Troops sent to quell prison unrest
The nation deployed troops to its main maximum-security prison in Colombo and two other jails. Sri Lanka deploys troops to contain growing prison unrest following unsuccessful breakout attempts in which three inmates were killed and 23 wounded, a government minister said
Sri Lankan beauty pageant contestant fined for animal cruelty
COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan court has fined a 19-year-old beauty pageant contestant with animal cruelty after she danced on stage with an endangered python, an official said Wednesday (Aug 5).
Communities battered by monsoon
Floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains have killed more than 100 people across India since July, official data showed, with thousands forced to flee their inundated homes.
India monsoon floods, landslides kill more than 100 since July: officials
NEW DELHI: Floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains have killed more than 100 people across India since July, official data showed Wednesday (Aug 5), with thousands forced to flee their inundated homes
Schools closed after fatal floods and landslides
THE country closed schools in its tea-growing mountainous regions as heavy rains triggered floods and mudslides that left five people dead and three wounded, officials said.
Troops sent in to restore order after prison riot
Hundreds of troops and elite commandos have been deployed to contain riots at an overcrowded prison in which one inmate was killed and six others wounded, police said.
Sri Lanka boosts prison security after riot kills one
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka tightened security across its prisons on Sunday (Aug 2) after a riot left one person dead and six injured, an official said, as the nation struggles to manage its overcrowded jails
Easter bombing judgment
A court sentenced a former police chief and a former top Defence Ministry official to death after finding them guilty of criminal negligence that allowed Islamic State-inspired bomb attacks on Easter Sunday in 2019, which killed more than 260 people.
Sri Lanka police say one inmate killed, six wounded in prison riot
COLOMBO: At least one inmate was killed and another six were taken to hospital after a riot at a prison outside Sri Lanka's capital on Saturday (Aug 1), police said.</p>
Ex-security chiefs to appeal against death penalty over Sri Lanka's 2019 Easter bombings
COLOMBO: Two top former Sri Lankan security officials sentenced to death for failing to prevent the deadly 2019 Easter bombings will appeal against their convictions, their lawyer said on Saturday (Aug 1)
