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https://www.europesays.com/africa/419787/ Sri Lankan Embassy in Cairo Engages Egyptian Chamber of Commerce in Ismailia to Strengthen Trade and Investment Cooperation #Africa #Business #Egypt #FinancialServices #Policy #SriLanka

https://www.csseo.org/1319628/ Stranieri reclutati dalla Russia per combattere in Ucraina #brasile #colombia #cuba #Egitto #russia #SierraLeone #Somalia #SriLanka #Sudafrica #Ucraina

Thais take to streets in rare protest against Israel: ‘not for sale’

Hundreds of Thais, led by a veteran political activist, rallied outside the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok on Thursday…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #AlonaFisher-Kamm #Bangkok #breakingnews #Gaza #Hamas #ImmigrationBureau #Israel #israel-defence-forces #Israeliembassy #israelis #Pai #Phangan #Philippines #phuket #Samui #SihasakPhuangketkeow #SondhiLimthongkul #SriLanka #Thailand #Thais
https://www.newsbeep.com/726073/

IMF Team To Visit Sri Lanka Today (10)

COLOMBO (News 1st) – A special team of officials from the International Monetary Fund, led by IMF Mission…
#Economy #IMF #InternationalMonetaryFund #LKA #News #News1st #slnews #srilanka
https://www.europesays.com/3242791/

Prince Vijaya's (the first Siṅhalese king's) ancestry came from Vaṅga and Kalinga (present-day Bangla/Bengal and Odisha). But, the Siṅhalese apparently feel no desire or duty to reintegrate with or protect the Theravāda communities near Kolkata, Chittagong, etc. Why?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Vijaya

#bangla #bengal #westbengal #bangladesh #odisha #sinhala #srilanka #sinhalese #kolkata #chittagong #chattogram #barua #theravada #buddhism #ancestry #history #family

The Sinhala language also (see last post) used to contain more Pāli words, but has drifted back in the direction of Sanskrit, which is intimately tied to Hinduism, because Sanskrit is viewed as a prestigious language. For example, Sinhala says vidarśanā instead of vipassanā.

#sinhala #srilanka #pali #sanskrit #language #linguistics #prestige #prestigious #formal #formality #academia #academic #scholarship #scholarly

Interesting fact: the Jaya Srī Mahā Bodhi tree in Anurādhapura, Srī Laṅkā was grown from a cutting of the original Bodhi tree, which was brought by Emperor Asoka's daughter, Saṅghamittā, in the 3rd c BCE. It is THE SAME ORGANISM as the original Bodhi tree. If only it could speak.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaya_Sri_Maha_Bodhi

#buddhism #india #bharat #srilanka #bodhi #bodhitree #enlightenment #nirvana #nibbana #botany #biology #ashoka #asoka

Sri Lanka Is Caught in the Middle as Second Iranian Vessel Seeks Safe Haven

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/world/asia/sri-lanka-iran-navy-war.html

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"Thalangama Wetland and its surrounding swamps, reedbeds, canals and rice fields teem with life. But this hasn't always been the case. About 15 years ago, these ecosystems were degraded and filled with rubbish. They were "dirty, very dirty", says Drechsel, interim country manager at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Colombo."

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240917-how-sri-lanka-is-cleaning-up-wastelands-and-reviving-colombos-wetlands

#Environment #Wetlands #Swamps #SriLanka #Colombo #Biodiversity

From wastelands to #wetlands: The fight to save #SriLanka's natural flood buffers https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240917-how-sri-lanka-is-cleaning-up-wastelands-and-reviving-colombos-wetlands

"#Thalangama Wetland and its surrounding #swamps, reedbeds, canals and rice fields teem with life. But about 15 years ago, these ecosystems were degraded and filled with rubbish... The community came together to keep the massive wetland complex clean... Residents organise weekly collection runs... School kids volunteer, kayaking through the lake to dig up #InvasiveSpecies"

Explained: The Katchatheevu dispute with Sri Lanka that Modi is raking up this election season

Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that the Congress ‘callously gave away’ the island to Sri Lanka in 1974 is not the first time the matter has been raked up.

#elections2024 #KatchatheevuDispute #SriLanka #IndiraGandhi #KAnnamalai #BJP #congress #DMK #NarendraModi #bangladesh #history #geopolitics #india

https://scroll.in/article/1066025/explained-the-katchatheevu-dispute-with-sri-kanka-that-modi-is-raking-up-this-election-season

L’isola che intaglia demoni per affrontarli al suono dei suoi tamburi

https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=38605

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