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News Sri Lanka » Eastern: Sri Lanka: Community Contributions Redevelop the North and East

News channel or source: https://www.worldbank.org/en/results/2018/10/16/redeveloping-northern-and-eastern-sri-lanka-through-community-contributions
Published on: Tuesday 16 October 2018

After being isolated for long periods during the war, the North and East provinces are in the midst of recovering from a traumatic past. With contributions from the North and East Local Services ...

News Sri Lanka » Eastern: Eastern University, Sri Lanka (EUSL)

News channel or source: https://www.nature.com/nature-index/institution-outputs/Sri%20Lanka/Eastern%20University,%20Sri%20Lanka%20%28EUSL%29/549126a4140ba009678b4567
Published on: Tuesday 14 April 2026

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

News Sri Lanka » Eastern: Mass protests in Sri Lanka’s northern and eastern provinces against Wickremesinghe’s Anti-Terrorism Bill

News channel or source: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/04/28/ucnm-a28.html
Published on: Wednesday 26 April 2023

Sri Lanka’s war-ravaged northern and eastern provinces were brought to a standstill on Tuesday by a mass hartal (strike and business closure) in protest against President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s new ...

News Sri Lanka » Eastern: Kumana, a historic national park in eastern Sri Lanka, emerges as leopard stronghold

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/kumana-a-historic-national-park-in-eastern-sri-lanka-emerges-as-leopard-stronghold/
Published on: Monday 05 May 2025

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new study reports a notably high density of Sri Lankan leopards (Panthera pardus kotiya) in eastern Sri Lanka’s Kumana National Park, ...

News Sri Lanka » Eastern: The abaya and the tensions in Sri Lanka's east

News channel or source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/fear-of-the-abaya/article61827761.ece
Published on: Saturday 04 December 2021

The arch above the school gate looks like a crown over the pillars that support it on either side. It bears the name ‘Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies’ College’, painted in a turquoise blue that must have ...

News Sri Lanka » Eastern: Indian envoy in Sri Lanka visits Northern and Eastern Provinces; holds talks with Tamil leaders

News channel or source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/indian-envoy-in-sri-lanka-visits-northern-and-eastern-provinces-holds-talks-with-tamil-leaders/article34067439.ece
Published on: Sunday 14 March 2021

India’s top diplomat in Colombo held talks with senior Tamil leaders during his visit to the Northern and Eastern Provinces and emphasised that achieving the legitimate aspirations of the minority ...

News Sri Lanka » Eastern: Sri Lanka: Enabling Disability Inclusive Local Services in the Eastern Province

News channel or source: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2013/11/06/sri-lanka-enabling-disability-inclusive-local-services-in-the-eastern-province
Published on: Tuesday 05 November 2013

Sri Lanka: North East Local Service Improvement Project (NELSIP), popularly known as Puraneguma–North East, contributes to the rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts of the government of Sri Lanka ...

News Sri Lanka » Eastern: Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election Reflected a Regional Divide

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2024/10/sri-lankas-presidential-election-reflected-a-regional-divide/
Published on: Saturday 19 October 2024

Sri Lanka’s September 21 presidential election – the first since the protests in 2022 that ousted former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa – has been praised for the lack of election violence and the ...

News Sri Lanka » Eastern: Hospital staff in tsunami-hit eastern Sri Lanka speak of their experiences

News channel or source: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2005/01/sril-j18.html
Published on: Monday 17 January 2005

From the earliest hours of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, the medical staff in the hospitals of Sri Lanka’s eastern Ampara district—doctors, nurses, paramedics, health workers and cleaners—engaged ...