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Sri Lanka flies Buddhist monks to pray for rain

Sri Lanka flies Buddhist monks to pray for rain

Sri Lanka's Air Force said on Sept. 20 it had flown Buddhist monks who prayed and sprinkled holy water over drought-hit areas in an attempt to encourage rain.
Sri Lanka targets tourists from world's richest countries to earn $4.2B tourism revenue

Sri Lanka targets tourists from world's richest countries to earn $4.2B tourism revenue

Vietnam, Sri Lanka upgrade ties to comprehensive partnership

Vietnam, Sri Lanka upgrade ties to comprehensive partnership

Sri Lanka jails man over 4 liters of hoarded petrol amid fuel crisis

Sri Lanka jails man over 4 liters of hoarded petrol amid fuel crisis

Sri Lanka has jailed a man for three weeks after he admitted to hoarding four liters of petrol during a nationwide fuel shortage triggered by the Middle East war, local media reported Friday.
March 27, 2026 | 01:13 am PT
Death toll from Asia floods tops 1,600 as military forces help survivors

Death toll from Asia floods tops 1,600 as military forces help survivors

The death toll from flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,600 on Dec. 1, as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed the military to help survivors.
December 1, 2025 | 04:49 pm PT
Singapore ship’s agent pays $1M of $1B damages over Sri Lanka’s worst pollution

Singapore ship’s agent pays $1M of $1B damages over Sri Lanka’s worst pollution

A Singapore-registered ship's Sri Lanka agent paid $1 million out of $1 billion damages awarded for causing the island's worst case of environmental pollution.
September 24, 2025 | 06:35 pm PT
Singapore shipowner ordered to pay Sri Lanka $1B over marine disaster

Singapore shipowner ordered to pay Sri Lanka $1B over marine disaster

Sri Lanka's highest court ordered a Singaporean shipping firm to pay US$1 billion in damages for causing the island's worst marine pollution.
July 25, 2025 | 07:12 pm PT
Thai tourist arrested for walking topless at beach in Sri Lanka

Thai tourist arrested for walking topless at beach in Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan police arrested a Thai tourist for walking topless at a surfing resort and causing a “public nuisance”, an officer said Tuesday.
July 15, 2025 | 07:09 pm PT
Sri Lankan man caught smuggling 3 pythons in his underwear at Bangkok airport

Sri Lankan man caught smuggling 3 pythons in his underwear at Bangkok airport

Three live pythons hidden in his underwear led to a Sri Lankan man's arrest at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport.
July 4, 2025 | 06:00 pm PT
Sri Lanka authorities fear stampede as millions of people flock to see Buddha tooth

Sri Lanka authorities fear stampede as millions of people flock to see Buddha tooth

Buddhists flocking to see a sacred tooth in Sri Lanka were urged by the authorities to stay away on April 24 after four people died and hundreds fell sick while in lengthy queues.
April 24, 2025 | 04:21 pm PT
Sri Lanka halts free visas for long-staying Russian, Ukrainian nationals

Sri Lanka halts free visas for long-staying Russian, Ukrainian nationals

Sri Lanka has decided to stop issuing free long-term visas to Russian and Ukrainian nationals who have lived in the Indian Ocean island nation for the past two years, a government official said on Thursday.
February 29, 2024 | 05:44 pm PT
Sri Lanka approves free tourist visa for 7 countries to boost tourism

Sri Lanka approves free tourist visa for 7 countries to boost tourism

Sri Lanka's cabinet approved issuing free tourist visas to visitors from seven countries, a statement issued by the media ministry said on Tuesday, to boost tourism and help revive its crisis-hit economy.
October 24, 2023 | 06:30 pm PT
Neglected elephant boards jumbo flight home to Thailand

Neglected elephant boards jumbo flight home to Thailand

A Thai elephant gifted to Sri Lanka two decades ago was flown back to its birth country on Sunday after a diplomatic spat over the animal's alleged mistreatment.
July 2, 2023 | 12:30 am PT
Life of Vietnamese people in a bankrupt Sri Lanka

Life of Vietnamese people in a bankrupt Sri Lanka

Vietnamese living in Sri Lanka are struggling to make ends meet and get food and fuel amid the raging economic crisis.
July 28, 2022 | 02:00 am PT
Sri Lanka president to step down, parliamentary speaker says, amid storm of protests

Sri Lanka president to step down, parliamentary speaker says, amid storm of protests

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa plans to step down, the country's parliamentary speaker said on Saturday, bowing to intense pressure after a violent day of protests in which demonstrators stormed the president's official residence and set fire to the prime minister's home in Colombo.
July 9, 2022 | 05:33 pm PT
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka needs $5 bln, help from China for essentials

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka needs $5 bln, help from China for essentials

Sri Lanka will need $5 billion over the next six months to ensure basic living standards, and is renegotiating the terms of a yuan-denominated swap worth $1.5 billion with China so as to fund essential imports, the prime minister said on Tuesday.
June 7, 2022 | 01:22 am PT
'We are going to die': Food shortages add to Sri Lanka's woes

'We are going to die': Food shortages add to Sri Lanka's woes

Sri Lanka's PM has warned of a food shortage as it battles a devastating economic crisis and vowed the government will buy enough fertilizer for next season to boost harvests.
May 20, 2022 | 01:38 am PT
Vietnamese diaspora hopes Sri Lanka crisis blows over soon

Vietnamese diaspora hopes Sri Lanka crisis blows over soon

The Vietnamese diaspora in Sri Lanka is waiting for the massive unrest to die down and the country to make a new beginning after defaulting on its debt.
April 21, 2022 | 05:00 am PT
Sri Lanka's reluctance to tap IMF helped push it into an economic abyss

Sri Lanka's reluctance to tap IMF helped push it into an economic abyss

Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis has triggered an unprecedented wave of spontaneous protests as the nation of 22 million people struggles with prolonged power cuts and a shortage of essentials.
April 17, 2022 | 06:29 pm PT
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