Sri Lanka

Sri Lankans blame ruling Rajapaksa family for economic mess as country faces forex crisis

<p> In 2019, the year when Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa took over, the foreign exchange reserves of the country…

2 years ago

Sri Lankan man swept 50 feet into air while flying a kite

<p> <strong>A kite-flying festival turned into a horrific experience for a participant in Sri Lanka's Jaffna when he was swept…

2 years ago

Tourism gets hit in Sri Lanka as hotels & restaurants shut down due to shortage of cooking gas

<p> <strong>An acute shortage of cooking gas has hit Sri Lanka’s hospitality sector. The shortage of this essential item has…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka’s forex reserves drop to a new low, just enough to handle imports for a month

<p> <strong>Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange reserves further dropped to $1,587 million in November 2021 – the lowest since May 2009.…

2 years ago

Under legal pressure, Sri Lanka decides to pay $6.7 million to Qingdao for rejected fertiliser

<p> The Sri Lankan government has decided to pay $6.7 million to the Chinese fertiliser company Qingdao which has threatened…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka accords State funeral to Pakistan lynching victim, mourners demand justice

<p> The remains of Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara, who had been lynched and burnt by a frenzied mob…

2 years ago

In damage control exercise after the lynching of Sri Lankan national, Imran Khan dials Sri Lankan President’s number

<p> In a damage control exercise, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan reached out to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to assure him that justice…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka shocked after Lankan man’s horrific lynching in Pakistan

<p> <strong>Sri Lanka's President, Prime Minister, Parliament, including the opposition parties, have severely condemned the murder of a Sri Lankan…

2 years ago

Lynching of Sri Lankan man showcases Pakistan’s chronic bigotry

<p> Priyantha Diyawadana, a Sri Lankan national who worked as general manager at Rajco Industries in Sialkot, Punjab, was set…

2 years ago

Sri Lankan Manager burnt to death by violent TLP mob in Sialkot

<p> A Sri Lankan man was tortured and burnt to death in Sialkot in Pakistan on Friday for allegedly desecrating…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka likely to seek $1.5 billion credit from India as Colombo rediscovers time-tested ally

<p> <img height="1" src="file:///C:/Users/media/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" width="1" />With the Sri Lankan economy facing a severe crisis over rising debt, Colombo is likely…

2 years ago

Chinese firm to take back contaminated fertiliser, send fresh shipment to Sri Lanka

<p> The Chinese fertiliser company, Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co. has agreed to send new organic fertiliser to Sri Lanka…

2 years ago

Russia’s security chief Patrushev lands in Sri Lanka to rekindle Moscow’s romance with South Asia

<p> <strong>Russia's revitalized defence cooperation with Sri Lanka is likely to get a fillip as Secretary of the Russian Security…

2 years ago

Sri Lankan importers defer payments of about $40 billion on Indian goods

<p> Following the foreign exchange crisis in Sri Lanka, payments worth $40 billion on imports from India comprising textiles, auto…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka snubs China after bad fertiliser deal and opts to buy more from India instead

<p> Sri Lanka has rejected Beijing’s advice to conduct a re-test of the contaminated Chinese fertiliser it had sought and…

2 years ago

India and Sri Lanka step up parliamentary exchanges as pathway to closer people-to-people ties

<p> <strong>India and Sri Lanka are on track for closer people-to-people ties with the inauguration of the Parliamentary Friendship Association.</strong></p>…

2 years ago

Indian and Sri Lankan navies to step up intelligence sharing to counter threats to commercial shipping

<p> Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Karambir Singh met with the Commander of the Sri Lankan navy Vice Admiral…

2 years ago

Now tainted Chinese company threatens Sri Lanka over contaminated fertiliser, seeks damages

<p> The Chinese Organic Fertiliser firm--Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co, has sent a threatening letter to Sri Lanka over the…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka opens consulate in Turkey’s Alanya town

<p> Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu inaugurated a new consulate for Sri Lanka in Turkey's Alanya town. Cavusoglu said the…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka and China clash over contaminated fertiliser and blacklisted bank

<p> A row has erupted between Sri Lanka and China over fertiliser imports after two samples of the Chinese fertiliser…

3 years ago

China tames ambition in Central Asia—builds factories instead of big economic corridors

<p> China is taming its ambitions in Central Asia, following growing public resentment to its giant connectivity projects, which bring…

3 years ago