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Sri Lanka seeks spiritual help to reduce accidents INTERNATIONAL

Sri Lanka seeks spiritual help to reduce accidents

Sri Lanka's police sought spiritual help from Buddhist clergy on Monday to bless an accident-prone highway in a country that has some of the world's most dangerous roads.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Envoy expects more Qataris, expats to visit Sri Lanka ARABIA

Envoy expects more Qataris, expats to visit Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is banking on its growing tourism industry to entice more Qatari nationals and expatriates to visit the country’s tourist destinations, ambassador W M Karunadasa has said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Sri Lanka's Herath bags Aussie hat-trick CULTURE

Sri Lanka's Herath bags Aussie hat-trick

Rangana Herath became the first Sri Lankan spinner to bowl a hat-trick in Test cricket to put Australia in deep trouble in their match in Galle on Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Herath five-wicket haul seals Sri Lanka Aussie win CULTURE

Herath five-wicket haul seals Sri Lanka Aussie win

Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath backed up centurion Kusal Mendis' superlative effort to stun top-ranked Australia by 106 runs in the rain-affected first Test in Pallekele on Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
SriLankan airline may lease four planes to Pakistan ECONOMY

SriLankan airline may lease four planes to Pakistan

Sri Lanka's cash-strapped national airline is in talks to lease four of its Airbus A330 planes to Pakistan International Airlines Corp, a government minister said, months after cancelling an order for four A350 aircraft.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Sri Lanka arrests son of former leader Rajapaksa INTERNATIONAL

Sri Lanka arrests son of former leader Rajapaksa

Sri Lankan police arrested the eldest son of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday for misappropriation of funds in an apartment project, his lawyer said, the third member of the once-powerful family to be detained.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Migrants in Indonesia boat stand-off brought ashore INTERNATIONAL

Migrants in Indonesia boat stand-off brought ashore

Dozens of Sri Lankan migrants stranded on a boat off Indonesia were allowed to come ashore Saturday, easing a tense stand-off with local authorities that drew international condemnation.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Sri Lanka to abolish strict forex regulations INTERNATIONAL

Sri Lanka to abolish strict forex regulations

Sri Lanka on Thursday announced plans to lift six-decade-old restrictions on foreign exchange flows and allow free transfer of money in and out of the island, to encourage investment in the struggling economy.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IMF releases $1.5bn bailout cash for Sri Lanka ECONOMY

IMF releases $1.5bn bailout cash for Sri Lanka

The IMF on Saturday released the first tranche of a $1.5bn bailout for Sri Lanka, which is reeling after a government spending spree and facing a balance of payments crisis.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
England win 2nd Test and series against Sri Lanka CULTURE

England win 2nd Test and series against Sri Lanka

England beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets on the fourth day of the second Test at the Riverside on Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Sri Lanka says 100 missing in landslides are dead INTERNATIONAL

Sri Lanka says 100 missing in landslides are dead

Around 100 people still missing following landslides in Sri Lanka last week are believed dead, authorities said Saturday after failing to find signs of life under tonnes of mud.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Sri Lanka sets up office to trace 20,000 war missing INTERNATIONAL

Sri Lanka sets up office to trace 20,000 war missing

Sri Lanka on Wednesday announced it was setting up an office to trace thousands of people still missing seven years after the end of its ethnic war, to try to bring closure for families.

4:45 AM November 25 2016