/taxonomy/term/207216 en /node/2579160/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/207216">Mohammed Rasooldeen</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2024-11-13 16:37</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is set to choose a new parliament on Thursday in a vote expected to bring new faces to the political stage amid widespread dissatisfaction with established political parties following the island nation’s worst-ever economic crisis.</p> <p> The election was announced in late September, days after the country’s new leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, won the presidential vote and appointed his three-member government.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/13/4544547-1934628266.jpg" width="1813" height="1208" alt="Polling officials and police officers carry election materials after collecting them from a distribution center, a day before the parliamentary election, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Reuters)" title="Polling officials and police officers carry election materials after collecting them from a distribution center, a day before the parliamentary election, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/sri-lanka">Sri Lanka</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/anura-kumara-dissanayake">Anura Kumara Dissanayake</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/sri-lanka-election-2024">Sri Lanka election 2024</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:49:38 +0000 daniel.fountain 2579160 at /node/2575119/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/207216">Mohammed Rasooldeen</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2024-10-13 16:25</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> COLOMBO: Politicians from multiple Sri Lankan parties are calling for a break in diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv after Israeli attacks wounded two UN peacekeepers from the South Asian nation.</p> <p> Sri Lankan troops are part of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, which is tasked with helping the Lebanese Army keep control over the south of the country, which borders Israel.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/10/13/4534104-581617845.jpeg" width="1600" height="1067" alt="" title="Sri Lankan troops march during a passing out parade before leaving for UN peacekeeping duties, at the Sri Lanka&#039;s Institute of Peace Support Operations Training centre in Kukuleganga, April 8, 2021. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/BattlefieldLebanon">Battlefield Lebanon</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/sri-lanka">Sri Lanka</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/un-interim-force-lebanon-unifil">UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/unifil">UNIFIL</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sun, 13 Oct 2024 13:27:50 +0000 sherouk.maher 2575119 at /node/2572735/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/207216">Mohammed Rasooldeen</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2024-09-25 15:56</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed the world’s smallest cabinet, with three people in charge of all ministerial portfolios — a move that experts say fulfills his key campaign promise.</p> <p> The leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (People’s Liberation Front) and the socialist National People’s Power alliance, Dissanayake was sworn in on Monday, shortly after being announced the winner of Saturday’s vote.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/09/25/4527991-1388243911.jpg" width="1500" height="1000" alt="" title="Sri Lanka&#039;s new PM Harini Amarasuriya (L) with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (R) attending her swearing-in ceremony, in Colombo. (AFP) " /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/sri-lanka">Sri Lanka</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Wed, 25 Sep 2024 12:59:19 +0000 sherouk.maher 2572735 at /node/2572438/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/207216">Mohammed Rasooldeen</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Amal JAYASINGHE | AFP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1727076885026469200</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2024-09-23 16:49</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> COLOMBO: Leftist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office as Sri Lanka’s ninth president on Monday, promising clean politics and a commitment to face daunting challenges as the island nation reels from its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years.</p> <p> The 55-year-old ran as head of the Marxist-leaning National People’s Power coalition and with more than 5.7 million votes defeated opposition leader Sajith Premadasa after a historic second round of counting.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/09/23/4527312-732103602.jpg" width="2959" height="1972" alt="" title="Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, right, attends his swearing-in ceremony, in Colombo. (AFP/SRI LANKA PRESIDENT’S OFFICE)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/sri-lanka">Sri Lanka</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:49:00 +0000 rbksa 2572438 at /node/2572361/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/207216">Mohammed Rasooldeen</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2024-09-22 18:49</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> COLOMBO: Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election on Sunday in the island nation’s first such vote since the 2022 economic collapse and mass protests that ousted its leader.</p> <p> Dissanayake was declared the winner by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka, following the country’s first presidential runoff in its history.