Sri Lanka prisoner busted with smuggled phone in rectum when it rings
A prisoner at Welikada jail in Colombo, Sri Lanka, got into trouble this week, after he attempted to hide a smuggled cell phone in his rectum. The Agence France-Presse reports that the 58-year-old convict had concealed More...
Sri Lanka sees nearly 50,000 dengue fever cases in 2012
Image/CIA In a follow-up to a story in early December, the Sri Lankan Health Ministry says there were nearly 50,000 cases of dengue fever reported in 2012, resulting in 220 deaths, according to a Daily News report More...
Sri Lanka dengue fever outbreak nears 40,000 cases
Photo/CDC-James Gathany The number of dengue fever cases in Sri Lanka has increased some 11,000 cases compared to the same period in 2011, according to a Sri Lanka Sunday Times report Thursday. The Sri Lankan Health More...
Chow Cheng, man arrested for swallowing $13,000 diamond ring at a gem show
Sri Lankan police arrested a Chinese tourist who swallowed a diamond worth $13,600 at Wednesday at the island nation’s biggest international gem and jewelry exhibition. Femke Jenkins Photography Chow Cheng More...
