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The World Bank said it would not offer new funding to Sri Lanka unless the bankrupt island nation carried out ...

The Sri Lankan government forces cremation of Covid-19 victims.

Sri Lanka Sticks to Cremation of Muslim Covid-19 Victims Despite Uproar

2021/01/08

Sri Lanka's government insisted Friday on the cremation of all coronavirus victims, rejecting international pleas and recommendations from its own ...

Municipal workers carry the coffin of an unclaimed body of a Covid-19 victim to a crematorium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Anger Grows in Sri Lanka Over Forced Muslim Virus Cremations

by Staff Writer

2020/12/16

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Outrage is mounting in Sri Lanka after at least 15 Muslim coronavirus victims, including a baby, were cremated against family ...

a garbage dump collapse that killed 32 people in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka Returns Illegal Waste to Britain After Court Order

by Staff Writer

2020/10/31

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Sri Lanka has started shipping 242 containers of hazardous waste, including body parts from mortuaries, back to Britain after a ...

Rajapaksa Brothers Seek to Consolidate Power in Sri Lanka Vote

by Staff Writer

2020/08/05

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Sri Lankans turned out in large numbers to vote in parliamentary elections, as the ruling Rajapaksa brothers sought a fresh ...

Sri Lankan motorcyclists ride past a poster of Mahinda Rajapakse's after he was sworn in as prime minister in Colombo on October 27, 2018

‘Foreign Interference:’ Sri Lanka Blocks UN Meeting with Judges

by Staff Writer

2019/07/24

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Sri Lankan forces are accused of killing up to 40,000 Tamil civilians in the final months of the island's 37-year ...

Indian Muslims hold placards outside the Sacred Heart Cathedral as they pay tribute to the victims of the Sri Lankan terror attacks, in New Delhi on April 23, 2019.

Scared Muslim Refugees Flee Sri Lankan Homes Over Attack Fears

by Staff Writer

2019/04/25

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Muslim refugees in western Sri Lanka have taken refuge in mosques and a police station after facing intimidation following the ...

Sri Lanka Shaken in Deadliest Attack Since 9/11

by Staff Writer

2019/04/21

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Sri Lanka was rocked by a series of blasts that killed more than 200 people and injured hundreds more in ...

Tamil Political Activism: Sri Lanka’s Way Out of the Crisis?

by Gyda Sindre and Jacqueline Cho

2018/11/27

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Sri Lanka's political crisis gives the country's largest Tamil political party the opportunity to offer the most inclusive, reconciliatory, and ...

Sri Lankan Political Standoff: What Awaits the Island Nation?

by Anna Varfolomeeva

2018/11/06

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President Maithripala Sirisena suspended parliament until November 14 after sacking Ranil Wickremesinghe as premier and replacing him with former President ...