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Rains hamper Sri Lanka cleanup after floods that killed nearly 500

COLOMBO – Heavy rains lashed Sri Lanka on Friday, hampering a major clean-up operation after severe flooding and landslides last week killed nearly 500...

Letdown in Indonesia, Sri Lanka as flood survivors await assistance

TUKKA, Indonesia – Officials in Indonesia and Sri Lanka battled Wednesday to reach survivors of deadly flooding in remote, cut-off regions as the toll...

Asia floods toll tops 1,000 as military aid survivors

Padang, Indonesia—The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,000 on Monday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military...

Cyclone death toll rises to 193 in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO -- Entire areas of Sri Lanka’s capital were flooded on Sunday after a powerful cyclone triggered heavy rains and mudslides across the island,...

Singapore firm rejects $1-b pollution damages

SINGAPORE—A Singapore shipping company told AFP on Tuesday it will refuse to pay Sri Lankan court-ordered damages of US$1 billion for causing that country’s...

Foreign buyers help absorb US tariffs on Philippine garment exports

Foreign buyers are helping to absorb some of the 19 percent tariff on Philippine garment exports, the Foreign Buyers Association of the Philippines (FOBAP)...

Former presidents back S. Lanka’s jailed ex-leader

COLOMBO – Three former presidents of Sri Lanka expressed solidarity with jailed ex-leader Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday and condemned his incarceration as a “calculated...

City of Dreams Sri Lanka completes integrated resort project

City of Dreams Sri Lanka, a $1.2 billion integrated resort developed by John Keells Holdings PLC and Melco Resorts & Entertainment, is opening today,...

Sri Lanka sacks top cop over blasts

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka’s independent regulator has sacked a senior police officer for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which...

Train derailed after hitting elephants

COLOMBO – A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed Thursday after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed...

Sri Lanka probes tourist deaths from pest fumigation

Colombo, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan police said Saturday they were investigating the death of two foreign tourists, suspected to have succumbed to poisoning...

Sri Lanka records highest deflation since 1961

Colombo, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's consumer prices fell by 2.1 percent in November, the highest deflation rate recorded by the economically fragile island...

Over 230 Chinese nabbed in Colombo raids

COLOMBO—Sri Lankan police have arrested more than 230 Chinese men accused of targeting international banks in online scams, the foreign minister said on Tuesday,...

Sri Lanka woos tourists, reverts to former visa system

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka has restored an online visa application platform to encourage tourism after its top court suspended a controversial multimillion-dollar deal that...
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