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Sri Lanka issues red warning over strong winds, rough seas

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Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Department of Meteorology has issued a red warning for fishing boats over strong winds and rough seas in the southeast Bay of Bengal and south Andaman Sea.
The rough seas are caused by the depression in the southeast Bay of Bengal and will gradually develop into a cyclonic storm on Wednesday, the Department of Meteorology was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency.
Due to this, the wind speeds in the above-mentioned sea areas will be between 50 and 60 kmph, the department said.

At times, winds can increase up to 70 kmph in sea areas, it said, adding that heavy showers or thundershowers can be expected in above sea areas.
The department urged all naval and fishing communities not to venture into the above sea areas until further notice.
The department also urged those who are out at aforementioned seas to return to coasts or move to safer areas immediately.
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May 10, 2023
Sri Lanka to introduce ‘baby boxes’ to leave unwanted infants

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Colombo: Amidst an increasing number of couples abandoning children in Sri Lanka, the island nations government has decided to introduce “baby boxes”, where parents who are unable or unwilling to raise their newborns can anonymously leave the infants for the state to take care of them.
The Department of Probation and Child Care Services has revealed that over 60 cases of parents abandoning children on the streets have been reported over the recent years and at least 80 children have been reportedly killed by desperate parents over the last six years due to various reasons.
Commissioner of the Department of Probation and Child Care Services N.I. Liyanage told the media that the decision to introduce the “baby boxes” was following an increasing number of incidents where parents have abandoned their newborn babies on streets and various other unsafe public places.

The Commissioner said that no legal action would taken against parents who wants to leave their infants in the “baby boxes”.
He also said that the Cabinet approval will be sought soon to amend laws which are to be implemented though the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs.
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May 4, 2023
Sri Lanka issues flood, lightning warnings for 12 districts

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Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Department of Meteorology on Saturday issued a warning of heavy floods for 12 out of a total of 25 districts in the South Asian country, where heavy rains were reported over the last few days.
The 12 districts are Puttalam, Kurunegala, Kandy, Gampaha, Kegalla, Nuwara Eliya, Colombo, Kalutara, Ratnapura, Galle, Matara and Hambantota.
The department said heavy showers of more than 100 mm will hit the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and North-Western provinces and the Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts, Xinhua news agency reported.

Heavy showers of about 75 mm are expected in the other above mentioned districts.
Meanwhile, the department also issued an advisory for severe lightning for 18 districts.
The public was asked to take necessary precautions against floods and lightning.
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April 30, 2023
Sri Lanka to introduce new laws to achieve green economy: President

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Colombo: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that his government would introduce new laws to establish the country as a green economy, according to a statement from the Presidential Media Division.
Addressing the Presidential Environment Awards 2021-2022 ceremony in Colombo on Friday, Wickremesinghe highlighted that it is not solely the responsibility of developing countries such as Sri Lanka to mitigate climate change, Xinhua news agency reported.
The President emphasised that developed countries should also contribute to the cause.

The President noted that Sri Lanka will take the lead in ensuring that the developing economies receive the resources to mitigate climate change. It intends to play a role in the global campaign for climate change mitigation.
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April 29, 2023
Sri Lanka’s Parliament approves IMF bailout package

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Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Parliament on Friday approved the much-needed USD 3 billion IMF bailout package to revive the island’s economy which was hit hard by a catastrophic economic and humanitarian crisis sparked by years of mismanagement and the raging pandemic.
Last month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the bailout programme to help Sri Lanka overcome its economic crisis and catalyse financial support from other development partners, a move welcomed by Colombo as a “historic milestone” in the critical period.
On Friday, at the end of a 3-day debate, 120 Members of Parliament in the 225-member assembly voted in its favour of the deal while 25 of them opposed it.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament that the parliamentary approval was a necessity as his government was embarking on a serious economic reform programme.
Wickremesinghe, also the finance minister, in his Parliamentary address said it was critical for economic recovery to stabilise the economy, restore debt sustainability and build an inclusive and prosperous country.
The main Opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) members who accused the government of lack of transparency in obtaining the facility were not present when the vote was taken in the House.
Having obtained the USD 3 billion facility, Sri Lanka is currently negotiating debt restructuring with bilateral and multilateral creditors.
Wickremesinghe said by mid-May the restructuring programme would come into effect.

Sri Lanka in April declared its first-ever debt default in its history as the worst economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1948 triggered by forex shortages sparked public protests.
Months-long street protests led to the ouster of the then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa in mid-July. Rajapaksa had started the IMF negotiations after refusing to tap the global lender for support.
Sri Lanka has introduced painful economic measures such as tax hikes and utility rate hikes to unlock the programme. Trade unions and opposition groups have organised protests against such measures.
The programme will allow Sri Lanka to access financing of up to USD 7 billion from the IMF, International Financial Institutions (IFIs), and multilateral organisations, a statement said.
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April 28, 2023

SL vs IRE: Sri Lanka spin wizard Prabath Jayasuriya scripted history, breaks 71-year-old Test record – Kashmir News

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Sri Lanka’s Prabath Jayasuriya became the quickest spin bowler in Test history to claim 50 wickets on Friday in Galle, breaking a seven-decade record.

Jayasuriya got to the landmark in his seventh Test match, thereby becoming the joint second-fastest bowler to 50 wickets in the format. England’s Thomas Richardson (1896) and South Africa’s Vernon Philander (2012) got to the feat in seven matches.

Former West Indies spinner Alf Valentine previously held the record before Jayasuriya stamped his authority. He now shares the rank with South Africa pacer Vernon Philander and former England international Tom Richardson.

