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Sri Lankan municipal workers wait as they prepare to cremate a body of a COVID-19 victim at a cemetery in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Sri Lanka on Friday approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 amid warnings from doctors that front-line health workers should be quickly inoculated to stop the system from collapsing. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

UN group says Sri Lanka virus cremation rule violates rights

By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press

People wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus skate at an outdoor ice skating rink in Beijing, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Asia Today: Sri Lanka minister who drank potion is positive

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Sri Lankan municipal health workers take a swab sample from a man to test for COVID-19 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Sri Lanka on Thursday re-opened the country for tourists after keeping the doors closed for the visitors for nearly 10 months due to the COVID-19. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka approves vaccine amid warnings of virus spread

By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press

3 charged in California with aiding deadly Sri Lanka attacks

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Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena stands for a photograph with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, left, after addressing a joint media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

India says it will prioritize Sri Lanka in providing vaccine

By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press

A family member of an inmate pleads to a policeman as she seeks information on the condition of her relative outside the Mahara prison complex following an overnight unrest in Mahara, outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. Sri Lankan officials say six inmates were killed and 35 others were injured when guards opened fire to control a riot at a prison on the outskirts of the capital. Two guards were critically injured. Pandemic-related unrest has been growing in Sri Lanka's overcrowded prisons. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Rights group asks Sri Lanka to probe deadly prison unrest

By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press

Sri Lankan prison riot leaves 6 inmates dead, 35 injured

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

A woman reacts as a Kashmiri health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

The Latest: China suspends entry for residents of Britain

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In this file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a joint press briefing with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) **FILE**

Pompeo wraps up anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and his wife Susan disembark from an aircraft upon their arrival at the airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, Pool)

Pompeo brings anti-China roadshow to Indian Ocean islands

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

A Sri Lankan vegetable seller pushes his cart past posters against a proposed constitutional amendment that would consolidate power in the president’s hands in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. Sinhalese reads &quot; No to 20 even with amendments&quot;. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka court: Constitutional amendment needs referendum

By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press

Yang Jiechi, Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party, left, holds talks with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, right, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. A high level Chinese delegation led by Yang Jiechi met Sri Lankan leaders including president Gotabaya Rajapksa to discuss strengthening of economic ties between the two countries. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

China grants $90M to Sri Lanka after visit by top official

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

A Sri Lankan health worker sprays disinfectants as people wait to give swab samples to test for COVID-19 near a mobile testing vehicle outside a hospital in Minuwangoda, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka widens curfew, bans gatherings as virus surges

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

FILE- In this Aug. 12, 2011 file photo, a herd of Asiatic wild elephants gather at a national park in Minneriya, some 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan authorities announced Wednesday that they will offer livestreams from the island nation's wildlife parks in an apparent move to help revive a tourism industry that has been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne, File)

Sri Lanka to offer livestreams from wildlife parks

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

This photo released by Sri Lankan Air Force shows ships fighting fire on the MT New Diamond, about 30 nautical miles off the coast of Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Ships and aircraft from Sri Lanka and India intensified efforts to extinguish a new fire on an oil tanker off Sri Lanka's coast on Tuesday, two days after the previous three-day blaze was doused, the navy said. (Sri Lankan Air Force via AP)

Salvagers working to repair leak on oil tanker off Sri Lanka

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Sri Lanka Air Force, a chopper flies through smoke rising from the MT New Diamond, off the eastern coast of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean,, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. The fire on the large oil tanker off Sri Lanka's coast has been brought under control but is still not extinguished, the navy said Saturday. The tanker, carrying nearly 2 million barrels of crude oil, was drifting about 20 nautical miles (37 kilometers) from Sri Lanka's eastern coast and on Friday evening a tug boat towed it to the deep sea away from land, said navy spokesman Capt. Indika de Silva. (Sri Lanka Air Force via AP)

Fire on oil tanker off Sri Lanka extinguished after 3 days

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, file photo, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves after addressing parliament during the ceremonial inauguration of the session, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s government in early September has proposed changes to the constitution to aggrandize powers of the president, that will allow him hold key ministries and appoint officials to key positions, powers that were taken away by a reformist government elected in 2015. The draft of the 20th Amendment to the constitution will allow Rajapaksa to appoint top judges, police chief, members of the public service, elections, bribery and human rights commissions at his discretion. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Sri Lanka government proposes increased presidential powers

By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Sri Lanka Navy, an injured crew member of the MT New Diamond, is transferred on stretcher to an ambulance Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, in Sangamankanda, Sri Lanka. A flotilla from Sri Lanka and India was escalating efforts to douse a fire raging on the oil tanker east of Sri Lanka for a second day Friday. The fire started Thursday in an engine room boiler on the MT New Diamond, leaving one crew member injured and one missing.(Sri Lanka Navy via AP)

Fire on tanker off Sri Lanka under control, ship towed away

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

This photo released by Sri Lankan Air Force shows smoke rising after a fire broke out on a Panama-registered oil tanker about 38 nautical miles (70 kilometers) east of Sri Lanka, Thursday, Sept.3, 2020. (Sri Lankan Air Force via AP)

1 missing, 1 injured in fire on oil tanker near Sri Lanka

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

This photo released by Sri Lankan Air Force shows smoke rising after a fire broke out on a Panama-registered oil tanker about 38 nautical miles (70 kilometers) east of Sri Lanka, Thursday, Sept.3, 2020. (Sri Lankan Air Force via AP)

Ships, copters fighting fire as tanker drifts near Sri Lanka

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press