11+ hour, 41+ min ago  (356+ words) Daily Pioneer Former Sri Lankan president moves court to prevent arrest Former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Tuesday filed a petition in a court to prevent his arrest in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks. On April 21, 2019, nine suicide…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (571+ words) Sri Lanka on Wednesday declared 22 of the country's 25 administrative districts as "disaster zones' even as a special cabinet meeting approved supplementary expenditure estimates for recovery work in the aftermath of Ditwah. At least 474 deaths and 356 persons went missing as landslides,…...