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Sri Lanka Vesak Day Celebration
Tens of thousands of worshipers flocked to Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka this Sunday to celebrate Vesak Day. This traditional festival commemorates the three major stages of the historical Buddha’s existence: his birth, his awakening and his death. Over two-thirds of Sri Lankans’ 20 million are Buddhists.
Sri Lanka announces the end of the Tamils
The Tamil rebels militarily beaten in Sri Lanka, this is what the president of the country affirms this evening. To the media, images of victory are presented. This morning the government army invaded a beach, permanently blocking access to the sea for the Tamil Tigers, and any possibility of escaping the fight. The situation is…
Sri Lanka, mourning, Vesak celebration
Due to heavy rainfall and devastating floods that hit Sri Lanka, the streets of the capital Colombo are less crowded than usual this year for the Buddhist festival of Vesak, which marks birth, spiritual awakening and death. death of Lord Buddha.
Whatsapp, audio messages x2: here is the news
Here is the option to listen at double speed. Users cheer on social media On WhatsApp it is now possible to listen to audio messages even at double the speed. The novelty is part of the latest application update, already available for iPhone users on the App Store. The new function allows you to choose…
Sri Lanka: UN concerned about humanitarian situation after end of conflict
Sri Lanka ends 37 years of civil war but the international community is concerned about the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the conflict. President Rajapakse congratulated himself on killing the last 300 rebels on Monday. Among the victims, the supreme leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Vellupilai Prabhakan. These diehards were holed up in…
Humanitarian disaster in Sri Lanka
Thousands of civilians abandoned to their fate, hundreds of wounded trapped without medical aid. In Sri Lanka, the International Committee of the Red Cross says it is powerless in the face of an unimaginable catastrophe. And the Sri Lankan government has once again rejected calls from the international community to stop the offensive against the…
Mudslides in Sri Lanka: “little chance” of finding survivors
Hopes of finding survivors are slim after the devastating mudslides in Sri Lanka. This is what the authorities indicated on Thursday the day after the tragedy in the village of Haldummulla, 200 kilometers from the capital Colombo. Backhoes and rescuers tackled tons of mud that swept away some 150 tin houses on a tea plantation….
Netflix deletes inactive accounts – saving hundreds of thousands of customer’s money
Anyone who no longer actively uses Netflix but keeps forgetting to delete their account will now be helped by the streaming service itself. According to an announcement, inactive accounts are to be deleted unless specifically contradicted. In a post on the official Netflix blog, Eddy Wu, product manager at the streaming giant, announced an innovation…
Sri Lanka: Tamil provincial election after years of civil war
The northern part of Sri Lanka, where the ballot is taking place, was the scene for years of a civil war between the government and Tamil separatists, killing tens of thousands. The army defeated the rebels in 2009. Tamils vote to appoint a semi-autonomous council of 38 members. “We are going to demand that solutions…
An expected and dreaded “bloodbath”
Tens of thousands of civilians are fleeing the combat zones, as the Sri Lankan National Army launched its final assault on the Tamil Tigers, entrenched in the northeast of the island. And each denounces the attitude of the other towards civilians. The government accuses the rebels of using them as human shields. The rebels in…
Sri Lanka – Pakistan arrested due to incidents in the stands
The cricket match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan, which was played this Sunday in Colombo, was interrupted for about twenty minutes following throwing of various objects. Marvan Atapattu’s men were not very enterprising and never really managed to worry their opponents, a spectacle that did not please their supporters. Pakistan ultimately won and leads 2-1…
Sri Lankan army seizes Tamil stronghold of Kilinochchi
A “historic victory for the nation”… These are the words of the president of Sri Lanka, whose army today seized the city of Kilinochchi, political capital of the rebels of the Tamil Tigers. Last September, UN agencies and humanitarian organizations present in Kilinocchi had to withdraw under pressure from the Sri Lankan state, as a…
One million faithful for the canonization of the first Sri Lankan saint
On the second day of his visit to Sri Lanka, Pope Francoise visited the waterfront in Colombo, the country’s capital. The Bishop of Rome crossed the famous city promenade in his popemobile and sparked the jubilation of the faithful who had been waiting for him for hours. About a million worshipers had gathered to attend…
CA Sri Lanka Forum: SOE Restructuring Solutions
In its pivotal capacity as the National Body of Accountants, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) orchestrated a forward-thinking forum to address the significant challenges linked to SOE restructuring. Aligning with the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilisation, and National Policies, CA Sri Lanka mobilized leading minds from diverse sectors to…
Sri Lankan army traps Tamil Tigers in land
Sri Lankan army soldiers relish their advance. This morning, and for the first time in 25 years of war, they took control of the entire coastline, according to military officials. They make it impossible for Tamil warriors to have any access to the sea, and now completely encircle the tiny territory of one square kilometer…
Tamil rebel leader presumed dead, Sri Lankan army announces end of fighting
The founder and leader of the Tamil guerrilla was reportedly killed by the Sri Lankan army. Velupillai Prabhakaran is said to have been ambushed while trying to escape in an ambulance with two of his lieutenants. The Sri Lankan army has also announced that it controlled the entire island for the first time since the…
Sri Lanka: opposition calls for the release of the loser of the presidential election
In Sri Lanka, these demonstrators fear for the life of the former army chief. In the capital Colombo, thousands of regime opponents demanded the release of Sarath Fonseka; they fear his assassination in prison. Sarath Fonseka lost the presidential elections on January 26 to President Rajapakse. He must be brought to court martial for conspiring…
Tsunami, five years later in Sri Lanka
The tsunami of December 26, 2004 left 35,000 dead and 550,000 homeless in Sri Lanka. In the south of the country, the wave reached the height of a three-story building. After the disaster, according to the OECD , 11 billion euros in donations reached NGOs . What are the different actions that have been carried…
Elephants in the spotlight in Sri Lanka
Thousands of people gathered in the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka, to witness a colorful elephant parade during a festival. Dancers, acrobats and musicians joined in the fun.
Sri Lanka: arrest of ex-army chief and unsuccessful presidential candidate
A dramatic turn in Sri Lanka. The unsuccessful presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka was arrested on Monday by the police, on charges of “military offenses”. The authorities suspect the former head of the armed forces of wanting to instigate a coup d’état. Ally last spring to the outgoing president in the fight against the Tamil rebels,…