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SBI fraud case: CBI finally arrests offender who frequently changed identity, was proclaimed dead by court
A CBI press release said V Chalapathi Rao avoided arrest by frequently changing his identity and …
PTI
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Sri Lanka hospital capacity reaches 'tipping point' as the country records its highest COVID-19 toll in a day
With the new figure, Sri Lanka's overall caseload and death toll stood at 3,18,775 and 4,727, re…
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IPL's impact player rule implemented as test case, can be revisited: Jay Shah
"Isn't it important that two Indian players are getting a chance? The game is also becoming…
PTI
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SIMPLY PUT: Why Sri Lanka is going through an economic meltdown
India’s southern neighbour is now struggling to provide electricity, fuel and basic essent…
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Coronavirus in Sri Lanka: Thousands arrested for violating curfew
The number of positive cases has risen to 106 and the government has ordered police to strictly imp…
PTI
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26 ministers resign amidst the worst economic crisis in Sri Lanka
On Sunday night, all 26 ministers submitted letters of resignation. Speaking to reporters, Educatio…
PTI
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Fuel shortages, massive debts, and protesters partying in the presidential palace: Here is what's going on in 'bankrupt' Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's president has resigned following widespread protests sparked by an economic collapse te…
Chris Johnston
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Sri Lankan President slips away to Maldives after protestors take over his house
President Rajapaksa had left for the Maldives together with his wife and a bodyguard from the count…
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Sri Lanka will use tea to pay off its $251 million oil debt to Iran
Sri Lanka is undergoing severe financial stress, highlighted by a fall in foreign-exchange reserves…
Carla Mozée
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Sri Lanka is running out of food, medicine, gas, and money but the tourists just keep coming
"I was just there, didn't even notice. I had an amazing three weeks," one woman wrote on Facebook i…
Lina Batarags
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Sri Lanka bans all Indian travellers from entering the country to curb the spread of COVID-19 cases
He said the CAASL have directed all airlines to preventing disembarking Indian passengers. …
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Sri Lanka removes top health bureaucrat amid coronavirus crisis
Before assuming his current position, Munasinghe was serving as the Director General of the Army Me…
PTI
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Sri Lanka declares economic emergency as food items go out of reach
Authorities say they will take control of the supply of basic food items, including rice and sug…
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A former Maldives minister, Sri Lankan politicians, and a Buddhist monk were arrested over child sex exploitation in Sri Lanka
32 people were arrested over child sex trafficking in Sri Lanka, police said on Monday. 22 of them …
Vanessa Gu
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Sri Lanka conducts first-ever online tea auction, amid the coronavirus pandemic
The Colombo Tea Auction, one of largest and oldest ongoing tea auctions in the world, conducted it'…
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Sri Lanka prohibits handlers from 'drunk driving' on elephants, bans putting baby elephants to work
The new regulations released also mandated that logging elephants are only allowed to work up to fo…
Vanessa Gu
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A Sri Lankan health minister who promoted 'magic potions' made by a 'sorcerer' as COVID cures has been replaced
Former health minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi later contracted COVID-19 and was hospitalized.
Vanessa Gu
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Sri Lanka said it won't go into lockdown yet, despite a "COVID bomb" in the country where bodies are piling up and there's a backlog of mass cremations
The Sri Lankan government held mass cremations last weekend after Colombo's main hospital ran out o…
Matthew Loh
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4 friends bought a crumbling, 100-year-old mansion in the Sri Lankan jungle for $430,000 and spent years restoring it. Take a look inside.
The stone walls had collapsed, bats were roosting in the rafters, the windows were boarded up, and …
Claire Turrell
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Sri Lanka for the first time records birth of twin elephant calves
Colombo, Jul 8 () Sri Lanka for the first time has recorded the birth of twin elephant calves in th…