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Conservationists plead for coexistence as shrinking forests drive conflict, with elephant deaths doubling in a decadeSetting out from home to collect firewood on a cool spring morning last year, Harshini Wanninayake and her mother had no idea only one …
Read MoreGroup employed by government divided for first time over best date for new year ritualsSri Lanka’s government-backed traditional astrologers have failed to unanimously agree on the best date for new year rituals, with squabbling seers warning of “disas…
Read MoreSabita Banerji highlights the pitiful pay and conditions of tea plantation workers in response to an article about the high price of the brew While I empathise with Luke Turner’s plea for tea, that most iconic “British” beverage, to be affordable to al…
Read MoreFC Baresi midfielder is preparing to face Yemen in Saudi Arabia instead of turning out in the 11th tier of English footballIt’s a long way from the Essex Alliance Football League to the 2026 World Cup, but while the leaders, FC Baresi, host Haringey Bo…
Read MoreBritish territory’s commissioner withdraws decision after supreme court challengeA group of Tamil asylum seekers stranded on a tiny British territory in the Indian Ocean have won their fight against being forcibly returned to Sri Lanka after a governme…
Read MoreUsing explosives is illegal, wasteful and devastating to marine life and people’s livelihoods. Yet in Sri Lanka and around the world it’s thriving as a quick and easy route to a lucrative haulThe immediate aftermath of a blast is obvious, says Wilson P…
Read MoreThis chilling Dispatches documentary reports on the aftermath of 2019’s apparently random terrorist attack, and alleges unpalatable truthsOn Easter Sunday 2019, six suicide bombings hit Catholic churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, killing 269 peop…
Read MoreClose to half the crisis-hit country’s under-fives go hungry and one in five suffer from wasting. Mothers tell here of their struggle as Unicef warns of a blighted generation For more than a year now, Anne Roshel has had no milk to give her two childre…
Read MoreArtefacts taken from Balinese royal palace among items being returned – but do not include prehistoric ‘Java man’The Netherlands is handing back hundreds of valuable artefacts it removed from Indonesia and Sri Lanka during the colonial period, includin…
Read MoreAgreements to reduce developing countries’ debt burden in exchange for spending on nature will be on the agenda at a finance summit in Paris this weekAfter decades in the wilderness, and familiar to only those in the know, “debt-for-nature swaps” are b…
Read MoreTop tea firms investigate as plantation workers say they have to pick 18kg a day but still skip meals and make their children workSome of the world’s leading tea manufacturers, including Tetley and Lipton, are examining working conditions on the planta…
Read MoreThe gill plates of the extremely intelligent fish – many species of which are already categorised as endangered – are sold across east Asia as remedies said to have ‘no basis in medical science’Every morning, starting at 3am, Lakshan hacks up manta ray…
Read MoreMy father, Kopalapillai Mahadeva, who has died aged 89, was a scholar of production engineering and management whose self-discipline and determination into his 80s was inspiring.Kopalapillai, known as Kopan to his friends, was born in Madduvil South, S…
Read MoreTwo people, from group rescued by Royal Navy and held on Diego Garcia, made offer while receiving medical attention in RwandaPolitics live – latest updatesTwo Tamil asylum seekers receiving medical treatment in Rwanda after being rescued from the India…
Read MorePresident vows to get economy back on track through ‘prudent fiscal management and ambitious reform agenda’The International Monetary Fund has approved Sri Lanka’s request for a $2.9bn bailout, raising hopes for an easing of its economic crisis.The IMF…
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