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President's Move After Sri Lankan Supreme Court Rules Against Gender Equality Bill
The bill aims to ensure equal opportunities regardless of sex or gender identity, but opponents argue it could permit same-sex marriages, conflicting with cultural values.
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Ex Sri Lankan Troops, Who Left Crisis-Hit Country For Russia, Duped Into Ukraine War
When Sri Lanka's economy crashed in 2022, people sought work abroad wherever they could find it -- including ex-soldiers who joined forces fighting in Ukraine after Russia's invasion.
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Spreading False Narrative Of Genocide Over 2009 Incident: Sri Lanka On Canada
The Sri Lankan government has once again slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for engaging in vote bank politics by consistently spreading "false narrative" about the ethnic conflict against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
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Expecting Agreement To Solve Ethnic Conflict By Year-End: Lanka President
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday said he is keen on settling the ethnic conflict with the minority Tamil community.
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AIADMK Demands International Probe Against DMK, Congress For "War Crimes"
Chief Minister K Palaniswami Tuesday demanded an international probe against DMK and ally Congress for "war crimes" against Tamils in the 2009 Sri Lankan civil conflict when UPA was in power, as the ruling AIADMK staged a state-wide protest over the issue.
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Sri Lanka War Widows Selling Kidneys To Repay Loans: UN Expert
Sri Lankan war widows and women in former conflict zones are being forced to sell their kidneys to pay loan sharks, a UN expert said Tuesday, urging government intervention
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Sri Lanka Army Chief Summoned By Court Over Disappearance Of 24 Tamils
A Sri Lankan court has summoned the commander of the country's Army tomorrow over the disappearance of 24 Tamils since their arrest in 1996 by security forces during the internal conflict with the LTTE.
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Sri Lankan Presidential Challenger Not For Federalism to Tamils
The opposition candidate in Sri Lanka's Presidential election has pledged to reject demands from ethnic Tamil leaders for a federal model to solve the country's decades-long ethnic conflict if he wins next month's vote.
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No Hope in Finding Landslide Survivors: Sri Lanka Officials
There was no hope of finding survivors after a mudslide tore through a tea plantation, a Sri Lankan disaster official said on Thursday, amid widely conflicting reports about how many people had been buried alive under the mud.
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Sri Lankan Parliament to Decide on Probe by UN Rights Panel
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that the Parliament will decide whether to allow a UN panel in the country to probe alleged human rights abuses during the final phase of the conflict with the LTTE.
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Excavation at mass grave in Sri Lanka suspended
A Sri Lankan court today suspended the excavation at a suspected mass grave found in a former conflict zone where LTTE remains will now be scrutinised by archaeologists.
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John Abraham: Madras Cafe about Tamil conflict in Sri Lanka
John Abraham admits that Madras Cafe is based on the Sri Lankan conflict in the 1980s, but states that the story is a work of fiction.
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Full transcript: Sri Lankan envoy on Tamil Nadu tension
Tamil Nadu fishermen should avoid crossing International Maritime Boundary line to avoid dispute, says Sri Lankan envoy to India, Prasad Kariyavasam. He says that it is time Sri Lankan Tamil fishermen who were deprived of the fishing during the conflict period get to fish in the Lankan waters.
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Sri Lanka lost 24,000 soldiers in defeating LTTE
Sri Lankan Army lost nearly 24,000 personnel in its three-decade long conflict with the LTTE rebels, including over 6,200 in the latest offensive which began in late 2006.
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India against military solution to Lanka ethnic problem
Capping a closely-guarded visit by a high powered Indian delegation that met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, India on saturday said it was not in favour of a military solution to the Tamil ethnic problem. ",India hopes that Sri Lanka can find a peaceful solution to the (ethnic) conflict within the framework of a united Sri Lanka that is ac...
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President's Move After Sri Lankan Supreme Court Rules Against Gender Equality Bill
The bill aims to ensure equal opportunities regardless of sex or gender identity, but opponents argue it could permit same-sex marriages, conflicting with cultural values.
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Ex Sri Lankan Troops, Who Left Crisis-Hit Country For Russia, Duped Into Ukraine War
When Sri Lanka's economy crashed in 2022, people sought work abroad wherever they could find it -- including ex-soldiers who joined forces fighting in Ukraine after Russia's invasion.
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Spreading False Narrative Of Genocide Over 2009 Incident: Sri Lanka On Canada
The Sri Lankan government has once again slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for engaging in vote bank politics by consistently spreading "false narrative" about the ethnic conflict against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
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Expecting Agreement To Solve Ethnic Conflict By Year-End: Lanka President
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday said he is keen on settling the ethnic conflict with the minority Tamil community.
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AIADMK Demands International Probe Against DMK, Congress For "War Crimes"
Chief Minister K Palaniswami Tuesday demanded an international probe against DMK and ally Congress for "war crimes" against Tamils in the 2009 Sri Lankan civil conflict when UPA was in power, as the ruling AIADMK staged a state-wide protest over the issue.
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Sri Lanka War Widows Selling Kidneys To Repay Loans: UN Expert
Sri Lankan war widows and women in former conflict zones are being forced to sell their kidneys to pay loan sharks, a UN expert said Tuesday, urging government intervention
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Sri Lanka Army Chief Summoned By Court Over Disappearance Of 24 Tamils
A Sri Lankan court has summoned the commander of the country's Army tomorrow over the disappearance of 24 Tamils since their arrest in 1996 by security forces during the internal conflict with the LTTE.
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Sri Lankan Presidential Challenger Not For Federalism to Tamils
The opposition candidate in Sri Lanka's Presidential election has pledged to reject demands from ethnic Tamil leaders for a federal model to solve the country's decades-long ethnic conflict if he wins next month's vote.
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No Hope in Finding Landslide Survivors: Sri Lanka Officials
There was no hope of finding survivors after a mudslide tore through a tea plantation, a Sri Lankan disaster official said on Thursday, amid widely conflicting reports about how many people had been buried alive under the mud.
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Sri Lankan Parliament to Decide on Probe by UN Rights Panel
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that the Parliament will decide whether to allow a UN panel in the country to probe alleged human rights abuses during the final phase of the conflict with the LTTE.
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Excavation at mass grave in Sri Lanka suspended
A Sri Lankan court today suspended the excavation at a suspected mass grave found in a former conflict zone where LTTE remains will now be scrutinised by archaeologists.
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John Abraham: Madras Cafe about Tamil conflict in Sri Lanka
John Abraham admits that Madras Cafe is based on the Sri Lankan conflict in the 1980s, but states that the story is a work of fiction.
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Full transcript: Sri Lankan envoy on Tamil Nadu tension
Tamil Nadu fishermen should avoid crossing International Maritime Boundary line to avoid dispute, says Sri Lankan envoy to India, Prasad Kariyavasam. He says that it is time Sri Lankan Tamil fishermen who were deprived of the fishing during the conflict period get to fish in the Lankan waters.
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Sri Lanka lost 24,000 soldiers in defeating LTTE
Sri Lankan Army lost nearly 24,000 personnel in its three-decade long conflict with the LTTE rebels, including over 6,200 in the latest offensive which began in late 2006.
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India against military solution to Lanka ethnic problem
Capping a closely-guarded visit by a high powered Indian delegation that met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, India on saturday said it was not in favour of a military solution to the Tamil ethnic problem. ",India hopes that Sri Lanka can find a peaceful solution to the (ethnic) conflict within the framework of a united Sri Lanka that is ac...
