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Sri Lankan cardinal boycotts Independence Day celebration to protest lack of...

"We want to have answers in this country, but for three years it has been increasingly difficult”

Sri Lankan Catholic priest stands by statement on Easter Sunday attacks

The priest has allegedly tagged intelligence units of providing financial and other vital assistance to those behind the attacks

Amnesty International calls for end to discrimination against Muslims in Sri...

The report said discrimination against Muslims has evolved from “a rising series of mob attacks ... into government policies" against Muslims

Sri Lanka braces for oil spill from sunken cargo ship

Flaming containers filled with chemicals tumbled into the sea from the ship's deck

Chemical cargo ship sinks off Sri Lanka, fouling rich fishing waters

The government on Wednesday suspended fishing along an 80-km stretch of the island's coastline, affecting 5,600 fishing boats

Sri Lankan Catholic Church leader calls on Muslims to reject extremism

Groups linked to the so-called Islamic State were responsible for the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks

Sri Lanka gov’t order makes it ‘easier to target religious, racial...

Regulation expands island nation’s ‘draconian and abusive’ Prevention of Terrorism Act, rights group says

Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut many Islamic schools, minister says

The wearing of the burqa in the majority-Buddhist nation was temporarily banned in 2019 after the bombing of churches

Catholics in Sri Lanka mark ‘Black Sunday’ for victims of Easter...

Justice has still not been delivered for victims of terror attack, church leaders say

Sri Lanka plans to bury COVID-19 victims on remote island

Move comes after earlier backlash to mandatory cremation that ignored religious sensitivities

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