Tag: Sri Lanka
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12 players to represent Nigeria at World Youth Scrabble Championship
The team will be having their camping in either, Lagos or Abuja before heading to Sri Lanka.
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One person feared dead, another seriously injured as elephant goes berserk
One person was killed and another seriously wounded on Friday as a result of an attack by a wild elephant in central Sri Lanka, the police said.
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Sri Lanka risks rapid spread of rabies as country runs out of vaccines
Health officials on Wednesday said Rabies might spread rapidly in Sri Lanka in 2023 due to shortages in vaccines. Director of Public Health Veterinary Services L.D. Kithsiri told media that there were no vaccines in storage units in Kandy, Galle, Matara, Hambantota, Colombo, and Gampaha districts. Kithsiri said 28 people had died in 2022 from…
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The masses Tsunami in Sri Lanka – By Owei Lakemfa
Tidal waves of humanity are sweeping through Sri Lanka. The masses Tsunami is sweeping away anything in its path. Public buildings, including the Presidency and Prime Minister’s, have been submerged or burnt. The long-time politicians who for decades have manipulated the masses using all sorts of divides, especially ethnicity, are begging the people for a…
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Sri Lanka’s President to resign after being chased from presidential villa
Protestors demanding the resignation of Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa gather inside the compound of Sri Lanka’s Presidential Palace in Colombo on July 9, 2022. (Photo by AFP) Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced his resignation on Saturday, hours after a crowd of angry protesters chased him from his residence, as months of frustration brought…
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Sri Lanka’s cabinet ministers resign amid increasing protests
Sri Lanka’s cabinet ministers have offered resignation letters from their positions in response to calls from increasing protests amid economic instability and a severe fuel shortage in the South Asian country. Government officials confirmed that all cabinet ministers had handed in their resignation letters, paving way for all political parties to form a new cabinet,…
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Just in: Covering of faces banned in Sri Lanka
Following the death of about two hundred and fifty, (250), people in the Easter attack on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, President Maithripala Sirisena, Monday banned the covering of faces for easy identification. He said he was using an emergency law to impose the restriction from Monday. According to him, “Any face garment which…
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Sri Lankan attacks: Prime Minister apologises for ‘failing to protect victims’
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday apologised to the nation for the failure to protect victims from Sunday’s explosions which killed 310 people and injured over 500. In a statement on his official twitter account, Wickremesinghe said “We take collective responsibility and apologise to our fellow citizens for our failure to protect victims…
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BREAKING: Shoot out as police raid suspected bomb factory in Sri Lanka
A shootout has been reported in Sri Lanka as armed forces raided a suspected bomb factory. The army and police were attempting to search a location thought to have been used to manufacture suicide vests when they were shot at. The incident happened in Kalmunai, south of Batticaloa, in the wake of the Easter Sunday…
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Sri Lanka: Officials arrest 16 more suspects of Easter bombings
Police have arrested another 16 people in connection to a series of bombings in Sri Lanka over Easter weekend which claimed at least 359 lives, officials said on Thursday. Fresh security measures, including a ban on the use of drones, were introduced as police and security forces continued in their efforts to crack down on…