SriLanka
By Amal JAYASINGHE Colombo (AFP) - Le Sri Lanka marque dimanche le cinquième anniversaire du massacre de 279 personnes, la plus meurtrière attaque terroriste de l'histoire de l'île, mais la justice, tant attendue par les familles endeuillées et les plus de 500 blessés, n'est toujours pas rendue. Saman Sirimanna, fonctionnaire de 59 ans, et son épouse Sriyani, 57 ans, ont perdu leurs deux enfants quand un kamikaze a fait irruption dans l'église Saint-Antoine de la capitale Colombo, le 21 avril 2019, dimanche de Pâques. M. Sirimanna raconte à l'AFP que son fils de 19 ans et sa fille de 22 ans, t...
AFP (Français)
A group of Russian expats who organised a “white party” in Sri Lanka apologised for the event after sparking a huge backlash online. The party, whose description contained a line saying “Face Control: White”, was supposed to be held on Saturday at the Sarayka Lounge, a Russian-run nightclub in the resort town of Unawatuna. But the event was cancelled after its poster started circulating online, sparking outrage among those who interpreted the party’s dress code as meaning that non-white people would not be allowed in. The organisers apologised on Instagram for what they called a misunderstandi...
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Colombo (AFP) - La compagnie aérienne nationale du Sri Lanka a accusé mardi un rat d'avoir cloué au sol un de ses Airbus pendant trois jours, avec des retards à la chaîne, s'inquiétant de l'image donnée aux futurs investisseurs censés la renflouer. Le rongeur a été aperçu jeudi tentant de profiter du vol de SriLankan Airlines au départ de la ville pakistanaise de Lahore, obligeant la compagnie à vérifier minutieusement qu'il n'ait pas grignoté des composants critiques de l'appareil. Selon un responsable de la compagnie aérienne, l'avion a depuis repris ses vols, mais ce retard a perturbé les p...
AFP (Français)
By Srijit Das An old video of a group of people vandalising a Hindu temple has been revived with a false claim that the incident happened in a temple in Sri Lanka. The same video was earlier viral as an incident of West Bengal. BOOM had then found that the video shows an old incident, which happened on August 4, 2021, when a mob vandalised a Hindu temple in Pakistan's Rahim Yar Khan district. In the video, an angry mob break the entrance door, enter the temple and start vandalising the interiors. Some people can be seen breaking glasses, pelting stones inside the temple while others record the...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States said Wednesday it would refuse visas on human rights grounds to a Sri Lankan provincial governor who had been charged with killings during the island's long civil war. A Sri Lankan investigation accused former navy chief Wasantha Karannagoda, among others, of abducting teenage children of wealthy families and killing them after extorting money. Authorities in 2021 dropped charges, prompting an outcry from human rights groups, and he was soon named governor of North Western Province by then president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who served as defense chief when Sri L...
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By Mohammed Kudrati In a fillip to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) efforts towards the gradual internationalisation of the Indian rupee, a Sri Lankan bank has opened special rupee "vostro" accounts in India to facilitate trade in the Indian rupee. These accounts build on the framework spelt out by the RBI for facilitating international trade in the Indian rupee that it laid out in July. The Bank of Ceylon, a Sri Lankan bank, has opened a vostro account with the State Bank of India through the former's branch in Chennai. Reports in Sri Lankan media suggests that this may be the first of many ...
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By Srijanee Chakraborty An eight year old video of Pakistani cricketer Ahmed Shehzad's religious remark towards Sri Lankan cricketer Tiilakaratne Dilshan which had stirred a controversy, has surfaced with misleading claims on social media. In the 14 seconds long viral clip, Shehzad and Dilshan can be seen walking back to the dressing room as the former is heard advising Dilshan to convert into Islam for its religious benefits. Shehzad tells Dilshan, "If you (are a) non-Muslim and you turn Muslim no matter whatever you do in life, (you go) straight to heaven." Followed by an inaudible reply by ...
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By The Conversation Sri Lankan novelist Shehan Karunatilaka has won the 2022 Booker Prize for his second novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. The win couldn't come at a better time for Sri Lanka, a country once more engaged in political and economic instability, as it suffers through one of the world's worst economic crises, with soaring inflation, food and fuel shortages, and low supplies of foreign reserves. And of course, the government was overthrown in July, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled following mass protests. Karunatilaka said in his acceptance speech: My hope for Seven M...
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By Mohammed Kudrati The World Bank on Thursday cut India's economic growth forecast by a percentage point, to 6.5% from 7.5%, according to its Regional Economic Updates. It joins a legion of institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the Reserve Bank of India to cut India's growth forecasts as the world teeters on the brink of a recession in advanced economies. Last week, the Reserve Bank of India cut India's growth forecasts by 0.2 percentage points from 7.2% to 7%. Also Read: RBI Hikes Repo Rate By 50 Bps To 5.9% As Rupee Weakens, Inflation Persists In India, a financial year (...
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By Srijanee Chakraborty An image of the Sri Lankan flag being displayed on the Burj Khalifa, the popular skyscraper of Dubai, is being circulated widely on social media claiming that the flag was displayed on the Dubai landmark after Sri Lanka's cricket team won the Asia Cup 2022 on September 11, 2022. Sri Lanka beat Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2022 finale on September 11 at the Sharjah stadium. The image is being shared with the caption, "Burj Khalifa, Dubai #AsiaCup2022; Congratulations, Sri Lanka." Click here to view the post. Click here and here to see more posts like this. BOOM found that th...
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