‘Chiediamo solo acqua’: la riserva di Wilachchiya a secco da tre anni La zona è una meta famosa per il turismo. Gli insediamenti sono stati creati negli anni ’50. La popolazione, a maggioranza buddist
More than 450,000 pilgrims visit Madhu shrine for 15 August Most Catholics gathered at the site for vespers on Saturday, a day before. Mgr Malcolm Ranjith, archbishop of Colombo, also led a solemn pro
Statue of Our Lady of Madhu could return to shrine for August 15 feast Colombo (AsiaNews) - There is great hope among the thousands of Sri Lankans, Catholic and non-Catholic, that the statue of Our La
Military to allow the return of the statue of Our Lady of Madhu Colombo (AsiaNews) – In a few weeks time the Sri Lankan army will leave a 2.5 km2 area around Our Lady of Madhu Shrine (Mannar). The Chu
Tamil refugees going home to an open prison After successfully ending the 30-year old war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the government launched a ‘Northern Reawakening’ programm
Two Red Cross volunteers abducted in Colombo are killed Colombo (AsiaNews) – Two Sri Lankan Red Cross volunteers were found murdered yesterday, their bullet-riddled bodies dumped in the Ratnapura city
Sono stati uccisi i due operatori della Croce Rossa rapiti a Colombo I corpi rinvenuti ieri a Ratnapura; i due erano stati sequestrati da uomini armati che si dicevano poliziotti. Ieri feroce battagli
Colombo celebra la fine della guerra civile, tamil aspettano (ancora) giustizia Per la prima volta la popolazione ha potuto rendere omaggio alla memoria di caduti e scomparsi in un clima di relativa p