On the other hand, former Australia international Charlie Turner still holds the record of being the fastest bowler to pick 50 wickets, as he did it in just six matches. Notably, he set this record in 1888, and even after 135 years, no one has managed to break it.

Name	Tests	Years
Charlie Turner (AUS)	6	1887-1888
Prabath Jayasuriya (SL)	7	2022-2023
Vernon Philander (SA)	7	2011-2012
Tom Richardson (ENG)	7	1893-1896
Terry Alderman (AUS)	8	1981
Rodney Hogg (AUS)	8	1978-1979
Alf Valentine (WI)	8	1950-1951
Frederick Spofforth (AUS)	8	1877-1883

In the first innings of the opening Test in Galle, Jayasuriya had figures of 23-10-52-7. He picked up three wickets in the second innings to finish with a match haul of 10 wickets. Jayasuriya got five wickets in the first innings of the second Test to again stamp his authority.

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April 28, 2023

Sri Lanka’s ex-AG summoned over 2019 Easter Sunday attacks

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Colombo: Sri Lanka’s former Attorney General (AG), who claimed that there was a ‘grand conspiracy’ behind the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, has been summoned to the police special investigation unit to record a statement.
Ex-Attorney General Dappula de Livera has been summoned to the Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) to appear on Wednesday following a direction by Justice Minister Wijayadasa Rajapakshe to the present AG to record a statement from the former AG.
Few days ahead of his retirement in 2021, Livera had stated that there was a ‘grand conspiracy with regard to the 2019 April Attacks’.

Speaking to the media, the former AG had stated that the foreign violent extremist religious ideology was imported to Sri Lanka at some point and it played a key role in carrying out the attacks.
Livera had also claimed that the investigations into the coordinated attacks, carried out on three Christian churches and four hotels on April 21, 2019, were focused on three people living overseas including Abu Hind in India, and Lukman Thalib and son in Australia for their connection to the attacks.
Indian security agencies, which had followed the extremist movement in Sri Lanka, National Thowheeth Jama’ath and its leader Mohammed Zaharan, had shared detailed information about the attacks well ahead of the disaster but Sri Lankan security had to act on the details provided.
The multiple attacks killed nearly 270 people including foreigners and injured over 500.
(Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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April 19, 2023
Sri Lanka sees increase in tourism earnings in first quarter

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Colombo: Amid the ongoing economic crisis, Sri Lanka has witnessed an increase from tourism earnings with around $530 million being received in the first three months of 2023, according to the latest data from the country’s central bank.
Sri Lanka earned $198.1 million in March, bringing tourism earnings in the first quarter to $529.8 million, the data showed.
In the first three months of 2022, Sri Lanka earned $482.3 million from tourism, reports Xinhua news agency.

A tourism official said earlier this month that Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is aiming to attract 2 million visitors in 2023, compared to the previous target of 1.5 million.
Tourism, one of Sri Lanka’s leading foreign exchange earners, suffered a setback due to the Covid-19 pandemic as well as economic and political crises in the country.
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April 8, 2023
Sri Lanka’s inflation drops further to 50.3% amid economic crisis

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Colombo: Sri Lanka’s inflation decreased to 50.3 per cent in March from 50.6 per cent the previous month amid the ongoing economic crisis, official statistics revealed.
The year-on-year inflation of the food group dropped to 47.6 per cent in March from 54.4 per cent in February, and inflation in the non-food group increased to 51.7 per cent from 48.8 per cent in February, reports Xinhua news agency.
Inflation in the country has been dropping in the last few months.
Inflation fell to 54.2 per cent in January from 57.2 per cent in December 2022.
The country’s central bank said that inflation will be reduced to single digit by the end of the year.
As Sri Lanka is still undergoing its worst ever economic crisis since independence in 1948, the island nation last month had finally secured a $2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which came as a lifeline for the island nation that has billions of dollars in loans.
The Covid-19 pandemic, rising energy prices, populist tax cuts and inflation of more than 50 per cent has battered Sri Lanka.
A shortage of medicines, fuel and other essentials also pushed the cost of living to record highs, triggering violent nationwide protests which overthrew the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government in 2022.

As a result the country defaulted on its debts with international lenders last May for the first time in its history.
(Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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April 1, 2023
Sri Rama Navami Shoba Yatra ‘peaceful’, says Hyderabad Police

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Hyderabad: City police on Thursday said that meticulous planning, supervision by its senior officers, coordination with other departments the perfect execution of commands by the field personnel ensured that the Sri Rama Navami Shoba Yatra procession ended on a ‘peaceful’ note here on Thursday.
“Thanks to the technology which helped in live monitoring the procession, crowd movement, and traffic flow,” a press release said.
City police commissioner CV Anand paid a field visit to the entire procession stretch in the morning and encouraged the Utsav committee to start their procession early which it finally did at 1.45 pm.
The Anand Singh and MLA Raja Singh processions followed and weaved their way through the Mangalhat, Begum Bazaar Chhatri, Siddiambar Bazaar, Gowliguda, and Koti areas and finally reached the Hanuman Vyamshala amidst huge and boisterous crowds.
All the events were watched closely from the joint command control center in Basheer Bagh where officials of RTC, R&B, GHMC, EMRI, Fire, and Electricity were present.
CV Anand monitored the live drone footage, CCTV feeds, and radio communications and gave timely instructions to the field officers. Senior officers descended to the field and ensured that the procession moved on.
Around thousands of police, persons were deployed for Bando bust in sensitive areas.
“The procession was completed peacefully with the cooperation of organizers, other govt departments, devotees, and the general public.” Said CP Anand.

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March 30, 2023