Since the end of Sri Lanka’s nearly three-decade civil war in 2009 there have been no targeted attacks on the military. … Colombo: Nineteen people including 12 military personnel were injured on Wednesday in an explosion on a bus in Sri Lanka, said the military, adding they do not know the cause but …
A majority (n = 212) of isolates belonged to the YLF (Yersinia-like fimbrial) clade but 38 were BTFC (B. thailandensis-like flagellum and chemotaxis). A total of 108 isolates was genotyped and 46 sequence types (STs) were identified, 40 being novel. It…
Answered: I am wanting to stay for up to 12 months in Sri Lanka, as a tourist. Am I able to leave after 6 months (which is how long I can stay on the ETA with extensions) and just get another visa, or is there a minimum period I must stay out before re…
Sri Lanka has released 109 Indian fishermen who had been apprehended while poaching in the Sri Lankan waters. Meanwhile, the Indian authorities have released six Sri Lankan fishermen who were caught by them. The 109 Indian fishermen were handed over to…
Feb 21, Colombo: The second Cabinet reshuffle of the unity government will take place on Thursday, February 22, state media reports. The reshuffle is to take place according to an agreement entered into between the two parties in the unity government- …
COLOMBO, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) — At least 17 people were injured and rushed to hospital after a passenger bus caught fire in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, police said. The bus had been heading to nearby Kahagolla from Diyatalawa town whe…
A Sri Lankan asylum seeker who claims he once built warships for the Tamil Tigers says he will be tortured and possibly killed in his home country if he is deported by the Australian Government on Thursday. Santharupan Thangalingam, 46, said he was a s…
Colombo, Feb 20 (PTI) Mahinda Rajapaksa-backed Joint Opposition today questioned the current status of the unity government in Sri Lanka which has been plunged into an unprecedented political crisis after the local council polls in which the former pre…