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Ex-Sri Lanka President Ordered Police Records Destroyed to Stall Mass Grave Probes, Report Alleges
The report said Rajapaksa, then a powerful defense official, ordered the destruction of all police records older than five years after mass graves were discovered in the Matale district of central Sri Lanka in 2013.
‘Titanic’ director James Cameron points to flaws in Titan submersible’s design
“We’ve never had an accident like this,” James Cameron, the Oscar-winning director of “Titanic,” said on Thursday.
Mr. Cameron, an expert in submersibles, has dived dozens of times to the ship’s deteriorating hulk and once plunged in a…
Five dead on Titan sub were ‘true explorers’ – OceanGate
The five people who died on the Titan submersible were “true explorers”, the company who operated the dive said.
The men “shared a distinct spirit of adventure”, OceanGate said in a statement,
The five men died in what the…
Committed to support Sri Lanka’s economic reforms – IMF chief tells President Ranil
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva has assured the institution’s commitment towards supporting Sri Lanka’s economic reforms.
Following her meeting with President Ranil Wickremesinghe,…
Cooking gas explosion kills 31 people at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China
The blast tore through the establishment at around 8:40 p.m. Wednesday on a busy street in Yinchuan, the capital of the traditionally Muslim Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, as people were gathering on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival…
Sri Lanka government must protect freedoms of expression and association – Core Group at UNHRC
"We welcome Sri Lanka’s initial steps towards addressing concerns around land returns, long-term detentions and corruption," said Rita French, UK Human Rights Ambassador.
Pakistan and China sign $4.8 bln nuclear power plant deal
Pakistan and China signed a $4.8 billion deal on Tuesday to build a 1,200-megawatt nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said, hailing the investment by a country that Pakistan views as its most dependable ally.
Work on the…
Crucial conditions changed just days before signing contract with foreign fuel supplier
A dramatic new controversy has arisen to muddy the waters around the opening of Sri Lanka’s retail fuel market to foreign suppliers, with revelations that a Cabinet paper was presented just three days before the signing of one of the…
Submersible lost while taking tourists to see the Titanic
Rescuers from the US and Canadian navies are racing against time to locate a missing submersible named Titan which vanished with five people on board while on a tourist visit to the wreck of the Titanic on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean…
Sri Lanka urged to implement UN recommendations
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, says although the Government has regrettably rejected aspects of the Council’s resolutions related to accountability, it has continued to engage with our presence on the…