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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has filed 23,270 charges against 25 people in...

Posted on June 3rd, 2021 Singapore-registered container ship has released chemical waste into the sea since catching fire on May 20 The Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl, carrying hundreds of tonnes of chemicals and plastics, sinks after burning for almost two weeks just outside Colombo’s harbor on June 2. (Photo: AFP) Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has decided to take legal action against the owner of a ship that has caused an environmental disaster on ...

La catastrophe écologique est déjà en marche au large de la côte est de l’île. Mais le gouvernement Sri-lankais essaie de sauver ce qui peut l’être.

Le Sri Lanka a sollicité laide de lInde en vue de protéger ses côtes contre une potentielle marée noire que pourrait provoquer le naufrage du porte-conteneurs MV X-Press Pearl, victime dun ...

Cardinal Ranjith pays tribute to Ven. Baddegama Samitha, the first Buddhist monk elected to parliament

April 2021 Tensions continued to mount among Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt ahead of Addis Ababa’s planned second unilateral filling of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in coming months. In apparent warning to Addis Ababa and preparation for possible escalation of inter-state tensions, Sudan and Egypt 31 March-5 April held second joint military exercise since Nov 2020. New round of talks among Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on filling and operation of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Blue Nile ...

Last Updated: 2 Former Sri Lankan Officials Charged In Court Over Easter Sunday Blasts 2 former Sri Lankan officials charged in court over Easter Sunday blasts Colombo, May 3 (PTI) Sri Lanka’s Attorney General Dappula de Livera on Monday produced 800 charges against two top former officials for their failure to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks in which over 270 people, including 11 Indians, were killed. The charges were produced in the Colombo High Court against former offici...

Last Updated: 2 Former Sri Lankan Top Security Officials Charged Over Easter Sunday Terror Attacks 2 former Sri Lankan top security officials charged over Easter Sunday terror attacks Colombo, May 3 (PTI) Sri Lanka’s Attorney General on Monday slapped 800 charges against two top former security officials for their failure to prevent the deadly 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks in which over 270 people, including 11 Indians, were killed. The charges were unveiled in the Colombo High Court b...

Posted on April 25th, 2021 Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen being taken to prison when he was arrested in October last year All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) leader and ex-Cabinet Minister Rishad Bathiudeen is a prominent Sri Lankan politician, who is very often in the news for the wrong reasons.  The 48-year-old Bathiudeen hailing from Dharapuram in the Mannar District is an engineer by training. Known widely as Rishad, he was first elected ...

Sri Lanka arrests MP, his brother after raids Sri Lanka arrests MP, his brother after raids Agencies / Updated: Apr 25, 2021, 06:00 IST 2019 Easter Rishad Bathiudeen and his COLOMBO, SRI LANKA Sri Lanka’s police on Saturday arrested a top Muslim leader and member of parliament in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people. Rishad Bathiudeen, leader of the All Ceylon Makkal Party, was taken into custody under the Prevention of Terrorism Act ( PTA), along with his...