Fresh pain for Sri Lankan asylum seeker family stuck in detention on Christmas Island as daughter, three, is evacuated to Perth hospital with a blood infection after 10 days in agony Youngest daughter of asylum seeker family is evacuated to a Perth hospital Three-year-old Tharnicaa is being held with her family on Christmas Island She developed … Read more
A British vet who left behind her party lifestyle to start a street dog charity in Sri Lanka has revealed how going on a trip with her ex-boyfriend moments after they’d broken up changed her life forever. Janey Lowes, 32, from Barnard Castle, County Durham, started her animal charity in Sri Lanka, WECare Worldwide, in … Read more
Mrs World has been arrested on charges of assault after she yanked the crown from the new Mrs Sri Lanka’s head while claiming she should not have won the pageant because she was divorced. Beauty queen Pushpika De Silva, 31, was awarded the 2020/2021 title during the ceremony at Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre, Colombo, … Read more
Mrs Sri Lanka winner is ‘left with head injuries’ after previous victor removes her crown on stage and claims her rival can’t win the pageant because she is divorced Pushpika De Silva awarded the title during the ceremony at a theatre in Colombo But fellow competitor Caroline Jurie, who won in 2019, grappled crown from … Read more
A woman who questioned why her Sri Lankan birth mother gave her up when she was just three months old was finally reunited with her on tonight’s Long Lost Family. Yasika Fernando, 31, who lives in London with her husband Tillek and their two young daughters, only discovered she was adopted at the age of 18 when her … Read more
England’s cricketers touch down in Sri Lanka to be greeted by officials in hazmat suits spraying their clothes and bags with disinfectant, as Joe Root’s squad begin 10 days of Covid quarantine before two-Test series England’s cricket team have arrived in Sri Lanka for their two-Test series Players and coaches were greeted at the airport … Read more
‘I’m going to miss him so much’: Mollie King admits she feels ‘anxious and uncertain’ going into 2021 as cricketer boyfriend Stuart Broad heads to Sri Lanka on tour By Louise Saunders for MailOnline Published: 11:08 GMT, 1 January 2021 | Updated: 11:09 GMT, 1 January 2021 Mollie King has admitted she is going into … Read more
‘I appeal to you – eat this fish’: Sri Lankan politician bites into raw fish during bizarre press conference to prove it will not give people coronavirus Former fisheries minister Dilip Wedaarachchi, 63, bit into the medium-sized fish Tens of thousands of tonnes of fish been left unsold after the Central Fish Market The outbreak … Read more
We’re due to pay £27,000 for a January Sri Lanka trip – but can we visit? The Holiday Guru answers coronavirus-related traveller queries By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 09:08 GMT, 3 November 2020 | Updated: 09:08 GMT, 3 November 2020 The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions. This week, he offers … Read more
Wild elephants in Sri Lanka have been found with plastic products and non-digestive polythene in their stomachs after eating rubbish at a dump encroaching on their habitat. Heartbreaking images of the elephants foraging for food on a refuse facility in Oluvil were captured by Jaffna-based photographer Tharmaplan Tilaxan. The open garbage dump is nestled in the … Read more