# sri-lanka - Sunday 7 August, 2022
# Concern
From The42
# Concern
Three of them – judoka Chamila Dilani, her manager Asela de Silva, and wrestler Shanith Chathuranga – had disappeared last week.
# sri-lanka - Monday 25 July, 2022
# War Crimes
# War Crimes
Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to Singapore earlier this month.
# sri-lanka - Thursday 21 July, 2022
# New President
# New President
Protesters recently stormed the home of then-president Rajapaksa, forcing him to step down and clearing the way for a new president.
# sri-lanka - Saturday 16 July, 2022
# Colombo
# Colombo
Security around the parliament building was heightened today with masked soldiers on guard and nearby roads closed.
# sri-lanka - Friday 15 July, 2022
# Presidential Crisis
# Presidential Crisis
The parliament will convene on Saturday to start the process of electing a new president.
# sri-lanka - Thursday 14 July, 2022
# Sri Lanka
# Sri Lanka
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives yesterday aboard an air force jet.
# sri-lanka - Wednesday 13 July, 2022
# Crisis
# Crisis
A state of emergency has been declared and protesters stormed the prime minister’s office.
# sri-lanka - Monday 11 July, 2022
# Occupied
# Occupied
Protesters remain in President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence which they stormed on Saturday.
# sri-lanka - Sunday 10 July, 2022
# Takeover
# Takeover
The presidential palace was a free-for-all today after protesters stormed it.
# sri-lanka - Saturday 9 July, 2022
# Sri Lanka
# Sri Lanka
Hundreds of thousands of people massed in the capital to demand the government take responsibility for mismanaging the nation’s finance.
# sri-lanka - Friday 20 May, 2022
# Fuel Crisis
# Fuel Crisis
People have been waiting for days at a time to get fuel at stations around the island nation.
# sri-lanka - Wednesday 11 May, 2022
# Sri Lanka
# Sri Lanka
In the past few days, eight people have died and more than 200 have been injured in violent attacks in which mobs set fire to buildings and vehicles.
# sri-lanka - Tuesday 10 May, 2022
# Civil Unrest
# Civil Unrest
Sri Lanka is suffering its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948.
# sri-lanka - Monday 9 May, 2022
# Sri Lanka
# Sri Lanka
The Indian Ocean island nation is on the brink of bankruptcy and has suspended payments on its foreign loans.
# sri-lanka - Friday 14 January, 2022
# Sri Lanka
# Sri Lanka
Around 20 elephants have died over the last eight years after consuming plastic trash in the dump.
# sri-lanka - Wednesday 20 October, 2021
# Under Pressure
From The42
# Under Pressure
Captain Andy Balbirnie top-scored with 41 as his side were beaten by 70 runs.
# sri-lanka - Sunday 6 June, 2021
# Sri Lanka
# Sri Lanka
There were heavy downpours in ten out of the country’s 25 districts.
# sri-lanka - Friday 4 June, 2021
# Mhq
# Mhq
The five countries will go on the list from Tuesday morning.
# sri-lanka - Thursday 3 June, 2021
# Sri Lanka
# Sri Lanka
The Singapore-flagged MV X-Press Pearl started sinking off Colombo after authorities extinguished a fire that raged on the vessel for 12 days.
# sri-lanka - Saturday 13 March, 2021
# Sri Lanka
# Sri Lanka
Muslims make up about 9% of the 22 million people in Sri Lanka .
# sri-lanka - Tuesday 3 November, 2020
# Overnight Operation
# Overnight Operation
Local authorities were braced for mass deaths as seen in Tasmania in September.
# sri-lanka - Saturday 27 April, 2019
# Sri Lanka
# Sri Lanka
The deaths came as three cornered suicide bombers blew themselves up and others were shot.
# sri-lanka - Friday 26 April, 2019
# Easter Bombings
# Easter Bombings
More than 250 people were killed in the suicide bombings on Easter Sunday.
# sri-lanka - Thursday 25 April, 2019
# Easter Bombings
# Easter Bombings
Two sons of a wealthy Sri Lanka n spice trader are among the suspected suicide bombers.
# sri-lanka - Wednesday 24 April, 2019
# Colombo
# Colombo
Hundreds were killed in a series of bomb blasts in the country on Easter Sunday.
# Opinion
# Opinion
After a decade of peace, I had hoped that our troubles were behind us, writes Dil Wickremasinghe.
# sri-lanka - Tuesday 23 April, 2019
# Sri Lanka
# Sri Lanka
More than 320 people were killed in the Easter blasts.
# Colombo
# Colombo
Eight explosions struck churches and hotels in the capital Colombo on Easter Sunday.
# sri-lanka - Monday 22 April, 2019
# Easter Attacks
# Easter Attacks
No Irish citizens are believed to be among the dead or injured in yesterday’s fatal attacks.
# Colombo
# Colombo
The government is investigating whether the group had “international support”.
# sri-lanka - Sunday 21 April, 2019
# Colombo
# Colombo
Eight people have now been arrested over the attacks.
# sri-lanka - Thursday 13 December, 2018
# DUP
# DUP
BBC Spotlight Northern Ireland travelled to the Maldives to investigate the claims against the North Antrim MP.
# sri-lanka - Sunday 28 October, 2018
# Violence
# Violence
Police said bodyguards for a Sri Lanka n cabinet minister allied to Wickremesinghe opened fire inside a government ministry.
# sri-lanka - Thursday 26 July, 2018
# Coalition Of The Willing
# Coalition Of The Willing
The controversial DUP MP is currently the subject of a holiday expenses scandal involving the government of Sri Lanka .
# sri-lanka - Tuesday 24 July, 2018
# Fighting On
# Fighting On
The suspension follows Paisley’s failure to declare two family holidays that were paid for by the Sri Lanka n government.
# sri-lanka - Wednesday 18 July, 2018
# Ceylon Farewell
# Ceylon Farewell
The trips included ‘business-class air travel and helicopter flights’.
# sri-lanka - Wednesday 27 September, 2017
# Sri Lanka
# Sri Lanka
The 31 Rohingya refugees were rescued by the Sri Lanka n navy five months ago after they were found drifting in a boat off the island’s northern coast.
# sri-lanka - Tuesday 26 September, 2017
# Colombo
# Colombo
The man is reportedly a courier for an organised smuggling ring.
# sri-lanka - Friday 15 September, 2017
# Lagoon
# Lagoon
Paul McLean was on a beach and it’s believed he stumbled into an area infested with crocodiles.
# sri-lanka - Friday 8 September, 2017
# Daily Telegraph
# Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph claimed Paisley did not declare gifts received from a foreign government.
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