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Rights groups say Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled in July amid protests, should be brought to justice on a number of chargesThe deposed Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is facing calls for his arrest after returning home from self-imposed exile und…
Read MoreArrests as hundreds of demonstrators evicted from camp blocking presidential office, hours before they were due to vacate areaSri Lankan security forces have carried out a violent early morning raid on the main anti-government protest camp in Colombo, …
Read MoreSeven wounded after motorists protest petrol shortage as government declares two-week school shutdown to conserve fuelSri Lanka’s military have opened fire to quell rioting at a fuel station, officials say, as unprecedented queues for petrol and diesel…
Read MoreEmergency surgery may soon be impossible, president told, while protests continue amid worsening economic downturnSri Lanka’s doctors have warned they are almost out of life-saving medicines and say the country’s economic crisis threatened a worse deat…
Read MoreMinister who publicly drank syrup touted as coronavirus cure tests positive Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA self-styled Sri Lankan holy man’s supposed miracle potion to prevent Covid-19 has turned sour after a minister who…
Read MoreGruelling rescue involved navy and volunteers pulling the pilot whales back into deeper waters Sri Lanka’s navy and volunteers have rescued 120 pilot whales stranded in the country’s worst mass beaching, but at least two injured animals were found dead…
Read MoreNavy joins forces with rescuers and volunteers in effort to push pilot whales back into oceanRescuers and volunteers were racing to save about 100 pilot whales stranded on Sri Lanka’s western coast in the country’s biggest mass beaching.The short-finne…
Read MorePremalal Jayasekara, who shot an opposition activist, escorted to parliament after court rules he can take up seatA Sri Lankan politician sentenced to death for murder has been escorted from prison to parliament to become the first convict to be sworn …
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