Sri Lanka
Suicides due to economic reasons go up in Sri Lanka
Colombo - Though family disputes, failed love affairs and suffering from chronic disorders are seen as the main reasons for suicide in Sri Lanka, deaths attributed to economic reasons have picked up over the last three years, a police report said. In 2018, 3,281 persons have committed suicide, slightly up from 3,263 in 2017. A police reported attributed 591 deaths...
Lankan Prez says he will bar SOFA and MCC pact with US
President Maithripala Sirisena also said that those who file petitions against the death penalty irrespective of their positions are the dupes of the drug kingpins.
First India-funded model village handed over to Lankan beneficiaries
India is to help build 100 model villages consisting of a total of 2400 houses all across Sri Lanka with a grant of SLR. 1200 million.
Pope appoints Sri Lankan priest to top Vatican post
July 5 (The Hindu) - Pope Francis has appointed a Sri Lankan priest as the Secretary of the Vaticans Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue (PCID), the media reported on Friday. Rev. Msgr. Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku, who has been appointed as the Secretary of the PCID is a member of the clergy of the Diocese of Badulla, Sri Lanka, reports News First. Rev....
Former Sri Lankan President’s son, Yoshitha Rajapaksa to be engaged this month
Colombo, July 4 (newsin.asia) - January started off with an elegant start for the Rajapaksa family when the youngest son of Mahinda Rajapaksa, Rohitha Rajapaksa wedded his long time girlfriend, Tatyana Lee Jayaratne. Rohitha, although the youngest among the Rajapaksa sons, was the first to settle, raising many a suspicion as to when his elder two brothers would also take...
Sri Lanka says majority of injured in Easter attacks have recovered
Colombo, July 4 (Xinhua) - Sri Lanka's Health Ministry on Thursday said a majority of those injured in the Easter Sunday terror explosions have been discharged from hospital. Director General of Health Services of the Health Ministry, Dr. Anil Jasinghe told Xinhua that over 400 people had been injured in the nine suicide attacks on April 21 and to date...
Sri Lanka’s Tourist Hotels Association condemns growing anti Muslim incidents
Colombo, July 4 - The Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL) has vehemently condemned the growing number of anti-Muslim incidents, including hate speech, rampaging across Sri Lanka and warned it could impact the tourism industry and dent Sri Lanka’s reputation as a tolerant and friendly destination. THASL President Sanath Ukwatte in a statement said the growing number of incidents...
Sri Lanka plans US$50mn cable car project in Nuwara Eliya
July 4 (Economy Next) - Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had given initial clearance for a cable car project in hill country town of Nuwara Eliya targeting local and foreign tourists, the state information office said. A 50 million US dollar project has been proposed by a firm called Outdoor Engineering Lanka (Pvt) Ltd and its partner Doppelmayr Cable Car,...
Users report WhatsApp down, Facebook and Instagram too suffer glitch
July 3 (India Today) - Apparently right now WhatsApp is suffering some blues. Users are reporting, with many of them tweeting, that their messages are not going through. In many cases users are also unable to download media files including images, videos, among others in their WhatsApp messages. At the same time, Facebook and Instagram too are suffering from outages....
SOFA and sovereignty: Why US-Lankan pacts are cause for concern
Sovereignty and other concerns are blocking US attempts to get Sri Lanka to accept the Status of Forces Agreement, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation scheme in toto.
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