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Virus slows China's major projects in Asia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 03:07 PM

The outbreak that emerged in China in late December and spread to dozens of countries has cut off the Chinese labor supplies and equipment imports needed to keep major infrastructure projects running.   Read more »

US denies Sri Lanka army chief entry over war crimes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 15 03:49 AM

Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva, whose appointment last year drew wide international criticism, will be ineligible to visit the United States, as will his immediate family, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. Read more »

Sri Lanka confirms first case of coronavirus -health official

Reuters
Posted at Jan 28 03:59 AM

Sri Lanka has confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the country, a senior Sri Lankan health official said on Monday. Read more »

Sri Lanka president likely to reboot China ties: experts

Simon Sturdee, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 19 02:43 PM

With the Rajapaksas clan now back, Beijing will likely be too, experts say.   Read more »

Sri Lanka elephants run amok, 17 injured

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 10 08:24 PM

Seventeen people were injured in Sri Lanka when two elephants ran amok at a religious festival, police said. Read more »

Australia moves Tamil family, including Aussie-born toddlers, to remote island

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 31 05:10 PM

MELBOURNE, Australia - A Tamil family of four -- including two Australian-born toddlers -- have been moved to a remote island off the coast of Indonesia, despite a court order blocking deportation, their lawyer said Saturday. Read more »

Asian countries turning back wealthy world's waste

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 31 07:15 AM

Several Southeast Asian countries, sick of being the wealthy world's rubbish dump, have in recent weeks turned back container-loads of waste from foreign shores. Read more »

Sri Lankan arrested for 'forcibly' streaming sex with wife in Bulacan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 09:51 PM

A Sri Lankan was arrested Friday by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) due to sex crime charges in San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan. Read more »

Sri Lanka reinstates death penalty for drug crimes ahead of polls

Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal, Reuters
Posted at Jun 27 06:47 AM

Sri Lanka's president on Wednesday signed death sentences for four people convicted of drug-related offences in a decision analysts said is aimed at boosting his chances of re-election later this year.   Read more »

Rugby: PH Volcanoes down Sri Lanka to advance to Asia Division-1 finals

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 09:43 PM

The defending champion Volcanoes outclassed top seed Sri Lanka 39-22 in the Asia Rugby Championship Division 1 on Wednesday to reach the title round. Read more »

Sri Lanka blocks social media after worst anti-Muslim unrest since Easter bombings

Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal, Reuters
Posted at May 13 12:31 PM

Several dozen people threw stones at mosques and Muslim-owned stores and a man was beaten in the Christian-majority town of Chilaw on the west coast on Sunday in a dispute that started on Facebook, sources told Reuters. Read more »

Churches in Sri Lankan capital cancel Sunday mass due to threat

Omar Rajarathnam, Reuters
Posted at May 03 02:49 PM

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's Catholic churches have cancelled Sunday mass in the capital Colombo for a second straight week, citing foreign intelligence warnings of threats to worshippers in the wake of the deadly Easter bombings on churches and hotels. Read more »

Leave my country alone, Sri Lanka president tells Islamic State

Reuters
Posted at May 01 04:48 PM

COLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said a foreign mastermind may have planned the Easter Sunday bombings, claimed by Islamic State, telling the militant group to "leave my country alone". Read more »

US envoy to Sri Lanka says threat is real as security forces maintain high alert

A. Ananthalakshmi and Alexandra Ulmer, Reuters
Posted at Apr 30 04:19 PM

COLOMBO - The U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka said on Tuesday that some of the Islamist militants involved in the Easter Sunday bombings on the island were likely still at large and could be planning fresh attacks. Read more »

Sri Lanka lifts ban on social media, security remains tight

Reuters
Posted at Apr 30 02:15 PM

The Sri Lankan government has lifted a ban on social media platforms intended to stop the spread of rumors after the Easter Sunday bombings, a source from the president's office said on Tuesday. Read more »

Islamic State leader surfaces in video, vows fight until 'Judgment Day'

The New York Times
Posted at Apr 30 09:54 AM

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi sought to rally his followers after the loss of the group’s territory in Iraq and Syria and its execution of one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in years, on Easter in Sri Lanka. Read more »

Tears and troops as Sri Lanka mourns suicide bomb dead

Amal Jayasinghe and Peter Hutchison, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 29 06:45 AM

Sri Lanka's churches remained shut Sunday, forcing Christians to say prayers of grief in private over the Easter suicide attacks that the country's Roman Catholic leader called "an insult to humanity".   Read more »

Security high as Sri Lanka marks one week from suicide attacks

Amal Jayasinghe and Peter Hutchison, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 28 02:14 PM

Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic leader on Sunday condemned the Easter attacks as "an insult to humanity" as the tense and grief-stricken country marked a week since suicide bombers hit 3 churches and 3 luxury hotels. Read more »

15 dead in Sri Lanka after overnight gun battle with suspected Islamist militants

Ranga Sirilal, Reuters
Posted at Apr 27 03:31 PM

COLOMBO - The bodies of 15 people, including 6 children, were discovered at the site of a fierce overnight gun battle on the east coast of Sri Lanka, a military spokesperson said on Saturday, 6 days after suicide bombers killed more than 250 people. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 26, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 11:43 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »