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Business
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf unveils its first boba drink
For the first time since the bubble tea craze hit the U.S., The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has released a boba drink as part of a new tea co...
Carl Samson
Environmental
Ailing elephant in Sri Lanka returned to Thailand aboard $530,000 flight
An elephant gifted to Sri Lanka by Thailand more than 20 years ago was safely returned to Thailand for medical treatment and rehabilitation ...
Bryan Ke
Asia
These 14 Asian countries are among the 25 countries with the world’s shortest people
Fourteen Asian nations are among a recent ranking of the 25 shortest countries in the world. Insider’s ranking is based on a 2020 m...
Michelle De Pacina
Civil Rights
Sri Lanka’s president says government will not oppose bill to decriminalize homosexuality
Newly elected Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced Sunday his government would not oppose the motion submitted by Member of ...
News
Deposed Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa denied US visa, flees to the Maldives via jet
Deposed Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has reportedly fled to the Maldives with his family on a military jet, days after being den...
Ryan General
Sri Lanka president captured on video fleeing as protestors storm Colombo residence
President Rajapaksa is seen running and rolling his luggage onto a large navy ship in a recent video. The now-resigned president's es...
Iris Jung
Sri Lanka bans social media as citizens protest against worst economic crisis in country’s history
An economic crisis years in the making has caused prices of daily necessities in Sri Lanka to skyrocket. At least two people have died whi...
Canada
Sri Lankan grandma makes history as oldest master’s degree earner at Canada’s York University
A Sri Lankan grandma has just earned her master’s degree from a Canadian university at the age of 87. Just a number: Varatha Shanmugan...
Sri Lankan Students Protest After Memorial for 100K Tamil People Killed in Civil War is Destroyed
At the University of Jaffna in Sri Lanka, a war memorial dedicated to the Tamil people was destroyed over the weekend, resulting in student ...
Editorial Staff
Sri Lanka Police Anally Torture, Whip Gay Men Suspected of Having Sex, Human Rights Watch Says
Police in Sri Lanka are employing inhuman ways to confirm whether a man has engaged in gay sex, according to a new report from Human Rights ...
Drug Smuggling Cat Successfully Breaks Out of Prison in Sri Lanka
A cat trained to smuggle drugs made a daring escape from its detention at a high-security prison in Sri Lanka. The cat was captured after be...
Sri Lankan Caroline Jurie Crowned Mrs. World 2020
Sri Lankan model Caroline Jurie took home the title of Mrs. World 2020 at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort over the weekend. Jurie, 27, bested ...
70-Year-Old Elephant Starved and Forced to Work Non-Stop in Sri Lanka
An activist in Thailand is calling for change for an ailing 70-year-old elephant which is allegedly forced to work consecutive nights at a f...
Instagram Couple Draws Backlash After Dangling Out of a Moving Train in Sri Lanka
Netizens slammed a couple from Brussels who dangled out of a moving train in Sri Lanka to capture what they described as one of their “wilde...
Celebrity Chef, Daughter Among 290 Killed in Sri Lanka Bombings
A local celebrity chef and her daughter were among those killed in the multiple bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Shantha Mayadunne, a...
Endangered Asian Elephant Found With a Nail Hammered in Its Leg in Sri Lanka
A heart-wrenching video of an injured elephant in in agonizing pain in Sri Lanka recently emerged on social media. The male elephant reporte...
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