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Sri Lanka rangers spot possible rare baby elephant twins

Sri Lanka rangers spot possible rare baby elephant twins

4 weeks ago
Nature

AFP
A pair of baby elephants feeding from the same mother have been spotted in a Sri Lankan national park, with officials speculating

Sri Lankans from Qatar arrive in Katunayake Airport today via chartered flight
- 1 month ago
- Local
SriLankan Airlines flight carrying 264 Sri Lankans, who were stranded in Qatar due to COVID-19 outbreak, arrived at the Katunayake Bandaranaike

Sri Lanka To Delay August 1 Re-Opening Of Colombo International Airport
- 1 month ago
- International
The government was aiming to open its international airports by August 1 as no community transmission of the COVID-19 had been reported since late

First batch of stranded Sri Lankans in Qatar arrive in Sri Lanka today via special repatriation flight
- 2 months ago
- Local
A group of Sri Lankan migrant workers, who were working in Qatar and unable to return to Sri Lanka when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, were

Find accommodation immediately for stranded Sri Lankans in Qatar: Foreign Secretary
- 2 months ago
- Local
Sri Lanka Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha has directed the Sri Lankan embassy in Qatar to immediately find accommodation for the stranded

Flight repatriating Sri Lankans from Qatar cancelled
- 2 months ago
- Updates
The special flight scheduled to bring back stranded Sri Lankans from Qatar tomorrow morning (May 26) has been canceled.
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Indian Cricket Board open to travel to Sri Lanka for limited-overs series
- 3 months ago
- Sports
The Indian cricket board - BCCI says it is open to tour Sri Lanka in July for a six-match limited over series, if the government allows them to.

Over 46,000 Arrested in Sri Lanka for Violating Curfew
- 3 months ago
- International
Sri Lankan Police said Monday that over 46,000 people had been arrested from across the country for violating a curfew in several districts which

Coronavirus: Muslims in Sri Lanka forced to cremate dead, stigmatized under lockdown
- 4 months ago
- International
Muslims in Sri Lanka are being forced to cremate their relatives in violation of their faith, according to rights groups who have warned that the

Embassy of Sri Lanka ensures Sri Lankan expats' safety in Qatar in times of Covid-19
- 4 months ago
- Updates
The Sri Lanka Embassy, in close coordination with Sri Lankan associations in Qatar, have been facilitating and assisting the Sri Lankan

Sri Lanka makes cremations compulsory for virus deaths, angering Muslims
- 4 months ago
- International
AFP
Sri Lanka made cremations compulsory for coronavirus victims on Sunday, ignoring protests from the country's minority Muslims

2 Villages in Sri Lanka Quarantined After COVID-19 Patients Found
- 4 months ago
- International
Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said the

China to Donate Masks, Test Kits to Sri Lanka
- 4 months ago
- International
China has pledged to donate 100,000 masks including 10,000 N95 masks and 20,000 test kits to Sri Lanka in the coming days.

Sri Lankan maid sets herself on fire
- 1 year ago
- International
As per the police investigations the Sri Lankan maid set fire to herself inside her sponsor’s home in Kuwait at Jahra Hospital, quoted

Sri Lankan president orders 4 executions, lifting 42-year moratorium
- 1 year ago
- International
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena affirmed the executions of four medication guilty parties Wednesday, putting a conclusion to the

6 Sri Lankans arrested on Kuwait Airport with 12 forged passports
- 1 year ago
- International
Six Sri Lankans – three men and three ladies – who were in travel at the Kuwait International Airport on their way to the UK have been

Qatar Amir sends condolences to Sri Lankan president
- 1 year ago
- Local
The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani on Sunday sent a cable of condolences to Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on the victims of

Terror strikes Sri Lanka on Easter Day: 138 killed as churches, hotels hit
- 1 year ago
- International
Colombo: Easter Day bomb blasts at three Sri Lankan churches and three luxury hotels killed 138 people and wounded more than 400, hospital and

Sri Lanka to send 16 athletes for Asian Championships in Qatar
- 1 year ago
- Local
The Athletic Association of Sri Lanka (AASL) are wanting to send a squad of 16 competitors to the inevitable Asian Championship to be held Qatar

Blacklisted 2 Sri Lankan and an Indian woman deported
- 1 year ago
- International
Three ladies – two Sri Lankans and an Indian – who attempted to enter the nation on manufactured international IDs have been ousted to