Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka Signs Deal On Port With China

Sri Lanka has signed a $1.1bn (£837m) deal with China for the control and development of the southern deep-sea port of...

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Sri Lanka To Sign China Port Deal Despite Protests

Sri Lanka will proceed with the billion-dollar sale of a deep sea port to China despite protests in an effort to slash...

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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...

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Ranatunga Seeks Probe Into 2011 World Cup Defeat

Former Sri Lanka skipper Arjuna Ranatunga on Friday demanded an investigation into the country's 2011 World Cup final...

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Sri Lanka Opens Landmark Inquiry Into 2012 Jail Massacre

Sri Lanka announced Thursday a long-awaited investigation into the massacre of 27 prisoners that became a symbol of the...

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Sri Lanka Vows Tougher Laws After Wave of Hate Crimes

Sri Lanka's prime minister Wednesday promised tougher legislation to deal with hate crimes after an upsurge in attacks...

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Sri Lanka Vows Tougher Laws After Wave of Hate Crimes

Sri Lanka's prime minister Wednesday promised tougher legislation to deal with hate crimes after an upsurge in attacks...

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Foreign Aid Arrives In As Sri Lanka Flood Toll Exceeds 200

International aid arrived into Sri Lanka on Wednesday as the death toll from the island's worst floods and landslides...

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Sri Lanka Switches Foreign, Finance Ministers In Shake Up

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena announced his first cabinet reshuffle Monday, switching his finance and...

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Sri Lanka Offers Fresh Probes Into Missing Thousands

Sri Lanka's President announced Saturday new investigations into alleged secret detention centres as part of a drive to...

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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...

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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...

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Sri Lankan Embassies Sheltered Criminals

Sri Lanka's foreign minister on Friday accused the previous administration of using its embassies abroad as "safe...

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Sri Lanka Overturns Ban On Adopting Elephants

Sri Lanka said Wednesday it would allow rich individuals and temples to adopt baby elephants, overturning a ban put in...

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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...

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Hundreds Evacuated After Deadly Sri Lanka Dump Collapse

Sri Lanka has moved over 400 families to temporary shelters after tonnes of rotting garbage collapsed onto a slum on...

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Hope Fades For Sri Lanka Missing, Garbage Toll Hits 21

Hopes of finding anyone alive under a collapsed mountain of garbage in Sri Lanka's capital faded Sunday as the death...

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Sri Lanka Signals Arrests Over High-Profile Killings

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said Wednesday he would not protect anyone guilty of murder during the civil...

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Sri Lanka Ex-Leader’s Brother Shifts Blame For Killings

The brother of Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapakse denied Tuesday involvement in war-era death squads,...