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Bharatha Mallawarachi
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Sri Lankan prime minister testifies in bond probe
by Bharatha Mallawarachi - November 21, 2017 - 12:00am
Sri Lanka's prime minister appeared yesterday before a commission that is probing alleged wrongdoing in the sale of government bonds that opposition lawmakers say led to a loss of about $1 billion.
Sri Lankan students protest private medical university
by Bharatha Mallawarachi - August 4, 2017 - 9:39pm
Thousands of students from state-run universities finished a five-day march across Sri Lanka on yesterday, demanding the government shut a private medical university that they say could jeopardize the country's tradition...
Wasp nests removed in Sri Lanka ahead of Indian PM visit
by Bharatha Mallawarachi - May 9, 2017 - 11:07pm
Sri Lankan authorities have removed thousands of wasps from a tea growing region ahead of a visit this week by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi.
Sri Lanka to ask UN for more time to probe war crimes
by Bharatha Mallawarachi - February 9, 2017 - 7:02am
Sri Lanka says it needs more time to fulfill promises given to the UN human rights body to investigate war crime allegations from the nation's long civil war, which ended nearly eight years ago.
Sri Lanka flooding death toll rises to 27; more rain to come
by Bharatha Mallawarachi - May 18, 2016 - 3:23pm
Rescue workers recovered 16 bodies buried in mudslides caused by heavy rains in central Sri Lanka, raising the death toll due to bad weather to 27, government officials said Wednesday. Rescue work was continuing...
Sri Lankan protest Chinese funded port city project
by Bharatha Mallawarachi - April 4, 2016 - 5:02pm
Hundreds of people, including priests, environmental activists and fishermen, protested in Sri Lanka's capital on yesterday, demanding the government halt a $1.5 billion Chinese-funded port city project.
Germany offers help for Sri Lankan probe of war atrocities
by Bharatha Mallawarachi - September 22, 2015 - 5:00pm
Germany is ready to help Sri Lanka investigate alleged atrocities during its civil war, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said yesterday.
After election, Sri Lanka PM invites rivals to work together
by Bharatha Mallawarachi - August 19, 2015 - 12:26pm
Sri Lanka's prime minister on yesterday invited all political parties in the island nation to work together after his party won the most seats in parliamentary elections and thwarted a political comeback bid by the...
Sri Lanka backs China's maritime 'Silk Road' plan
by Bharatha Mallawarachi - September 17, 2014 - 4:26am
Chinese President Xi Jinping won Sri Lanka's support yesterday for a proposed maritime "Silk Road" linking China with Europe, and helped launch billion-dollar power plant and port city projects funded by his go...
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