Sri Lanka
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Back to brown: how a shift away from refined white rice could cut diabetes
The secret to a healthier diet has been around for centuries: a return to unprocessed grain in its natural sta…
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Weather tracker: cyclone drags pollution towards Sri Lanka
Particulate matter, which is hazardous to lungs, has been pulled in from India by Cyclone MandousIn Sri Lanka,…
- Awards and prizes, Booker prize, Books, Culture, Fiction, India, International Booker prize, Publishing, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka
What does this year’s double Booker win mean for south Asian literature?
With Sri Lanka’s Shehan Karunatilaka and India’s Geetanjali Shree taking home two of publishing’s biggest priz…
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‘Parents can’t afford meat, eggs and milk’: children bear the brunt of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis
Child malnutrition is soaring as inflation hits 94.9%, and many are missing school because parents do not have…
- Bangladesh, Diwali, Hinduism, India, Life and style, Religion, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, UK news, World news
Diwali: Hindu festival of lights celebrations around the world – in pictures
Diwali, one of the most popular Hindu festivals, is celebrated by devotees all over the world. Also known as t…
- Chagos Islands, Human rights, Immigration and asylum, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, UK news, World news
Tamil refugees on Chagos Islands fear deportation under Rwanda-type plan
UK government lawyers tell asylum seekers they can return to Sri Lanka or be removed to undisclosed countryTam…
- Awards and prizes, Booker prize, Books, Culture, Fiction, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, UK news, World news
Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker prize for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Judges described the Sri Lankan author’s second novel as a ‘rollercoaster journey through life and death’ and …
- Chagos Islands, Foreign policy, Human rights, Law, Ministry of Defence, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, UK news, World news
UK accused of letting refugees make dangerous Indian Ocean boat journeys
MoD personnel escorted refugees away from Diego Garcia in boat with no record of having radio or lifesaving eq…
- Home Office, Immigration and asylum, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, UK news, World news
Refugee wrongly labelled child murderer says decades of his life wasted
Mayooran Thangaratnam fled Sri Lanka for the UK in 2003 after brutal murder of his father but was repeatedly r…
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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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Gotabaya Rajapaksa: ousted former president returns to Sri Lanka
Rajapaksa touched down in Colombo seven weeks after he fled the extraordinary protests triggered by an economi…
- Belt and road initiative, Business, China, Economics, International Monetary Fund (IMF), South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, World news
IMF offers Sri Lanka provisional $2.9bn loan to tackle debt crisis
Funding still needs to be approved but could offer breathing space amid country’s economic turmoilThe Internat…
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Sri Lanka likes to laugh but our political reforms are no joke
Laughter has been far more than a coping mechanism amid repression and economic crisis – it has rid the island…
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Sri Lanka ruling party seeks assurances to let Gotabaya Rajapaksa back into country
New president has been approached to provide security for predecessor who fled country amid economic crisis Sr…
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Chinese navy vessel arrives at Sri Lanka port to security concerns from India
Yuan Wang 5 is officially described as a ‘scientific research ship’ but India suspects it has military functio…