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Sri Lanka’s capital hit by floods as cyclone death toll nears 200
Hundreds of people still missing after heavy rain and mudslides in country’s deadliest natural disaster for ye…
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Sri Lankan police investigate photo of Buddha’s tooth relic
Worshippers are frisked on entering temple in Kandy where relic is held and photography is strictly prohibited…
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Calls for arrest of Sri Lanka’s ousted president after return
Rights groups say Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled in July amid protests, should be brought to justice on a number…
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Sri Lanka security forces raid protest camp as Ranil Wickremesinghe flexes muscles
Arrests as hundreds of demonstrators evicted from camp blocking presidential office, hours before they were du…
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Sri Lankan troops open fire to contain unrest over fuel shortages
Seven wounded after motorists protest petrol shortage as government declares two-week school shutdown to conse…
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Sri Lanka nearly out of medicine as doctors warn toll from crisis could surpass Covid
Emergency surgery may soon be impossible, president told, while protests continue amid worsening economic down…
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Sri Lankan holy man’s ‘miracle’ potion for Covid turns sour
Minister who publicly drank syrup touted as coronavirus cure tests positive Coronavirus – latest updatesSee al…
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Sri Lanka rescues 120 whales after biggest mass stranding
Gruelling rescue involved navy and volunteers pulling the pilot whales back into deeper waters Sri Lanka’s nav…
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Race to save 100 whales in Sri Lanka’s biggest mass beaching
Navy joins forces with rescuers and volunteers in effort to push pilot whales back into oceanRescuers and volu…
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Murderer on death row sworn in as Sri Lankan MP
Premalal Jayasekara, who shot an opposition activist, escorted to parliament after court rules he can take up …