Three diplomats visit Sri Lanka’s North to discuss reconciliation

Sri Lanka reaffirms commitment to NAM efforts to address global challenges

Sri Lanka reaffirmed its commitment to efforts by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to address current global challenges. Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha underscored the relevance of the Bandung Principles at a time when global multilateral mechanisms are under strain, when addressing the Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement held in New York, on the sidelines of the 74th?Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Given that NAM encompasses 55 percent of the world?s populatio

27 Sep, 2019

Probe launched on carcasses of three wild elephants

An investigation has been launched into the discovery of the carcasses of three wild elephants in Habarana. Wildlife officers said the three elephants are believed to have died under?suspicious circumstances. The carcasses were found near a tank bund in Hiriwadunna, Habarana and among them was a pregnant elephant.

27 Sep, 2019

Skeletal elephant dies weeks after parade outcry

An emaciated 70-year-old elephant that caused a social media outcry after being forced to take part in an annual Buddhist pageant in Sri Lanka has died, officials said Wednesday, according to AFP. The government has ordered an autopsy for Tikiri, a domesticated Asian elephant that died Tuesday night in Kegalle, 80 kilometres (50 miles) east of the capital Colombo, a wildlife department official said. Elephant expert Jayantha Jayewardene said the jumbo had been ill-treated. “Tikiri was severel

25 Sep, 2019