Sri Lanka

Fire kills 12 people in Sri Lankan home for older people

Sri Lanka care home manager arrested after fire kills 12

A policeman inspects a burnt elder care home in Sri Lanka's Batagoda, a day after a fire broke outand killed 12 residents.

Sri Lanka slaps travel ban on ex-president over Easter bombings

Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was forced to resign halfway into his presidency in July 2022 after months of street protests.

Sri Lanka’s top monk suspended over alleged child sex abuse

Pallegama Hemarathana was stripped of his responsibilities as the chief custodian of a highly venerated ficus grown from a sapling of a tree believed to have sheltered the Buddha.

Middle East conflict hits Sri Lanka’s tea industry, heightens economic strain

More than half of Sri Lanka's tea plantation workers live below the World Bank’s international lower-middle-income poverty line of US$3.65 a day.

Crackdown in South-east Asia pushes scam networks to Sri Lanka

Indonesian police escort a group of online scam suspects from China, Japan and Taiwan.

Sri Lanka raises tax on imported cars as Middle East crisis bites

Sri Lanka has slapped a 50 per cent surcharge on customs duties on vehicles in a bid to discourage imports and ease currency pressure.

They couldn’t vote for him, but global Tamils are celebrating actor Joseph Vijay’s victory at the polls anyway

Fans collecting tickets to view the Malaysia Vijay Fan Club's Live Streaming of the Swearing In Ceremony at a Cinema hall in Selangor.

Sri Lanka’s ancient art of toddy tapping finds new life in cocktails and desserts

Toddy tapper Jayasena Mudiyanse is among those in Sri Lanka carrying on the heritage skill that has been given a boost by young entrepreneurs using the syrup in desserts and cocktails.

Top Sri Lankan Buddhist monk arrested over alleged sex abuse

Buddhist monk Pallegama Hemarathana, 71, was arrested on May 9 amid an investigation into the alleged abuse of an 11-year-old girl in 2022.

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