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SRI LANKA STRUGGLING WITH DEBT HANDS A MAJOR PORT TO CHINA
With many countries owing China for One Belt, One Road projects, some critics said Sri Lanka was setting a dangerous precedent of signing over territory... READ MORE›
STORM KILLS AT LEAST SEVEN IN SRI LANKA
Schools were closed Thursday across southern and central provinces and several flights into the main Colombo airport were diverted to Mattala airport in the south... READ MORE›
US SENDS SUPER CARRIER USS NIMITZ TO SRI LANKA IN FLAG-SHOWING VISIT AIMED AT CHINA
The investment is also viewed as a counter to India's traditional influence in Sri Lanka and the rest of the Indian Ocean... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS OF COMMUTERS STRANDED IN SRI LANKA DUE TO TRAIN STRIKE
The angry passengers launched a protest of their own against the railway unions, resulting in special police teams being deployed to calm the situation... READ MORE›
PROTESTERS FORCE ROHINGYA REFUGEES TO FLEE SRI LANKA SAFE HOUSE
Tens of thousands Muslim Rohingya have fled mostly Buddhist Myanmar since 2012... READ MORE›
SRI LANKAN ARRESTED WITH NEARLY 1KG OF GOLD IN HIS RECTUM
Customs officials found 904 grams of gold, worth about 4.5m Sri Lankan rupees 29,370, ?21,700 inside the suspect's rectal cavity... READ MORE›
BODY OF FT JOURNALIST PRESUMED KILLED BY CROCODILE FOUND IN SRI LANKA
Body of FT journalist presumed killed by crocodile found in Sri Lanka... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Colombo
WONDER WOMAN GAL GADOT BACKS MOCKED SRI LANKAN COSPLAYERS
Hollywood actress Gal Gadot has thrown her support behind two young women in Sri Lanka after they were cyber-bullied for cosplaying as Wonder Woman... READ MORE›
SRI LANKA PROTEST OVER CHINESE INVESTMENT TURNS UGLY
Several people have been injured in southern Sri Lanka during a protest against allowing China to build a port and industrial zone... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA'S FAREWELL SPEECH: PRESIDENT ENDS HIS LEADERSHIP WITH URGENT AND FEARFUL WARNING ABOUT THE STATE OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACYA
Barack Obama's farewell speech President ends his leadership with urgent and fearful warning about the state of American democracyA... READ MORE›
TUPAC SHAKUR'S HAIL MARY MAKES SURPRISE APPEARANCE AT CAROL SERVICE
The lyrics are in fact those of a 1997 track by the rapper Tupac Shakur... READ MORE›
CHINA'S NAVAL HOSPITAL SHIP MAKES FIRST VISIT TO SRI LANKA[1]
Aside from Sri Lanka, Harmonious Mission 2017 will also see the Peace Ark visit other locations around the Indian Ocean... READ MORE›
SRI LANKA FLOODS, LANDSLIDES: DEATH TOLL RISES TO 100
Indian medical teams and emergency relief arrived in the capital, Colombo, on Saturday to help Sri Lanka deal with the worst flooding in 14 years... READ MORE›
CHINA, SRI LANKA INK HAMBANTOTA PORT DEAL
China Merchants Port Holdings and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority signed an agreement here on Saturday to develop the Hambantota Port in southern Sri Lanka... READ MORE›
RACE TO RESCUE SRI LANKA FLOOD VICTIMS AS TOLL RISES
Helicopters are searching for people marooned four days after floods and mudslides inundated parts of southern and western Sri Lanka and killed at least 164 people... READ MORE›
MASSIVE DUMP LANDSLIDE KILLS AT LEAST 10 IN SRI LANKA
A 13-year-old boy and two girls aged 14 and 15 were among the dead, said Pushpa Soysa, head nurse at the main Colombo hospital... READ MORE›
COLOMBO: DEATH TOLL FROM RUBBISH DUMP COLLAPSE RISES
Sri Lanka's parliament was warned recently that the 23 million tonnes of garbage rotting at Kolonnawa was a serious health hazard... READ MORE›
SRI LANKA TO SIGN HAMBANTOTA PORT DEAL WITH CHINA ON SATURDAY, INDIA'S SECURITY CONCERNS ADDRESSED
The deal will also help Sri Lanka manage its foreign debt better, he added... READ MORE›
