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Sri Lanka is still reeling from its worst economic crisis, which hit the island nation two years ago. The country declared bankruptcy in 2022 with more than $83 billion in debt, more than half of ...
The news of the shooting was suppressed by the police and it was not until the following night that the event was reported in Sri Lanka's national media. [3] [4] The police initially denied that there was a shooting, claiming that the two deaths were accidental. [3] [4] [9] This led to accusations of a police cover-up. [3] [10] [11] [12]
Sri Lanka faced a spate of coordinated bombings in churches and hotels on Easter Sunday 2019. The country was earlier involved in a three-decade internal conflict between the State and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam – a proscribed terrorist organization – that ended in May 2009.
LankaeNews.com was banned for several years under the Government of Mahinda Rajapaksa.Its office was set on fire in an arson attack in 2011 and its Editor Bennett Rupasinghe told BBC that he suspected the government’s hand in the crime as LankaeNews had written several articles critical of the Sri Lankan government. [1]
Sri Lanka closed schools on Monday as heavy rain triggered floods and mudslides in many parts of the island nation, leaving at least 10 people dead and six others missing, officials said. The ...
COLOMBO/TOKYO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka and a group of its creditor nations said on Wednesday they have reached an agreement in principle on debt restructuring, a key step needed for the South Asian ...
Hiru TV (Sinhala: හිරු ටීවී) is the most watched television channel in Sri Lanka, founded by Rayynor Silva (Chairman) and owned by Asia Broadcasting Corporation. [3] Hiru TV is Sri Lanka's first and only digital television channel which has the DVB-T2 pictures and stereo sounds. [4] [5] [3] It currently holds all island coverage ...
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's parliament approved a domestic debt restructuring plan on Saturday that is crucial to continue a $2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Sri ...