President welcomes Royal College prefects to Presidential Secretariat

COLOMBO: President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the delay in the Sri Lankan university system at the commencement of courses would be avoided enabling students to…

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No fuel, no hope: Sri Lankans flee crisis in mass brain drain

COLOMBO: Shamla Yoosoof, an investment researcher from Colombo, left Sri Lanka with her 3-year-old son and a jam-packed suitcase, swapping economic chaos at home for…

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Shipping giant changes course to save Sri Lanka whales

COLOMBO: Animal rights activists on Friday (Sep 9) cheered a move by a shipping giant to alter course in Sri Lankan waters to avoid collisions…

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Sri Lanka: Devastating crisis for children, a ‘cautionary tale’ for South Asia

COLOMBO: Staple foods have become unaffordable, warned UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, George Laryea-Adjei who pointed out that severe malnutrition in crisis-wracked Sri Lanka was…

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US announces $40 million agricultural aid to Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: The United States has announced $40 million in aid to buy fertilizer and other key agricultural inputs in time for the next cultivation season…

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Authorities’ crackdown on protest rights must end: Amnesty International

COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan authorities have fiercely clamped down on protests and demonized protesters during a period of economic crisis and hardship in the country,…

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Law is the same for you, me and everyone, says President

COLOMBO: President Ranil Wickremesinghe declared opened the third session of the ninth Parliament on 3 August and delivered the government’s policy statement. President Wickramasinghe said…

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