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Sri Lanka Finalises $1.12 Bn Port Deal With China
Sri Lanka's government Tuesday approved the sale to China of a majority stake in a loss-making but strategically-sited...
Hospitals Overwhelmed As Sri Lanka Dengue Toll Nears 300
Sri Lanka announced Monday it was intensifying its war on dengue fever, with schools to shut across the island to help...
Never Easy Playing Sri Lanka In Their Backyard, Says Kohli
Top-ranked India will not take Sri Lanka lightly despite the home team's recent indifferent form as well as...
US Embassy Warns Women Against Using Tuk-Tuks In Sri Lanka
The US embassy in Colombo warned Thursday its citizens visiting Sri Lanka to avoid travelling alone in tuk-tuks after a...
Sri Lanka Pressed Over Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes
Sri Lanka-based Western diplomats Thursday urged Colombo to investigate a wave of anti-Muslim violence in the...
Indian Aid Arrives As Sri Lanka Monsoon Toll Hits 100
Indian medical teams and emergency relief arrived in Sri Lanka Saturday as the monsoon-related death toll reached 100...
Sri Lanka To Demolish 10,000 Buildings After Collapse
Sri Lanka said Friday it will demolish an estimated 10,000 illegally built homes and offices in Colombo, a day after a...
Wedding Hall Collapses In Sri Lanka, Injuring 20
A multi-storey wedding venue collapsed during construction in Sri Lanka on Thursday, injuring at least 20 workers and...
Modi Heads To Sri Lanka As Chinese Influence Rises
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Sri Lanka on Thursday on a charm offensive as New Delhi seeks to reassert...
Sri Lanka Evicts Thousands of Wasps Ahead of Modi Visit
Sri Lanka has taken the unusual step of clearing thousands of wasps from a tea plantation to ensure Indian Prime...
Sri Lanka Ends Search For Garbage Survivors As Toll Hits 32
Sri Lanka on Wednesday ended the grim search for survivors five days after a huge garbage mountain collapsed onto a...
Sri Lanka Garbage Mountain Buries 40 Homes, Kills Six
At least six people were killed and 10 others injured in Sri Lanka's capital Friday after a massive rubbish dump buried...
Sri Lanka To Scale Back Port Deal With China
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is to scale back a profitable but controversial deal to sell a deep-sea port to a Chinese...
Sri Lanka Prison Bus Shooting Kills Seven
Attackers opened fire on a prison bus outside Colombo on Monday, killing five prisoners and two armed guards in the...
Google Internet Balloon Plan Snagged In Sri Lanka
Google's venture to beam the internet to remote areas of the world via balloon has hit a legal snag in Sri Lanka that...
Sri Lanka Protest Over Chinese Investment Turns Ugly
Several people have been injured in southern Sri Lanka during a protest against allowing China to build a port and...