/taxonomy/term/207216 en /node/2583760/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, 2024-12-20 17:20</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 Lankan civil society groups protested on Friday to demand special screenings of Israelis arriving in the country after a soldier accused of war crimes in Gaza was spotted in Colombo.</p> <p> A video of the soldier boasting about the killing of a Palestinian civilian was posted by the Hind Rajab Foundation on Wednesday with an appeal to Sri Lankan authorities to arrest him, as the organization identified the man as staying in the country’s capital.</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/2024/12/20/4556503-1416251809.jpg" width="1441" height="989" alt="Sri Lankan protesters gather in front of the US embassy in Colombo on Dec. 20, 2024 to demand action against Israeli soldiers accused of war crimes. (People’s Struggle Movement)" title="Sri Lankan protesters gather in front of the US embassy in Colombo on Dec. 20, 2024 to demand action against Israeli soldiers accused of war crimes. (People’s Struggle Movement)" /></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, 20 Dec 2024 14:34:06 +0000 jonathanlessware 2583760 at /node/2580227/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, 2024-11-21 16:48</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 plans to finalize a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said during the first sitting of the new Parliament on Thursday, maintaining the bailout program secured by his predecessor.</p> <p> A delegation from the IMF is in Colombo for the third review of its $2.9 billion program ahead of releasing a new tranche of funds to Sri Lanka’s battered economy.</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/2024/11/21/4547260-1548972569.jpg" width="1000" height="660" alt="" title="Sri Lanka&#039;s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake waves as he leaves after attending the opening of the new session of parliament, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Nov. 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-dissanayake">Anura Kumara Dissanayake</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/international-monetary-fund-imf">International Monetary Fund (IMF)</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase update"> Update </span> Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:55:05 +0000 seamus.obuachalla 2580227 at /node/2579727/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, 2024-11-18 14:45</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 left-leaning president swore in on Monday a 22-member Cabinet after his party coalition secured a landslide victory in a snap parliamentary vote last week.</p> <p> The alliance of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the National People’s Power, secured 159 seats in the 225-member assembly, giving the new leader a mandate to fulfill his campaign promises of sweeping reforms, including to fight poverty and corruption.</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/2024/11/18/4546088-678036648.jpeg" width="2048" height="1291" alt="" title="Sri Lanka&#039;s new cabinet pose for an official group photo at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on Nov. 18, 2024. (President&#039;s Media Division) " /></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/harini-amarasuriya">Harini Amarasuriya</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:45:00 +0000 sherouk.maher 2579727 at /node/2579367/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, 2024-11-15 15:30</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 coalition of Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won a landslide victory in a snap parliamentary vote, results from the election body showed on Friday, giving the left-leaning leader a mandate to fight poverty and corruption in the crisis-hit island nation.</p> <p> Dissanayake’s alliance, the National People’s Power, secured 159 seats in the 225-member assembly, according to the results released by the Election Commission.</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/2024/11/15/4545242-886392339.jpg" width="1000" height="667" alt="" title="Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake shows his inked finger as he leaves a polling station after casting his ballot to vote in Sri Lanka&#039;s parliamentary election in Colombo on Nov. 14, 2024. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/15/4545091-1946673967.jpg" width="1200" height="800" alt="" title="Election officials and security personnel transport sealed ballot boxes to a counting center at the end of voting in Sri Lanka&#039;s legislative elections in Colombo on Nov. 14, 2024.(AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/15/4545092-1373967184.jpg" width="1200" height="800" alt="" title="Election workers return to a counting center with a ballot box at the end of the polling in the parliamentary election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Nov. 14, 2024. (AP)" /></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, 15 Nov 2024 12:11:17 +0000 romulo 2579367 at /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: ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ 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">¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ</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> ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ 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 ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ 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">¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ</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