Sri Lanka

Bangladesh, Sri Lanka keen to import ethanol from India: Gadkari

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are keen to start importing ethanol from India. Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road and Transport Highways…

1 year ago

Russia gears up to build mini nuclear power plants in Sri Lanka

Continuing with its renewed focus on South Asia, Russia has proposed to set up two mini nuclear power stations in…

1 year ago

Indian Navy chief begins crucial Sri Lanka visit amid Chinese activism in Indian Ocean

In a visit that amplifies India's 'Neighbourhood First' policy as well as the Security and Growth for All in the…

1 year ago

Video: Sri Lanka cricketer loses four teeth but holds on to brilliant catch to dismiss batsman

In a freak incident, Sri Lanka all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne lost four teeth while taking a catch as he misjudged the…

1 year ago

Mohamed Nasheed of Maldives represents Sri Lanka at COP 27, sparks row

Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed is at the COP Summit in Egypt as a climate change hero. Back home he…

1 year ago

Sri Lanka T20 cricketer arrested for rape in Sydney

Sri Lanka cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka, who was in the island nation’s T20 World Cup team playing in Australia, has been…

1 year ago

India upset as Sri Lanka fuels China’s warships on the sly

India has expressed serious concerns to Sri Lanka as the island nation’s tankers have been secretly refuelling Chinese Navy vessels…

1 year ago

Lankan High Commissioner meets NSA Doval, discusses ‘priority areas’ to step up partnership 

Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda called on National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval earlier this week to…

2 years ago

India red-flags Sri Lanka’s failure to sort out Tamil issue at UN meet

India has expressed its concern over the lack of any measurable progress by the Sri Lankan government on its commitment…

2 years ago

WATCH: Furious Pakistan Cricket Board chief snatches Indian journalist’s phone after defeat to Sri Lanka in Asia Cup

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ramiz Raja lost his temper at an Indian journalist and snatched his phone as he was…

2 years ago

Video: Sure catch converts into a 6 as Pakistan fielders collide in final vs Sri Lanka

In an amazing blunder Pakistan fielders Shadab Khan and Asif Ali collided with each other to convert what seemed to…

2 years ago

IMF team coming to Colombo for assessing Sri Lanka’s debt burden

<p> An IMF team is arriving in Colombo this Wednesday to assess the total external and internal debt of bankrupt…

2 years ago

Why China’s spy ship docking at Sri Lanka worries India

<p> The Sri Lanka government has bowed to Beijing’s arm-twisting in letting Chinese spy ship Yuan Wang 5 to dock…

2 years ago

Will Sri Lanka stand up to Chinese pressure on the spy ship row?

<p> By mounting pressure on Sri Lanka to accept a research ship, which India calls a spy ship, Beijing is…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka President warns that the economic stress will continue for at least another year

<p> <strong>Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that the country's economic crisis would continue for at least one more…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka asks China to defer visit of military ship to Hambantota port after India objects

<p> Sri Lanka has asked China to defer the visit of its space-satellite tracker ship Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota…

2 years ago

India is upset with Sri Lanka for allowing Chinese military ship to dock at local port

<p> India is upset with Colombo for allowing a Chinese Space and Satellite Tracking ship Yuan Wang 5 to dock…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis won’t end anytime soon despite talks with IMF

<p> <strong>Sri Lanka’s unprecedented economic crisis will not end anytime soon. While talks have resumed between Colombo and the International…

2 years ago

Very Serious Crisis In Sri Lanka, Naturally Worry About Spillover: Jaishankar At All-Party Meet

<p> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tXDt2A6RHWk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p> <p> External Affairs Minister…

2 years ago

Ranil Wickremesinghe elected President of Sri Lanka

<p> Ranil Wickremesinghe, 73, was elected as the new President of Sri Lanka today with the backing of the Rajapaksa…

2 years ago

India refutes baseless reports on Sri Lanka poll, says it doesn’t interfere in internal affairs of another country

<p> <strong>India on Wednesday refuted "baseless and purely speculative" media reports about efforts at a political level from New Delhi…

2 years ago