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Members of the Sri Lankan community are boiling fresh milk in a new clay pot and allowing it to overflow as a traditional way of invoking blessings during the Sinhalese and Tamil New Year celebrations at Samadhi Buddhist Temple in Rolleston, New Zealand, on April 14, 2024. Sri Lankan Buddhists and Tamil Hindus celebrate their annual traditional new year based on the astrological belief that signifies the beginning of the new year when the sun moves from the house of Pisces to that of Aries. This day also marks the end of the harvest season and spring in Sri Lanka. (Photo by Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Boiling milk and worrying about the Iran war: A New Year dawns in Sri Lanka

by Diaa Hadid April 16, 2026April 16, 2026

In Sri Lanka, Buddhists and Hindus marked their New Year on Tuesday while a war thousands of miles away is making itself felt.

Two Iranian sailors, center, who were rescued from IRIS Dena warship by Sri Lanka's navy are escorted to a Judicial Medical Officer from the National Hospital, in Galle, Sri Lanka, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

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After the U.S. sinks an Iranian warship, Sri Lanka takes custody of an Iranian vessel

by The Associated Press March 6, 2026March 6, 2026

The move followed Wednesday’s sinking of another Iranian warship by a U.S. submarine. Australia confirmed three Australians were on that submarine.

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