Lanka's famed beaches.PHOTO: REUTERS...
Covid aid to India, financial help to Sri Lanka - Banglade...
May 29 ,2021
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By: Nayanima Basu
File photo of Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina | Photo: David Greedy | Bloomberg News
From providing India with Covid relief materials...
Chinese-built Colombo Port City crosses legal hurdle but s...
May 20 ,2021
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By: P.K. Balachandran
The Sri Lankan government has said that the Colombo Port City Economic Commission (CPCEC) Bill will be amended entirely on the lines su...
Sri Lanka’s rate of infections now higher than India
May 6 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Sri Lanka’s rate of coronavirus infections is higher than that reported in India at present, Public Health Inspectors (PHI) said....
Sri Lankan govt detains Muslim parliamentarian and bans bu...
April 30 ,2021
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By: K. Ratnayake
Sri Lankan police announced on Tuesday that they were extending the detention of Muslim MP Rishad Bathiudeen and his younger brother R...
China pushes defence ties with Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
China’s Minister of Defence Wei Fenghe, visiting Bangladesh and Sri Lanka this week, has called on countries in the neighbourhood...
Sri Lanka arrests Muslim MP over 2019 Easter attacks that...
April 27 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Sri Lankan police on Saturday arrested a prominent Muslim lawmaker and his brother over suspected connections to the Easter Sunday suic...
China offers Sri Lanka a lifeline as critics question cost
April 21 ,2021
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By: Munza Mushtaq
Signs advertise Colombo Port City: The development is said to give Beijing sweeping powers to oversee projects for the...
Sri Lanka-India travel bubble delayed
April 21 ,2021
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By: Meera Srinivasan
Sri Lanka has decided to postpone launching the proposed “travel bubble” with India, in the wake of the recent surge in Cov...
India wants Sri Lanka to hold early election to provincial...
April 20 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
India supports the call of international community for the Sri Lankan government to fulfill its commitments on devolution of political...
Prince Philip's car becomes Sri Lankan royal artefact
April 17 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
An almost 90-year-old car that once belonged to Britain's late Prince Philip is now the centrepiece of a seaside museum in Sri Lanka....
Australia gift Sri Lanka drones to spot people smuggling
April 16 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Australia has gifted Sri Lankan police five drones to monitor people smuggling between the two countries.
It’s part of a wider p...
Sri Lanka bans Muslim groups before Easter attacks anniver...
April 15 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The country's Roman Catholics had threatened to take to the streets over what they say is the government's failure to act against tho...
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Although the elections just held in four States and one Union Territory in India were provincial, they had immense national importance because national issues and national conditions impinged on them...
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