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Jayarasa Abilash, known as Baby 81 after he was swept away by the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami, stands in front of a monument built in memory of tsunami victims outside his residence in Kurukkalmadam, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

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20 years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, a boy found in the mud embraces being known as 'Baby 81'
By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press
Mon,12/23/24-10:22PM , 58 Reads
KURUKKAL MADAM, Sri Lanka (AP) — Pulled from the mud as an infant after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, and reunited with his parents following an emotional court battle, the boy once known as “Baby 81” is now a
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People arrive to cast their votes at a polling station during the parliamentary election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

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Voting ends in Sri Lanka's parliamentary election that's key for its new Marxist-leaning president
By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press
Wed,11/13/24-7:32PM , 53 Reads
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans voted in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country's new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party's power and follow through on promises of economic recovery.
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FILE- In this April 21, 2019, file photo, Sri Lankan police officers inspect the site of an explosion at the Shangri-la hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that Sri Lankan intelligence had complicity in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people. (AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne, file)

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Sri Lanka will investigate allegations of intelligence complicity in 2019 Easter bombings
By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press
Tue,09/05/23-11:14PM , 44 Reads
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that officials with the South Asian country's intelligence had complicity in the 2019 Eas
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Protesters shout slogans demanding elected president Ranil Wickremesinghe step down during a protest at the presidential secretariat premise in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Sri Lanka's prime minister was elected president Wednesday by lawmakers who opted for a seasoned, veteran leader to lead the country out of economic collapse, despite widespread public opposition.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Election of unpopular Sri Lankan PM invites more turmoil
By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press
Tue,07/19/22-10:43PM , 157 Reads
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan lawmakers on Wednesday elected the unpopular prime minister as their new president, a choice that risked reigniting turmoil in the South Asian nation reeling from economic collapse and months of round-the-clock protests.
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