Drink concocted by self-styled holy man who claimed to have received its recipe from Hindu goddess of destruction, Kali. A self-styled Sri Lankan holy man’s supposed miracle potion to prevent COVID-19 has turned sour after a minister who publicly drank it was
The deep-sea jetty is located next to the Colombo International Container Terminal, which is 85 percent owned by China. Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has announced the revival of an Indian and Japanese investment project to develop a deep-sea terminal in Colombo
Ranjan Ramanayake, deputy minister of United National Party before it was voted out in 2019, claims he is being targeted for speaking out against corruption. An outspoken Sri Lankan opposition politician has been jailed for four years over his remarks alleging the
Destruction of monument at Jaffna University – depicting arms sticking out of a mound – prompted protests and threats of general strike. Sri Lanka’s government has said it would rebuild a memorial to Tamil civilians killed in the country’s civil war that
India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar makes the pledge in a meeting with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. India’s foreign minister has told Sri Lanka’s president that the country will be prioritised when Indian-produced COVID-19 vaccines are ready for export, the president’s office
A new report by charity Christian Aid found nine of the worst natural disasters of 2020 caused damages of more than $5bn each. Disasters fuelled by weather and climate extremes brought “catastrophic results for millions” across rich and poor nations in 2020,
Families have refused to claim the bodies in protest over the government’s policy of cremation, which is forbidden under Islamic law. Sri Lanka said it would cremate the bodies of 19 Muslim coronavirus victims, overriding the families’ objections against the compulsory policy.
Authorities had evacuated more than 75,000 people from the country’s east coast ahead of the cyclone that is projected to unleash flash floods. Tropical Cyclone Burevi slammed into Sri Lanka’s eastern coast on Wednesday night and was expected to damage coastal buildings
About 75,000 people evacuated from homes from the east coast, where tropical cyclone Burevi is expected to make landfall. Sri Lanka has evacuated 75,000 people from homes on the east coast, where tropical cyclone Burevi, packing winds of 80-90 kph (50-56 mph)
At least eight inmates dead and 55 wounded after unrest broke out at high-security Mahara prison near Colombo over rising infections. Intermittent gunfire rang out on Monday at a Sri Lankan high-security prison where a riot by inmates over a surge of