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4 days ago · The Sri Lankan military veterans, who had illegally joined Russian mercenaries and subsequently escaped from such groups in the conflict zones to returned to the island, claim that around 1,000 Sri Lankans are currently fighting in the Ukraine -Russia warfront.
9 hours ago · Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was assisted to flee Sri Lanka on 13 July 2022 during the height of the people’s movement (‘Aragalaya’) to prevent the possibility of a Sri Lankan President from being lynched and killed, undermining the island’s long-preserved democratic credentials, says one-time Maldivian President and Speaker of ...
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Tamils faced torture in Sri Lanka long after war, rights group says
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's security forces abducted men and women from the ethnic Tamil minority and tortured them...
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Scotland lose final & will face England in T20 World Cup
The Scots...they join Group B in the tournament itself and will play the host nation Bangladesh, Sou...
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3 days ago · REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights. COLOMBO, May 9 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka presidential elections will be held between Sept. 17 and Oct. 16, the island nation's Election ...
4 days ago · Authorities have imposed a nationwide curfew 20:00 May 16-05:00 May 17 amid protests and considerably elevated political tensions. The curfew was imposed May 9 and extended multiple times, but lifted May 15 for the Buddhist festival of Vesak. The reason for the reimposition curfew is not immediately clear, but may be related to an upcoming ...
9 hours ago · Sri Lanka’s women. There must be a limit to self-glorification, surely. If this is the kind of politician this country has and might continue to have as they open the doors of the dirty tricks department to survive, then it will take more than one Golden Jubilee before Sri Lanka can raise its voice to the world. (Neville de Silva is a veteran
4 days ago · Sri Lanka's security forces abducted men and women from the ethnic Tamil minority and tortured them in custody long after the end of a bloody civil war in the South Asian island nation, a human ...
2 days ago · SHARE. Sri Lanka will hold presidential election between September 17 and October 16, the country's top electoral body announced on Thursday. In a notice signed by its chairman R M A L Ratnayake, the Election Commission said it will call for nominations to hold the Presidential election within the specified timeframe in terms of the provisions ...
