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FILE - This April 24, 2009, file photo shows Sri Lanka's Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva at a military facility in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. The U.S. government on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, issued a travel ban on Sri Lanka's army chief, saying there is “credible information of his involvement” in human rights violations during the final phase of the island nation's civil war that ended 11 years ago, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo said. Silva, and his immediate family members are now prohibited from traveling to the U.S. in a ban that was quickly denounced by Sri Lanka's government, which said “there were no substantiated or proven allegations of human rights violations&quot; committed by Silva.(AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne, File)

US travel ban for Sri Lanka army chief in hospital shelling

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

Sri Lanka imposes emergency for 4th month after bombings

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In this May 10, 2019 file photo, a boy walks on a beach in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's government says it will decrease ground handling charges for airlines and slash aviation fuel and embarkation taxes to help the country's vital tourism industry recover after the Easter attacks that killed more than 250 people. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Sri Lanka to slash airline charges to help boost tourism

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

Sri Lanka readies laws to curb hate speech, false news

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

FILE- In this March 7, 2018 file photo, a blocked Facebook window is seen on a smart phone screen in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's government has temporarily blocked social media and messaging apps following a flare-up of communal violence, the third time it has taken such a step since last month's Easter attacks that killed more than 250 people, an official said Monday. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Sri Lanka imposes curfew, blocks social media amid violence

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

Offices of outspoken Sri Lanka website burned down

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press