COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan police have arrested two army corporals for their suspected involvement in anti-Muslim riots in the central highlands district of Kandy last month, police said on Tuesday. It was the first arrest of serving soldiers for t…
Colombo: Sri Lankan police have arrested two army corporals for their suspected involvement in anti-Muslim riots in the central highlands district of Kandy last month, police said on Tuesday. It was the first … Muslims comprise about nine percent of Sri Lanka’s population of 21 million. Buddhists make up …
Almost 5% of the population of Sri Lanka work in the billion-dollar tea industry, picking leaves on the mountain slopes and processing the tea in plantation factories. The cultivation and selling of black tea has shaped the lives of generations of Sri …
Apr 09, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today pledged that his government will take every possible action to provide facilities for the brave war heroes who fulfill their duties towards the country. He made these remarks participatin…
Sri Lankan community to mark Sinhala New Year soon. April 9, 2018 … More than 2,500 Sri Lankans from all over Oman are expected to attend the Sinhala New Year festivities on April 13. … The Chief Guest for this annual event is the Ambassador of Sri…
The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami claimed the lives of more than thirty-five thousand Sri Lankans and affected more than one million people across the island. It damaged a total of 183 schools, 18 vocational and industrial training institutes and 4 univers…
COLOMBO, April 9 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan share index on Monday touched its lowest close in 11 weeks, pulled down by blue-chips stocks in a moderate turnover, as many market participants were on leave ahead of the traditional Sinhala-Tamil New Year this …
COLOMBO, April 9 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee ended marginally weaker on Monday on dollar demand for oil and vehicle imports, but the local currency is expected to bounce back on inflows from inward remittances ahead of the traditional festival thi…
This is the heartwarming moment a baby elephant was rescued from a well after it toppled in while trying get a drink of water. The four-month-old calf cries for help were noticed by locals who found the baby in a six-feet deep well in Ampara in the Eas…
A MUM from Sri Lanka, who arrived in the UK in a shipping container, has transformed an underperforming schoolboy into a model student after he moved in with her. Jack, 15, was regularly late for school after staying up late and partying. Mum Priyanka,…