Sri Lanka has started to tow the burning oil tanker “New Diamond” off the coast of the island nation. The wrecked ship, on which a […]
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Sri Lanka, hired two executioners: hangings return after 43 years
Sri Lanka has recruited two executioners and is preparing to carry out four hangings for drug offences, the first in 43 years, when a moratorium […]
Three men arrested for posing, bare buttocks, in front of sacred Buddhist site
Sri Lankan police have arrested three men who had photographed themselves half-naked in front of a sacred site, the BBCreports. Pidurangala Rock, from which the […]
Justice suspends resumption of executions
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Friday suspended the president’s resumption of capital executions to combat drug trafficking, pending a decision on their constitutionality.The South Asian […]
Sri Lanka, dead in garbage mountain collapse rise to 24
“The official number of people who died in the collapse of the mountain of dead garbage is 24”. Sri Lankan police spokesman Priyantha Jayakody reported […]
Humanitarian situation worsens in Sri Lanka
Families in distress, who have fled the fighting zone, are legion in the gigantic Camp of Manik Farm (the largest camp set up by the […]
Prison mutiny kills 27
A mutiny at a high-security prison in Colombo has left 27 people dead and 43 injured, according to a new, still provisional death toll announced […]
Unesco could remove Sri Lankan temple from World Heritage
unesco is concerned about the poor conservation of the World Heritage-listed Golden Temple of Dambulla in Sri Lanka, which could be removed from the list […]
The “New Diamond” is no longer burning
The emergency services apparently succeeded in extinguishing the fire on the oil tanker “New Diamond” off the east coast of Sri Lanka. The work would […]
Oil tanker filled with crude still on fire off Sri Lanka
A Panamanian-flagged tanker was still engulfed in flames off Sri Lankaon Friday for the second day in a row, exacerbating fears of a large-scale oil […]