Muslims afraid, resentful as ethnic divide deepens in Sri Lanka
RATHMALYAYA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – N.K. Masliya says she has been visiting a neighborhood clinic in the northwestern Sri Lankan villageContinue Reading
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Sri Lanka army chief says threat of more ’extremist militant attacks’ contained
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s army commander Mahesh Senanayake said the threat of more extremist militant attacks through IS terror organizationContinue Reading
Qatar urges Saudi to remove hajj obstacles to its citizens
Doha (AFP) – Qatar has urged Saudi Arabia to remove “obstacles and restrictions” for its residents wishing to perform theContinue Reading
Qatar opens first metro line
(AFP Doha) Qatar on Wednesday opened its first metro line as the gas-rich Gulf state bolsters its infrastructure ahead ofContinue Reading
SriLankan Airlines has 10 percent increase in cancellations, expects more: CEO
SriLankan Airlines’ chief executive Vipula Gunatilleka said on Monday that the carrier had a 10 percent increase in cancellations lastContinue Reading
Sri Lanka Issues Decree Banning All Forms of Face Covering From Tomorrow
The Sri Lankan government on Sunday issued a decree banning burqas and other face-covering garments from tomorrow, in light ofContinue Reading
Sri Lanka Bombings: Investigators say Motel in Dehiwala was after Taj Samudra target was botched
COLOMBO (Reuters) – His target was the breakfast buffet at the Taj Samudra, a luxury hotel on Colombo’s seafront. Instead, heContinue Reading
Relatives of Sri Lanka suicide bombings mastermind wounded in gunbattle
(Reuters) – The wife and a daughter of the suspected mastermind of suicide attacks on churches and four hotels inContinue Reading
Lankan President bans National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ) and Jamathei Millathu Ibraheem (JMI)
Colombo, April 27 (newsin.asia): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has on Saturday banned National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ) and Jamathei MillathuContinue Reading
Children killed during Sri Lanka gunbattle between troops and Islamist militants
SAINTHAMARUTHU/COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – As darkness fell in Sainthamaruthu village on Sri Lanka’s east coast on Friday, troops and policeContinue Reading
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