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Children stand in the balcony of a house during a countrywide power outage in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. The outage is reportedly due to a system failure. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka experiences a temporary power outage after a main transmission line fails

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A Sri Lankan woman blows air to fire a hearth to boil sweet corn before selling them by a roadside in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. The woman has resorted to the roadside trading after her husband lost his job in the economic crisis. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Asian Development Bank approves a $200M loan to debt-stricken Sri Lanka

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews, center argues with umpires after he was declared timed out during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in New Delhi, India, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. Mathews who wasn’t ready to face his first ball within the stipulated two minutes became the first batter to be timed out in international cricket. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews becomes first batter to be timed out in international cricket

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India's Virat Kohli celebrates with captain Rohit Sharma after India won by 100 runs against England during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match in Lucknow, India, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India dismantles Sri Lanka to book semifinal spot at Cricket World Cup with 302-run win

By Chetan Narula - Associated Press

Afghanistan's captain Hashimatullah Shahidi celebrates their win against Pakistan during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Chennai, India, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Afghanistan wins the toss, sends Sri Lanka in to bat at Cricket World Cup

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Afghanistan's captain Hashimatullah Shahidi celebrates their win against Pakistan during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Chennai, India, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Afghanistan on a high after upsetting England and Pakistan at Cricket World Cup

By Rizwan Ali - Associated Press

England players sing their country's national anthem at the start of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between England and Sri Lanka in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Defending champion England loses again to Sri Lanka at Cricket World Cup

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Australian players sing their national anthem at the start of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between Australia and Sri Lanka in Lucknow, India, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Sri Lanka wins toss, opts to bat against Australia in crucial Cricket World Cup encounter

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India's captain Rohit Sharma celebrates his century during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between Afghanistan and India in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

As crowded as it gets at the Cricket World Cup: India vs. Pakistan before 100,000-plus spectators

By Chetan Narula - Associated Press

A Sri Lankan fan cheers prior to the Asia Cup final cricket match between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Pankaj Nangia)

India cruises to 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka in Asia Cup final

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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2010 file photo, Sri Lankan government minister Keheliya Rambukwella speaks during a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan lawmakers on Wednesday, Sept.6, 2023 began a debate on the fate of country's health minister Keheliya Rambukwella seeking to remove him over his alleged failure to secure enough essential drugs and laboratory equipment that some say resulted in preventable deaths in hospitals. (AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne, File)

Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition defeats a no-confidence motion against the health minister

By Bharatha Mallawarachi - Associated Press

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)

Sri Lanka will investigate allegations of intelligence complicity in 2019 Easter bombings

By Krishan Francis - Associated Press

In this Handout photo released by Sri Lanka President's office shows, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickermesinghe shakes hand with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron during a meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 28, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron held discussions with his Sri Lankan counterpart on an open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region and other areas such as politics, maritime activities and climate change in a first-ever visit by a French leader to the Indian Ocean island nation. (Sri Lanka President's office via AP)

French President Macron visits his counterpart in Sri Lanka

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Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, left, shakes hands with his Sri Lankan counterpart Ali Sabry after their meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Saturday, July 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

With one eye on China, Japan backs Sri Lanka as a partner in the Indo-Pacific

By Krishan Francis - Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe walk for a photo call before their delegation level meeting in New Delhi, India, Friday, July 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Sri Lankan president’s visit to India signals growing economic and energy ties

By Krutika Pathi and Bharatha Mallawarachi - Associated Press

Sri Lanka's foreign minister Ali Sabry addresses the media in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 10, 2023. Sabry said Monday that his country welcomes the Netherlands' plan to return hundreds of colonial-era artifacts — including a bejeweled, ceremonial cannon — and said the Indian Ocean island is working to preserve the historic items. The Dutch government last week announced that it will return 478 objects of cultural significance to Indonesia and to Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

A bejeweled cannon and other art will head home to Sri Lanka from Netherlands museum

By Bharatha Mallawarachi - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Rijksmuseum on Thursday, July 6, 2023, the of the Cannon of Kandy which originated from Sri Lanka is photographed. Two Dutch museums are handing back hundreds of cultural artefacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka from a richly decorated cannon to precious metals and jewelry that were taken, often by force, from the countries in the colonial era. (Rijksmuseum via AP)

Dutch museums will return art and artifacts that were looted from Sri Lanka and Indonesia

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Mahout ride "Sak Surin," an ailing elephant that had allegedly not been well cared-for in Sri Lanka, which had received it as a gift from the Thai government, but was returned to its home country and taken to the Thai Elephant Conservation Center in Lampang province in northern Thailand on Sunday, July 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Nareerat Chaywichain)

An ailing Thai elephant returns home for medical care after years of neglect in Sri Lanka

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

FILE - Auto rickshaw drivers line up to buy gas near a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of ministers on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, approved a program to restructure staggering domestic debt as the island nation struggles to come out from an unprecedented economic crisis that has engulfed it since last year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Sri Lanka’s Parliament approves a debt restructuring plan in an attempt to overcome economic crisis

By Bharatha Mallawarachi - Associated Press

Asian elephant Sak Surin, gifted by the Thai Royal family and named Muthu Raja or pearly king in Sri Lanka, stands by a water pond at the national zoological garden in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 30, 2023. Sak Surin, or the honor of the Thai province of Surin, spends its last hours in Sri Lanka its adopted home, awaiting to be airlifted back to its country of birth after alleged abuse. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

A temple elephant in Sri Lanka will be airlifted back to Thailand after allegations of neglect

By Krishan Francis - Associated Press