Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut over 1000 Islamic schools: Minister

Mar 13, 2021

Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 13 : Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a...

Days after Imran Khan's visit, Sri Lanka likely to ban burqa on grounds of 'national security'

Mar 16, 2021

Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 16 : Days after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit to Colombo, Sri Lanka is likely to ban the burqa...

Proposal for Burqa ban in Sri Lanka under discussion

Mar 16, 2021

Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 16 : The Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka on Tuesday issued a statement on a proposed ban on wearing burqa...

Pakistan's hypocrisy on Sri Lanka's burqa ban exposed

Mar 18, 2021

Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 18 : Pakistan's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Saad Khattak, publicly intervened in the country's internal affairs, commenting on a...

Sri Lanka: Central Bank to impose laws forbidding the possession of foreign currency notes

May 20, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The Central Bank of Sri Lanka on Friday declared that Sri Lanka would soon be implementing laws which...

SLC fines Rajapaksa for breaching player contract

Jul 05, 2021

Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 5 : Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Monday handed Bhanuka Rajapaksa a one-year ban from all forms of cricket, which...