Food, Offering, Medicine, Political Symbol: What the Lotus Means in Sri Lanka
“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...
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US rescinds security alert on Arugam Bay area
Sri Lanka is a peaceful destination ahead of upcoming tourist season” – FM The United States yesterday (13) lifted the security alert on the Arugam Bay area, following close collaboration with the Sri ...
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Cocaine body packer nabbed at BIA
The Narcotic Control unit at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake, thwarted an attempt to smuggle in a stock of ...
Sri Lanka election: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake seeks increased parliamentary strength
Sri Lanka holds a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the South Asian island nation wants to empower its new, ...
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Sri Lanka votes in a parliamentary election that's key for its new Marxist-leaning president
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country's new, ...
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Foreign national arrested at BIA with cocaine worth Rs. 13 mln hidden in stomach
The officers attached to the Narcotic Control unit at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake have ...