RESIDENTS AFRAID AS MORE RAIN FORECAST
Sri Lanka's Daily Mirror newspaper said a second Indian naval ship, the INS Shardul, had arrived in Colombo with relief supplies and inflatable boats... READ MORE›
SRI LANKA SIGNS DEAL ON HAMBANTOTA PORT WITH CHINA
In a move to ease those concerns, the Sri Lankan government announced a revised deal to cut the Chinese firm's stake to 70 percent ... READ MORE›
BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE BOOSTS SRI LANKA-CHINA TIES
Besides the Chinese language, many Sri Lankan students are learning Chinese medicine and business courses in China, as Chinese medicine is emerging in South Asia... READ MORE›
MALDIVES NEWSPAPER RAIDED AFTER CORRUPTION CLAIMS AGAINST PRESIDENT
Al-Jazeera documentary airing corruption allegations against President Abdulla Yameen leads to crackdown on media... READ MORE›
UN URGES SRI LANKA TO INVESTIGATE WAR ABUSES
The United Nations Human Rights Council should give full support to the recommendations in a resolution it is expected to adopt this month, he said... READ MORE›
INDIA AND SRI LANKA MUST BE GOOD NEIGHBOURS
Botched peace plan Mr Modi also urged the new Sri Lankan government to push forward with post-war reconciliation... READ MORE›
BUDDHISM TO REMAIN PARAMOUNT IN NEW CHARTER
Prime Minister assured Buddhist monks that the new constitution will not take away the primary status given to Buddhism... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA TO 'REOPEN' SRI LANKAN MAID ADULTERY CASE
Saudi Arabia has agreed to reopen the case of a Sri Lankan maid sentenced to death for adultery, Sri Lanka's deputy foreign minister said... READ MORE›
TENS OF THOUSANDS DESCEND ON DUBLIN TO PROTEST AGAINST WATER CHARGES
For instance, research has shown that India's air pollution problems may cut agricultural production by a third... READ MORE›
HOPES FADE FOR S LANKA MUDSLIP VICTIMS
In June, monsoon rains triggered landslides in Sri Lanka that killed at least 22 people and forced thousands from their homes... READ MORE›
SRI LANKA SIGNS $1.1 BILLION CHINA PORT DEAL AMID LOCAL, FOREIGN CONCERNS
Sri LankaPorts Authority SLPA and China Merchants Port Holdings 0144.HK to handle the commercial operations of the Chinese-built port on a 99-year lease... READ MORE›
CHINA 'SILK ROAD' PROJECT IN SRI LANKA DELAYED AS BEIJING TOUGHENS STANCE
A source familiar with China's thinking said it may wait until May, when Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe visits Beijing, to sign both deals... READ MORE›
HOPES FOR SURVIVORS FADE AFTER RUBBISH DUMP COLLAPSE
Authorities were unsure how many more people could still be trapped, but about 30 were reported missing, Bopage told the Associated Press news agency... READ MORE›
ARMY SPIES ARRESTED OVER LASANTHA WICKREMATUNGE MURDER
Five arrested military intelligence officers are suspected of killing prominent anti-establishment newspaper editor... READ MORE›
WORST-EVER DENGUE OUTBREAK KILLS UP TO 300 IN SRI LANKA
The worst-ever outbreak of dengue fever has killed nearly 300 people in Sri Lanka, with aid agencies warning against further spread of the mosquito-borne viral disease... READ MORE›
LANDSLIDES IN SRI LANKA LEAVE DOZENS DEAD
The Sri Lanka Red Cross was managing one of at least four camps near the Aranayake landslide to provide relief to survivors, Mr. Johnney said... READ MORE›
FOREIGN AID ARRIVES AS FLOOD TOLL TOPS 200
Mudslides have become common during the monsoon season in Sri Lanka as land has been heavily deforested to grow export crops such as tea and rubber... READ MORE›
MODI VISITS TAMILS CULTURAL HEART IN TOUR OF SRI LANKA
Gandhi was the last prime minister to visit Sri Lanka, in 1987, but the trip was marred when a Sri Lankan sailor hit Mr... READ MORE›
PEOPLE UNDERNEATH - STILL THEY DUMP
Four children are among 16 people killed after a huge rubbish dump collapsed on to their homes in Sri Lanka... READ MORE›