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Deep sorrow following the terrorist attacks against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka. We firmly condemn these heinous acts. All our solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka and our thoughts go out to all victims' relatives on this Easter Day, the acts of violence against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka are truly appalling, and my deepest sympathies go out to all of those affected at this tragic time. We must stand together to make sure that no one should ever have to practise their faith in fear.

– Sri Lanka

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Even on Easter Sunday, there are those who sow hatred and reap death. The attacks in Sri Lanka churches testify to a real genocide perpetrated against Christians. Let us pray for the innocent victims and work towards religious freedom around the world.

– Sri Lanka

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

In our neighboring Sri Lanka, terrorists have played a bloody game. They killed innocent people.

– Narendra Modi

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

This is an attack against the whole of Sri Lanka because Sri Lanka is( a) multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural country, and the whole country comes together in celebration of Easter Sunday.

– Manisha Gunasekera

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It is useful in countries like South Africa, close to elimination, or Sri Lanka, that has eliminated malaria. How do you locate that one person in a million people carrying the parasite in a country that has recorded no infection without doing invasive tests ?

– Steve Lindsay

Found on CNN
5 years ago

As long as the government remains in the business of picking winners and losers, the engine of creative destruction that is necessary for true innovation in this or any other sector is unlikely to take root in Sri Lanka,” Pathmalal cautioned. “History doesn’t repeat itself but it rhymes. The local economic policy-making bodies bear a striking resemblance to Venice’s Great Council, which was comprised of the business leaders of the time and informed government policy. It ostensibly fostered economic growth but by its design was a protectionist old boys club. In 1330 Venice was the size of Paris and three times larger London. It is now a city that is literally under water and a museum for tourists.”

– Damitha Pathmalal

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5 years ago

We pay pretty well because the pilots going (away from the company) go mainly to the Middle East, and we tend to get very close to Gulf salaries except (we are) living in Sri Lanka, your lifestyle is pretty decent.

– Suren Ratwatte

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Deportation mean(s) they (won't) let us go alone, they hand (us) over to an immigration department in Sri Lanka, we don't know after that...maybe we disappear.

– Sri Lanka

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Sri Lanka is showing the world that it is possible to conserve mangrove forests while also improving the lives of local people, restoring wildlife habitats, and helping to ameliorate climate change.

– Dhammika Wijayasinghe

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

This project, if it happens, is most definitely inspired by the success (in) Sri Lanka.

– Duane Silverstein

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I want to find an Adrian Newey in Sri Lanka, China, India, America or the UK, if we can find around the world those sort of people, I have to believe we are going to find a cure for this or a preventive medicine for it.

– Jackie Stewart

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

All over Sri Lanka we are facing a situation where we just cannot distribute land ad-hoc.

– Minister Yapa

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

This is a great day for social justice, sri Lanka's highest court has stood up in support of people who are being left behind. From now on, no child can be denied access to education based on HIV.

– Steve Kraus

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are advising investors to cash out 30 percent of their portfolio with expectation of one-year t-bill yield to move up to 10 percent by end of the first half given tight global funding for Sri Lanka.

– Dimantha Mathew

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The government of Sri Lanka is very happy to announce that the appeal for clemency on the sentence was successful and the Sri Lankan national will have to serve a reduced term in prison.

– De Silva

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If you've seen someone who's going to Sri Lanka for work and has posted a beautiful picture of Sri Lanka for work on Instagram, you've sat at your desk and thought to yourself :' Wouldn't Sri Lanka for work be fantastic if I could travel for work as well,' sri Lanka for work's the glamorized side that's entirely missing out these darker aspects.

– Scott Cohen

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We bring things to you that you normally can't see, most people can't afford to go to Sri Lanka.

– Kenneth Feld

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We bring things to you that you normally can't see, most people can't afford to go to Sri Lanka.

– Kenneth Feld

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The investigation on Sri Lanka was not carried out by an independent Commission of Inquiry, but for the very first time, by the OHCHR (Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights), neither the OHCHR nor the UNHRC has the authority to set up an international war crimes tribunal. The only body with the authority to do so is the UN Security Council where the veto power of China and Russia will be a factor to contend with.

– Mahinda Rajapaksa

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The UN human rights chief has rightly concluded that Sri Lanka's domestic courts are ill-equipped to prosecute the heinous international crimes exposed by the UN investigation, sri Lankan torture survivors in treatment with us are adamant that they cannot trust a purely domestic process and will take comfort from the High Commissioner's warning that there must not be a replay of past broken promises.

– Sonya Sceats

Found on CNN
8 years ago

They haven't completely clamped down on China's influence in Sri Lanka, in particular in terms of economic investment, china will certainly take a lesson away from the Sri Lanka election, including how to ensure that China's investment and economic cooperation projects are not subject to political influence.

– Han Hua

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Despite the fact the civil war ended in May 2009, torture has been ongoing in Sri Lanka in every year since, right up to the present time, as an organization we've continued to receive very high volumes of referrals of Sri Lankans and in fact, we've had a couple of cases of torture this year after the change of president.

– Sonya Sceats

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Today, people wants a change. I'm leading the campaign with President Sirisena as the chairman of the party to form a Sri Lanka Freedom Party-led government.

– Mahinda Rajapaksa

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Such a port city ... will be of great significance for Sri Lanka's economic development, attracting foreign investment and promoting local tourism.

– Yi Xianliang

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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