9 h. ago Sri Lankan influencer at heart of 100+ Facebook pages stirring up anti migrant and Islam feelings in UK to make himself ad revenue

Geeth Sooriyapura claims to have made £230,000 running Facebook pages posting anti-migrant and Islamophobic disinformation about Britain.

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3 d. ago There’s a new predator in Sri Lanka’s reservoirs. Locals see it as an opportunity

Authorities organized an angler competition to try to control the snakehead population

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5 d. ago Sri Lankan freshwater fishers keen to turn invasive species threat into an opportunity

An invasive fish is threatening the livelihood of people in this northwestern village by aggressively eating traditional fish and shellfish species in the Deduru Oya reservoir, but the Sri Lankan fishers want to turn the adversity into an advantage.

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5 d. ago SNP seize control of Stirling Council as opponents savage power

The new leader of Stirling Council has promised to tackle issues including anti-social behaviour and housing - but the Labour opposition have branded it the "worst start to any political administration in council history".

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1 week ago Adoh Restaurant Covent Garden, London Review: A fast and fun Sri Lankan street food

Adoh Restaurant Covent Garden, London Review: A fast and fun Sri Lankan street food-inspired sister spot to Kolamba  Time Out

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1 week ago Brit dad dies at summit of famous Sri Lankan mountain after daughter's birthday hike

The 63-year-old Brit walked up Ella Rock while out on a hike for his daughter's birthday, but tragically suffered a heart attack once he got to the top and passed away

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1 week ago British father dies while celebrating his daughter's 34th birthday with hike up Sri Lankan mountain

A British man has tragically died while celebrating his daughter's 34th birthday with a hike up a Sri Lankan mountain. 

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2 w. ago Romesh Ranganathan: ‘I Want Your Soul by Armand Van Helden is so relentlessly catchy I’m sick of it’

The comedian and presenter would do LL Cool J at karaoke – if his family’s lives depended on it. But what song would make his funeral ‘pop off’?The first song I fell in love with Growing up, every weekend we’d visit a different Sri Lankan family’s house in London. One kid had Thriller by Michael Jackson, and I fell in love with Billie Jean. I then ripped my brother’s Michael Jackson Bad poster in a retaliation move, for which I now formally apologise.The song I do at karaoke I’ve never done it. If somebody had my family and said: “Pick a song for them to be released,” I’d still consider not doing it, before eventually settling on Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Forward prize names poets Vidyan Ravinthiran and Karen Solie its first joint winners

Judge of prestigious award says two best collection winners ‘address the urgent challenges of our time’Vidyan Ravinthiran and Karen Solie have been named joint winners of this year’s Forward prize for best collection, one of the UK’s most prestigious poetry awards, marking the first time in the prize’s history the honour has been shared.Ravinthiran, who was born in Leeds to Sri Lankan Tamil parents and now lives in the US, was recognised for Avidyā. The collection is described as having emerged from “journeys of great personal significance, and out of a migrant sensibility tied to three different countries”. The Canadian poet Solie shared the prize for Wellwater, a “self-interrogative conversation with a culture in crisis and a natural world on the brink”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says

Exclusive: Special rapporteur for poverty cites mainstream parties’ ‘extremely dangerous’ them-or-us dialogue Decades of efforts by mainstream politicians to roll back welfare programmes have given rise to an “extremely dangerous” discourse that has helped fuel the rise of the far right and rightwing populists in countries around the world, a top UN expert has told the Guardian.From London to Lisbon, politicians from centre-right and centre-left parties alike have steadily eroded social programmes, fostering a sense of scarcity and creating fertile ground for the stirring up of anti-migrant sentiment, said Olivier De Schutter, the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Olly Murs claims 'the honeymoon period is definitely over' with wife Amelia just one month after pair welcomed their second child

The Heart Skips A Beat hitmaker, 41, and the fitness influencer, 33, have a 17-month-old daughter named Madison together and welcomed a baby boy, Albert, last month.

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4 w. ago Olly Murs reveals 'the honeymoon period is definitely gone' with wife Amelia just one month after pair welcomed their second child

The Heart Skips A Beat hitmaker, 41, and the fitness influencer, 33, have a 17-month-old daughter named Madison together and welcomed a baby boy, Albert, last month.

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