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/09/22/4527051-1594112162.jpg" width="3068" height="2046" alt="Sri Lanka&#039;s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake shows his ink-marked finger after casting his vote at a polling station, on the day of the presidential election, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Sept. 21, 2024. (Reuters)" title="Sri Lanka&#039;s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake shows his ink-marked finger after casting his vote at a polling station, on the day of the presidential election, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Sept. 21, 2024. (Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/sri-lanka">Sri Lanka</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/anura-kumara-dissanayaka">Anura Kumara Dissanayaka</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sun, 22 Sep 2024 15:53:16 +0000 daniel.fountain 2572361 at /node/2572134/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/207216">Mohammed Rasooldeen</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2024-09-20 14:29</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will hold its presidential election on Saturday in a vote that will decide the future of the South Asian nation struggling to recover from its financial collapse in 2022, which spurred a popular uprising and drove former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from power.</p> <p> In the two years since the worst crisis in history hit the country and Rajapaksa fled, his successor, current President Ranil Wickremesinghe, has managed to introduce policy reforms to obtain an International Monetary Fund bailout.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/09/20/4526277-1811034051.jpg" width="1200" height="800" alt="" title="Police assist electoral officials with ballot boxes and other polling materials, as they board a bus on the eve of Sri Lanka&#039;s presidential elections in Colombo on Sept. 20, 2024. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/sri-lankan">Sri Lankan</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Fri, 20 Sep 2024 11:32:51 +0000 sara.alshurafa 2572134 at /node/2568901/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/207216">Mohammed Rasooldeen</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2024-08-26 16:40</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> COLOMBO: ��������Ƶ is an important market for Sri Lanka’s tourism, authorities said on Monday as the island nation seeks to attract and cater to more visitors from the Kingdom to further boost its hospitality sector.</p> <p> Tourism has traditionally been one of Sri Lanka’s key sources of foreign reserves, earning around $4.4 billion in 2018 and contributing 5.6 percent to the gross domestic product. But this figure dropped to less than 1 percent in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic ground international travel to a halt.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/08/26/4517719-1221043711.jpg" width="1000" height="667" alt="" title="Tourists visit the Blackwater pond in Mihintale near Anuradhapura on Feb. 11, 2023. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/sri-lanka">Sri Lanka</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/saudi-arabia">��������Ƶ</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/sureshni-pilapitiya">Sureshni Pilapitiya</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 13:42:35 +0000 seamus.obuachalla 2568901 at /node/2555561/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/207216">Mohammed Rasooldeen</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2024-07-24 15:16</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s negotiations to repatriate hundreds of its nationals fighting alongside Russian troops in Ukraine have been legally complicated, as most are believed to have applied to Moscow for citizenship.</p> <p> According to Sri Lanka’s government data, at least 455 retired servicemen have joined the Russian armed forces as mercenaries since the beginning of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/07/24/4482216-1320866871.jpg" width="1247" height="832" alt="" title="People protest near the Russian embassy in Colombo on June 4, 2024, seeking the release of Sri Lanka&#039;s ex-soldiers fighting for Russia and prisoners of war in Ukraine. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/srilanka">SRILANKA</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:22:01 +0000 dalal.awienat 2555561 at /node/2547116/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/207216">Mohammed Rasooldeen</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2024-07-10 15:14</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s envoy in Riyadh has launched a new initiative to celebrate the country’s expatriates building their professional careers in the Kingdom.</p> <p> ��������Ƶ is one of the top destinations for Sri Lankan expats, with tens of thousands of them living and working in the Kingdom.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/07/10/4460041-988588580.jpg" width="1280" height="853" alt="" title="Sri Lankan Ambassador to ��������Ƶ Ameer Ajwad, center, hands a certificate of recognition to Chandralal Senadhira, a Sri Lankan expat who spent over 30 years of his career in the Kingdom. (Sri Lanka Embassy)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/saudi-arabia">��������Ƶ</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/sri-lanka">Sri Lanka</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:16:15 +0000 dalal.awienat 2547116 at /node/2534826/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/207216">Mohammed Rasooldeen</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2024-06-21 15:19</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> COLOMBO: The biggest trade union of government doctors in Sri Lanka warned on Friday about a wave of economic crisis-driven brain drain among medical professionals, as 25 percent of them have already taken the necessary exams to find employment abroad.</p> <p> Before the worst economic crisis pummeled Sri Lanka in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, on average 200 doctors would migrate to work in another country, according to Ministry of Health statistics.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/06/21/4428056-519168247.jpg" width="1801" height="1200" alt="" title="Health workers take part in strike to demand incentives at Colombo South Teaching Hospital in Colombo on June 11, 2021. