Sri Lanka
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The Taste of Mango review – powerful memoir of family secrets in Sri Lanka
Film-maker Chloe Abrahams combines documentary and memory in candid conversations with the women in her family…
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Tamils stranded on Diego Garcia for three years allowed to enter UK
Government drops opposition to case of 64 people, including 16 children, who fled persecution in Sri LankaDoze…
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Sri Lanka’s Arugam Bay in shock after terror threat to Israeli tourists
Israeli travellers told to evacuate area immediately as police set up patrols and roadblocksThe golden sands o…
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Israelis told to urgently leave Sri Lankan tourist areas after terrorist threat
Israel tells citizens in Arugam Bay area to hide Jewish identity and not gather in large groupsMiddle East cri…
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Sri Lanka’s new president faces a problem shared by too many developing countries: austerity imposed by the west | Ahilan Kadirgamar
Anura Kumara Dissanayake wants a better deal from the IMF to reduce suffering during the country’s punishing d…
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake: who is Sri Lanka’s new leftist president?
JVP leader has positioned himself as opposite to political elites but not all have greeted his win with optimi…
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Sri Lankan leftist candidate Dissanayake claims presidential election
Second-round victory viewed as widespread rejection of the old political elite amid economic crisisThe Marxist…
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‘The hardship is still there’: Sri Lanka prepares to vote as hopes of revolution falter
Saturday’s election will be the first since a people’s movement toppled the president. But other problems have…
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‘It’s nice to help a life to live’: meet Sri Lanka’s turtle guardians
Volunteers are helping save baby sea turtles as the endangered species’ favourite nesting spots come under pre…
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Family of man who died after being deported blame Home Office delays
Appeal allowed Sudharsan Ithayachandran to return to UK to be with his family, but he died in Sri Lanka while …
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Break the cycle of debt and dependency that stunts developing countries’ growth | Letters
The Jubilee 2000 saw $130bn of debt written off, and yet we now find ourselves in a renewed global debt crisis…
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Death tolls mount as elephants and people compete for land in Sri Lanka
Conservationists plead for coexistence as shrinking forests drive conflict, with elephant deaths doubling in a…
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Star wars: Sri Lanka’s powerful astrologers split over auspicious dates
Group employed by government divided for first time over best date for new year ritualsSri Lanka’s government-…
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Poor tea pickers pay the price for a British cuppa | Letter
Sabita Banerji highlights the pitiful pay and conditions of tea plantation workers in response to an article a…
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‘I’ve been so lucky’: Hamilton swaps Essex Alliance for Sri Lanka’s World Cup dream
FC Baresi midfielder is preparing to face Yemen in Saudi Arabia instead of turning out in the 11th tier of Eng…