Recent News Headlines : Sri Lanka
BAY OF BENGAL: DEPLETED FISH STOCKS AND HUGE DEAD ZONE SIGNAL TIPPING POINT
Approximately 200 million people live along the Bay of Bengal's coasts and of these a major proportion are partially or wholly dependent on its fisheries2... READ MORE›
DENGUE FEVER SIDELINES MALINGA FROM SOUTH AFRICAN LIMITED OVER SERIES
CAPE TOWN Reuters Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga has been ruled out of the Twenty and One Day series against South Africa as he has... 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›
21 INJURED IN CLASHES IN SRI LANKA OVER CHINA PORT DEAL
The government also has proposed to lease 15,000 acres 6,070 hectares in Hambantota district and adjoining Moneragala district for the industrial zone... READ MORE›
OM PURI, CELEBRATED INDIAN ACTOR, DIES AGED 66
Om Puri, one of India's most critically acclaimed actors, who starred in films across Hollywood, Bollywood and the UK, had died in Mumbai... READ MORE›
COMMENT: DISENTANGLING AID, TRADE, DIPLOMACY AND POVERTY
The M4DI promotes mining as a vehicle for 'sustainable' development and provides an opportunity for Australian mining companies to showcase themselves as best practice companies... READ MORE›
SRI LANKA CLAIMS WORLD'S TALLEST ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE
He said Sri Lanka still is still grappling with issues regarding religion, caste and race... READ MORE›
SRI LANKANS RUSH TO BUILD 'WORLD'S TALLEST' CHRISTMAS TREE ON TIME
A bid to erect the world's tallest artificial Christmas tree is looking unlikely to be up in time for Christmas Day, organisers in Sri Lanka say... READ MORE›
CLIMATE REFUGEES IN SOUTH ASIA NEED PROTECTION, ADVOCATES SAY
More than 46 million people in South Asia fled their homes due to natural disasters between 2008 and 2013, the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Center has estimated... READ MORE›
YORKSHIRE TEA JUST HAD A VERY BIZARRE TWITTER ARGUMENT WITH THIS ANNOYED MANA
A??All tea comes from one type of bush, called Camellia Sinensis,a?? Yorkshire Teaa??s website explains... READ MORE›
HERE ARE THE 50 DEMOCRACIES THAT HAVE DONE WHAT THE U.S. HAS FAILED TO DO
Indira Gandhi, for example, was the daughter of India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Sri Lanka
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION DECLARES SRI LANKA MALARIA-FREE
The World Health Organisation has certified that Sri Lanka is a malaria-free nation, in what it called a truly remarkable achievement... READ MORE›
SRI LANKA PLEDGES WAR CRIMES INQUIRY
Channel 4 is sri lanka changing under president sirisena? 30 hrs ago... READ MORE›
CHARLIE HEBDO CARTOON ON DEAD SYRIAN CHILD SPARKS ANGER
French satirical magazine rejects Kremlin's criticism of cartoons that have been widely discussed on social 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›
ASYLUM GROUP 'LEGALLY HELD AT SEA'
Australia asylum sea detention of sri lankans legal court rules... 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›
INDIA TO SPEND A?10BILLION ON NEW WARSHIPS AND SUBMARINES
The decision came after India's finance minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Indian parliament We do not require the aid... 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›
JAFFNA JOURNAL SRI LANKAS TAMIL MINORITY GROWS IMPATIENT WITH JUST PROMISES
Since last August, personnel assigned to the French counterterrorism operations, working with African security forces, have killed or captured about 100 militants, French officials 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›
SCORES MISSING AFTER SRI LANKA MUDSLIDE
At least 280 people died in a month of heavy rains and floods in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu last year... READ MORE›
WHO IN THE WORLD REALLY WANTS DONALD TRUMP TO WIN?
In her travels around the world, Frida Ghitis queried people on whether they wanted Donald Trump to become America's president. What she found was surprising... READ MORE›
WHICH IS THE WORLD'S MOST GENEROUS COUNTRY?
Less affluent places like Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago featured in the top 10... 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›
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›
SRI LANKA: MUDSLIDES BURY HUNDREDS OF VILLAGERS
Some 220 families were reported missing, the Sri Lankan Red Cross said in a statement... READ MORE›
INVESTIGATORS TO RELEASE RECORDER DATA FROM TRAIN CRASH ON THURSDAY
The inquiry is the outcome of a landmark resolution of the 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council last March... READ MORE›
DUTCH HONEYMOONER FALLS OFF 4,000FT CLIFF AND SURVIVES
Mamitho Lendas was visiting the World's End mountain when he stepped back to take a picture of his bride, and plummeted off the edge... READ MORE›
COMEBACK HOPES DIM FOR SRI LANKAS EX-PRESIDENT AHEAD OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
But all around him Mr. Rajapaksa's old power base was being assailed by opponents determined to bury his political hopes once and for all... READ MORE›
SRI LANKAA??S PRESIDENT DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT, CLEARING WAY FOR EARLY ELECTION
One of Sri Lanka's key parties, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party SLFP, is split between Sirisena and Rajapaksa, who defeated the Tamil separatists in 2009... READ MORE›
MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER CUTS VACATION SHORT OVER FLOODS
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said he is cutting short his U.S vacation Friday to deal with his country's worst floods in years... READ MORE›
MEET RANGAN SRIKHANTA, THE FORMER REFUGEE WHO WANTS TO CHANGE THE WORLD ONE LAPTOP AT A TIME
One Laptop Per Child goes modular as Rangan Srikhanta seeks to change the world... READ MORE›
CHINA INVITES INDIA TO JOIN SRI LANKA OFFSHORE CITY PROJECT
Already, we have quite a number of Indian companies who have made substantial investments in Sri Lanka... READ MORE›
HISTORY INDIAS BREXIT TOOK MORE THAN A REFERENDUM
India's exit from the British Empire may offer lessons for the European Union on what to expect next, he said... READ MORE›
Some used quite a lot of airbrushing (India and Sri Lanka, for instance) to create an overall softer, less angled feel... READ MORE›
SRI LANKAN SCHOOL EMPTIES AMID AIDS RUMOURS
Meanwhile officials from the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission have been to the school and have also visited the boy's home... READ MORE›
HOPES FADING FOR SRI LANKA'S LANDSLIDE SURVIVORS
About 220 families are reported missing, the Sri Lankan Red Cross said in a statement on Wednesday... READ MORE›
'THE WATER CAME - MY FAMILY IS GONE'
The girl was the daughter of an Indian air force officer stationed on Car Nicobar... READ MORE›