Sri Lanka is likely to lift a ban on social media networks this week, a government minister said, almost a week after blocking access to prevent the spread … Harin Fernando, the telecommunication minister, told reporters that senior Facebook company …
A mobile phone screen shows that Facebook page can not open after the Sri Lankan government decided to shut down social messaging networks. … COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is likely to lift a ban on social media networks this week, a government minister said on…
Finishing their overs on time will be one of the topics that will be discussed at length by Sri Lanka ahead of Friday’s must-win clash against Bangladesh of the Nidahas Trophy tournament. Sri Lanka’s captain Dinesh Chandimal is banned from the game after failing to finish the 20 overs in time and will …
The teahouse opened two years before Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, achieved independence as an autonomous territory of the British Commonwealth. "My father started this tea shop in 1946, but we have to sell this [site] as the government plans to sel…
26 Sri Lankans who were denied asylum by Australia and Switzerland have arrived in Sri Lanka this morning (Mar. 14). 15 deported Sri Lankans arrived from Australia in a special flight. The other 11 have been deported from Switzerland. Our airport corre…
A Sri Lankan asylum seeker family taken from a small Queensland town were pulled from a plane overnight, just minutes before they were due to be deported. Border force officials removed Tamils Nadesalingam, Priya and their two Australian-born daughters…
A Sri Lankan asylum seeker family taken from a small Queensland town were pulled from a plane overnight just minutes before they were due to be deported. Border force officials removed Tamils Nadesalingam, Priya and their two Australian-born daughters …
Human rights defenders and victims of religious violence have called on Sri Lanka’s government to bring the perpetrators to justice while accusing the police and military of failing to protect minority Muslims from Buddhist mobs. The United Nations has also condemned the attacks that have targeted …
But, Facebook, which has more than 5.5 million users in Sri Lanka, remained blocked, along with social messaging application WhatsApp. Calls to lift the ban were growing on Wednesday, with critics claiming the move had been ineffective in quelling violence against Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority, who …