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Chinese defence minister meets Gotabaya in Colombo

Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa said that visit will further bolster bilateral ties…reports Asian Lite News Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday met Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe who is in the

April 29, 2021

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Temple officials held in Lanka for holding festival

A huge crowd attended the festival at the Sri Kamakshi Amman Kovil temple in Tamil-dominated Jaffna without maintaining social distance or wearing face masks…reports Asian Lite News Sri Lankan officials have arrested

April 29, 2021

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SL cabinet clears proposal for burqa ban

The proposals featured in a special report presented to Parliament to resolve 14 controversial issues following the April 2019 Easter Attack….reports Asian Lite News Sri Lankan government i moving forward with the

April 28, 2021

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Ex-Sri Lanka minister, brother to be detained for 90 days

Minister Rishad Bathiudeen and brother Riyadh have been arrested by the CID on April 24 for allegedly assisting the terrorists responsible for the deadly April 2019 bombing attacks….reports Asian Lite News Former

April 28, 2021

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Highly infectious Covid-19 strain detected in Sri Lanka

Health authorities feared that the new variant is spreading rapidly after last week’s New Year celebrations with more younger people getting infected….reports Asian A highly transmissible Covid-19 variant is fast spreading in

April 28, 2021

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Sri Lanka observes anniversary of Easter bombings

The bombings carried out by extremist groups targeted three churches during Easter Sunday services in 2019. Three luxury hotels were also hit in simultaneous attacks on April 21…reports Asian Lite News Sri

April 21, 2021

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Sri Lanka on alert ahead of anniversary of Easter bombings

The Easter terror attack by suicide bombers in April 2019 was one of the worst violent incidents recorded in Sri Lanka’s history….reports Asian Lite News Sri Lankan police on Monday said security

April 19, 2021

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Chinese pressure? Lanka approves Sinopharm

It seems that Sri Lanka was under alleged Chinese pressure to approve its Sinopharm vaccine as part of countering India’s growing vaccine outreach to neighbouring countries, reports Asian Lite News Sri Lanka’s

March 20, 2021

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Lanka may junk Sinopharm, orders 13.5 Mn vax from India

Sri Lanka has ordered 13.5 million Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines in addition to the 500,000 doses gifted by India, and the country may not use Chinese vaccines in the second phase of

February 24, 2021

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SL general public to get jabs from March

Sri Lanka began vaccinating its frontline workers late last month after receiving 50,000 free Oxford-AstraZeneca-Covishield vaccines from India….reports Asian Lite News The general public in Sri Lanka will get coronavirus vaccinations from

February 9, 2021

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