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/sri-lanka">Sri Lanka</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Fri, 21 Jun 2024 12:20:59 +0000 dalal.awienat 2534826 at /node/2520561/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/207216">Mohammed Rasooldeen</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2024-05-31 08:24</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KATTANKUDY: A bright gold dome mounted on an octagonal blue arcade looks like the Dome of the Rock, but the background is a modern tropical neighborhood in a coastal Sri Lankan town.</p> <p> The building is a mosque modeled on the seventh-century shrine in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem — the third holiest site in Islam, after the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah.</p> <p> Built in Kattankudy, a township near the city of Batticaloa in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province, the three-story replica was inaugurated in December 2022.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/05/31/4391001-1739440528.jpg" width="670" height="377" alt="" title="A Dome of the Rock replica is seen in Kattankudy, Sri Lanka, on May 20, 2024. (AN Photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Fri, 31 May 2024 05:26:13 +0000 muhammad.ibrahim 2520561 at /node/2520006/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/207216">Mohammed Rasooldeen</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-05-30 15:18</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KATTANKUDY: A bright gold dome mounted on an octagonal blue arcade looks like the Dome of the Rock, but the background is a modern tropical neighborhood in a coastal Sri Lankan town.</p> <p> The building is a mosque modeled on the seventh-century shrine in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem — the third holiest site in Islam, after the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah.</p> <p> Built in Kattankudy, a township near the city of Batticaloa in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province, the three-story replica was inaugurated in December 2022.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/05/30/4389586-904042021.jpg" width="1497" height="842" alt="" title="A Dome of the Rock replica is seen in Kattankudy, Sri Lanka, on May 20, 2024. (AN Photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/sri-lanka">Sri Lanka</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/dome-rock-0">Dome of Rock</a></div></div></div> Thu, 30 May 2024 12:20:21 +0000 sherouk.maher 2520006 at /node/2508391/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/207216">Mohammed Rasooldeen</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2024-05-11 14:01</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> COLOMBO: A Saudi eye surgeon team is helping 1,000 people in Sri Lanka regain sight with interventions facilitated by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center.</p> <p> KSrelief’s Saudi Noor Volunteer Program to Combat Blindness started in the city of Kattankudy on Sri Lanka’s eastern coast on May 5 and will run through next week.</p> <p> “This is a special program to combat blindness among patients who are suffering from a cataract,” M.S.M. Thassim, director general of KSrelief’s local partner, the Association of Muslim Youth of Sailan, told Arab News.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/05/11/4358716-984851864.jpg" width="1000" height="662" alt="" title="Doctors from a King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center medical team perform eye surgery at the Base Hospital in Kattankudy, Sri Lanka, on May 11, 2024. (SPA)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/sri-lanka">Sri Lanka</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/ksrelief">KSRelief</a></div></div></div> Sat, 11 May 2024 11:03:46 +0000 Arbee 2508391 at /node/2506216/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/207216">Mohammed Rasooldeen</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2024-05-07 15:32</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KUALA LUMPUR: More than 2,000 religious leaders and scholars from 57 countries gathered in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday for a conference organized by the Muslim World League to discuss the role of religion in facilitating dialogue and peace initiatives.</p> <p> The MWL, an international non-governmental Islamic organization founded in ��������Ƶ in 1962, organized the 2024 International Conference of Religious Leaders with Malaysia’s Department of Islamic Development.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/05/07/4352756-1930205699.jpeg" width="2048" height="1366" alt="" title="Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, center, officiated the International Conference of Religious Leaders alongside Muslim World League Secretary-General Sheikh Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, second from right, and other officials in Petaling Jaya. (Prime Minister’s Office of Malaysia)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/malaysia">Malaysia</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/anwar-ibrahim">Anwar Ibrahim</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/muslim-world-league-mwl">Muslim World League (MWL)</a></div></div></div> Tue, 07 May 2024 12:34:54 +0000 sherouk.maher 2506216 at /node/2501961/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/207216">Mohammed Rasooldeen</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2024-04-30 14:59</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is trying to position itself in the dialogue between the Global South and North, its foreign minister said, following the World Economic Forum’s special meeting on global collaboration organized by ��������Ƶ.</p> <p> The WEF’s Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development convened 1,000 global leaders arriving in Riyadh from 92 countries on April 28-29 to find actionable, collaborative and sustainable solutions to shared challenges.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/04/30/4341756-766467820.jpeg" width="1900" height="1054" alt="" title="Saudi FM Prince Faisal bin Farhan, right, meets Sri Lankan counterpart Ali Sabry on the sidelines of a World Economic Forum special meeting in Riyadh on April 28, 2024. (Saudi MoFA)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/sri-lanka">Sri Lanka</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/riyadh">Riyadh</a></div></div></div> Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:04:26 +0000 sara.alshurafa 2501961 at