She emphasised the importance of transparency and collaboration between the US Embassy and Sri Lankan authorities, noting ...

Sri Lanka is currently considering a ban on the wearing of the burqa, the one-piece Islamic veil that covers women’s faces and bodies. Proponents of the “burqa ban” claim that it is a symbol ...

U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung said there is no travel ban on Sri Lanka, and the security advisory for Sri Lanka ...

For some, the ban is an inevitable response to the seeming ... stopping the flow of free information online, especially in Sri Lanka, which has a history of controlling the media.

Sri Lanka has decided to lift the ban on foreign research ships visiting its ports starting next year. The ban was initially imposed due to security concerns raised by India and the US ...

Sri Lanka, under the leadership of President Gotabaya ... But after the fertilizer ban went into effect, rice production fell by 20 percent in only six months. The country had to import $450 ...

The International Cricket Council, on Sunday (January 28), lifted the ban on Sri Lanka Cricket with immediate effect. The board was banned on November 10 for "serious breach of its obligations as ...

Some Hindus sacrifice animals as an act of religious devotion - though the majority do not Sri Lanka's government has agreed to ban the ritual sacrifice of animals and birds at Hindu temples on ...

Around the Rings is told that Sri Lanka’s former FIFA Executive Committee member Vernon Manilal Fernando will be kicked off the country’s Olympic committee after he was handed a lifetime ban ...

These comments by a righthand man of newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake signal the preparation to ban industrial action ... amid the deep crisis of Sri Lankan capitalism and the ...

Shiv Sena, a regional party that takes hardline on Hindu nationalism, has recommended a ban on burqas in India as an “emergency measure.” The proposal was made in Sena’s mouthpiece, the ...