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Today sees the start of the qualifying for the Women's Asia Games, with 3 teams competing to join Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and hosts Japan. Thailand, Hong Kong and Malaysia in group 1, Nepal, China and Indonesia in group 2.

Namibian activist Friedel Dausab fights to overturn the laws that criminalise his life, coming together with fellow activists from Sri Lanka and Barbados at London Pride, in a powerful moment of community, solidarity and celebration.  After screening at BFI Flare Festival, Out Laws screens 30 Jun.

🇱🇰 Q78F+CM Point Pedro, Sri Lanka 🗺️ View on Google Maps

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁-𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿: unprecedented numbers (50+) off W coast of Sri Lanka in last few weeks. Here's a video edited in Michael McKee-style....

#OTD 31st May 1981: Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka burnt down during a violent attack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UjbHe1qBKQ #historyteacher #sschat

Sri Lanka's surprise rate hike risks choking off IMF-backed recovery reut.rs/4fKw9ZN

Community from Cornwall to Sri Lanka, like in the antiquity.

Final day in Sri Lanka. The skies in Colombo cleared and we ventured out in the neighborhood. Heading back to Abu Dhabi and the last few weeks of school. #bowlingsabroad

Surprisingly rockabilly didn’t have a huge impact on us in early eighties Sri Lanka. #totp

Tourist arrivals top 1 m mark: Sri Lanka's tourism sector has achieved a significant milestone, exceeding one million tourist arrivals by May 28, 2026. This surge fuels optimism for meeting the year-end target of three million visitors. From January 1 to May 28, the c… https://ranked.news/914042?u=b

Feed: "Latest Sri Lanka News & Breaking Stories | ONLANKA" By: ONLANKA Newsroom on Saturday, May 30, 2026

Ukuthale Purana Kadadora Viharaya The day began with the promise of discovery, a journey into the heart of Nugawelagammedda towards the revered... 📍Location: https://my-journal-view.vercel.app/?place=Ukuthale%20Purana%20Kadadora%20Viharaya #MyJournal #SriLanka #ShotOniPhone #MobilePhotography

Sri Lanka: 📖 A new Amnesty International report finds that Malaiyaha Tamil workers on private tea estates in Southern Sri Lanka are facing labour abuses that may amount to forced labour under International Labour Organization (ILO) standards: amnesty.org/en/documents...

Finally got the Diaspora Spice Co cookbook, and it's heavenly - all the more so because it leans heavily towards Andhra, Tamil, Kerala, Sri Lanka, Coorg, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Manipur in its recipes. Will be alternating between this, and Samin Nosrat's Good Things, this summer.

Mus (Pyromys) dumbara, a new endemic species of spiny mouse (Mammalia, Rodentia, Muridae) from Sri Lanka zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php...

Tem uma locadora de vídeo (?), em cima, um salão de beleza, do lado uma padaria mercadinho. É no sri Lanka mas poderia ser zona leste de são Paulo.

Benefits of Bottle Gourd.😯💪 #calories #benefits #healthytips #tips #health #healthy #foods #food #pakistan #japan #thai #thailand #korea #srilanka #us #usa #uae #dubai #saudi #iran #iraq #promote #rich #vitamins #hair #love #care

There is no single authoritative list of Sri Lanka’s dead and disappeared. There are fragments: survivor testimony, NGO reports, memorial lists, legal filings, handwritten records, and more.

The latest Structural Zero is about Sri Lanka, the new LKDD database, and the human rights data work behind naming 10,000+ lives lost or disappeared. Read “The Names that Don’t Match” and learn how data can help protect memory and truth. hrdag.substack.com/p/the-names-...

A new public database names 10,000+ people killed or disappeared during one devastating period of the Sri Lankan civil war. In Structural Zero, Michelle Dukich writes about Sri Lanka, record linkage, and the painstaking work of documenting lives lost. hrdag.substack.com/p/the-names-...