Kentucky Today9h
20 years after tsunami, God still at work
On the morning after Christmas Day in 2004, the coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, was filled with thousands of people ...
The Mirror US on MSN1d
20 years after Indian Ocean tsunami: Why 230,000 people died and the lessons learned
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, and Thailand sustained the brunt of the damage. Indonesian officials estimated that ...
New Sri Lankan president visits India on his first overseas trip
President Dissanayake's selection of India to visit first is to signal his government’s commitment to aligning Colombo with ...
D. B. S. Jeyaraj4d
Is “ the Writing on the Wall” for the Thirteenth Constitutional Amendment?
This week’s column in this context opines that the writing is on the wall for the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. It is the 13th ...
20 Years Later: Remembering the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami (Photos)
On December 26th, 2004, a whopping 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s island of Sumatra. In the aftermath of the quake, a massive tsunami was triggered, sending waves ...
Global Voices Online6d
New documentary explores Sri Lanka’s Buddhist supremacy and minority communities
This article originally appeared on Groundviews, an award-winning citizen journalism website in Sri Lanka. An edited and shortened version is published below as part of a content-sharing agreement ...
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India to provide Rs 2,371 million aid for 33 development projects in Sri Lanka's eastern province
India pledges Rs 2,371 million for development in Sri Lanka's eastern province, focusing on education, health, and ...
BBC12d
Sri Lanka
Fixtures, results and scorecards from Sri Lanka's limited-overs tour of New Zealand, featuring three ODIs and three Twenty20 internationals. Glamorgan sign Sri Lanka pace bowler Asitha Fernando ...
Forbes14d
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is attempting to sustain economic growth while maintaining macroeconomic stability under the IMF program it began in 2016. The government's high debt payments and bloated civil service ...
ThePrint14d
Sri Lanka to save over Rs 1,000 million annually by slashing security of former presidents
The opposition Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), which Rajapaksa heads ... that had run a military campaign for a separate Tamil homeland in the northern and eastern provinces of the island nation ...
The New Indian Express14d
State-backed changes to demographics and cultural identities keep tensions alive in post-war Sri Lanka
While Tamils in the northern province of Sri Lanka struggle to return their land taken over by the military, the changing demographics and cultural identities also remain a cause of ethnic tension ...
EconomyNext15d
Sri Lanka, India plan second ferry connection
The ferry service between Nagappatinam in India and Kankesanthurai (KKS) near Jaffna in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka commenced on October 14, 2023. India has agreed to fund the renovation of ...