Sri Lanka
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Muslim families complain to UN over Sri Lankan Covid cremations
Muslim Council of Great Britain brings case against policy preventing burials on unproven health groundsCorona…
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‘They use old cloths’: Sri Lanka to give schoolgirls free period products
In a country where women often still resort to rags as sanitary towels, campaigners are trying to break down a…
- Biology, Coronavirus, Infectious diseases, Medical research, Microbiology, Science, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, World news
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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US charges three Sri Lankans over role in 2019 Isis Easter attacks
Men accused of recruiting for Isis, killing a police officer and helping to make bombs used in the attacksThe …
- Coronavirus, Infectious diseases, Islam, Religion, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, World Health Organization, World news
Muslim Council of Britain challenges forced Covid cremations in Sri Lanka
Country insists all people who die of virus are cremated even if it violates religious beliefsCoronavirus – la…
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Funny Boy review – Sri Lankan rites-of-passage tale clashes with political reality
Arush Nand is very good as a gay Tamil boy in Deepa Mehta’s coming-of-age drama set in a period building to ci…
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Spice of life: how turmeric became the ‘new gold’ for Sri Lanka villagers
Turmeric is synonymous with Sri Lankan cuisine and an import ban is helping boost production after the ravages…
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Muslims in Sri Lanka ‘denied justice’ over forced cremations of Covid victims
Supreme court throws out case brought by families for whom cremation is against religious lawCoronavirus – lat…
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Sri Lanka prisoners killed in riot over coronavirus conditions
Pandemic-related unrest has been growing in country’s overcrowded prisonsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all o…
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Cemetery review – elephant heads for the graveyard in hardcore art piece
Carlos Casas’s film – half documentary, half experimental essay – is a near-wordless evocation of a ‘celebrity…
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Foreign Office resists release of files on support for UK mercenaries in Sri Lanka
Met police investigating allegations of war crimes by private firm Keenie Meenie ServicesThe Foreign Office is…
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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…
- Animals, Cetaceans, Environment, Marine life, Oceans, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Whales, Wildlife, World news
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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Sri Lanka president tightens grip with constitutional changes
Amendments give Gotabaya Rajapaksa powers to sack ministers and limit oversightSri Lanka’s parliament has appr…
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Sri Lanka returns illegal waste to Britain
21 containers violated international laws governing the shipping of hazardous materialSri Lanka has shipped ba…