India's troubled Adani invests in bankrupt Sri LankaSri Lanka's Board of Investment said Adani Green Energy, part of the business empire of controversial Indian tycoon Gautam Adani, will set ...
23 Feb, 2023, 01.14 PM IST
Sri Lanka to sign new container port deal with ChinaIt did not say how much the deal was worth, but official sources had earlier estimated another $500 million to develop the partially built ...
24 Nov, 2021, 06.14 PM IST
Indian Navy ship completes safety study near Colombo Port; submits report to Lankan authoritiesINS Sarvekshak, described as a state-of-the-art Hydrographic Survey Ship, was dispatched by the Indian Navy on June 23 upon a formal reques...
03 Jul, 2021, 06.42 PM IST
Burnt-out container ship sinks in sea; Sri Lankan Navy bracing for possible oil spillWater submerged the MV X-Press Pearl's rear end a day after firefighters from Sri Lanka and India climbed onto the vessel and extinguished ...
02 Jun, 2021, 11.48 PM IST
Sri Lanka to re-acquire 99 oil tanks leased to Indian Oil Corporation: MinisterGammanpila told a gathering at the Colombo north suburb of Kolonnawa that talks with the Indian High Commissioner in Colombo on this issue ...
17 Feb, 2021, 07.31 PM IST
Sri Lanka signs port deal with India, JapanThe three countries will jointly build the East Container Terminal at the Port of Colombo.
28 May, 2019, 09.43 PM IST
Sri Lanka capital on high alert following reports of explosives-laden vanSearch operations are currently underway at the Colombo Harbour for the potential threat.
23 Apr, 2019, 04.25 PM IST
India to help develop Colombo, Trincomalee Ports: Foreign secretary S JaishankarThe development potentially extends India’s outreach in the Indian Ocean, where China is pursuing an expansionist policy.
13 Jul, 2018, 11.17 AM IST
INS Sunayna and Sutlej sent with relief material to Lanka in the wake of Cyclone RoanuThe cyclone has wreaked havoc along Lankan coast with 43 people have been killed and 133 were missing following landslides and floods in th...
20 May, 2016, 11.26 AM IST
Indian sailor found dead on ship, Sri Lankan police launch probeAccording to initial reports, the sailor is said to have committed suicide and his body was discovered when the ship was passing Galle.
22 Jul, 2015, 11.09 PM IST
Xi Jinping proposes trilateral cooperation with India: Sri LankaSri Lanka today said that Chinese President Xi Jinping has proposed trilateral cooperation with India to address its security concerns in t...
01 Apr, 2015, 10.50 PM IST
Sirisena begins 1st China visit to rebalance tiesSirisena will also hold talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and later take part in Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2015.
25 Mar, 2015, 11.22 PM IST
China defends docking of its submarine in Sri LankaThe Changbaishan and Yuncheng sailed to the Colombo harbour in mid-August before leaving for a voyage in the Somali waters.
04 Nov, 2014, 12.26 PM IST
Nothing unusual in submarine docking at Sri Lanka port: ChinaObservers say that this is perhaps the first time that China began to deploy submarines, which would be frequenting the Indian Ocean.
03 Nov, 2014, 09.04 PM IST
Chinese President Xi Jinping launches $1.4 billion Sri Lanka port cityThe project has potential to attract about $5 billion from all over the world, the Sri Lankan government said in a statement.
17 Sep, 2014, 04.54 PM IST
- Lanka increases ships to augment supplies to Jaffna
To augment supplies to Jaffna region, Sri Lankan government has increased the number of ships ferrying material to the battle ravaged penin...
17 Feb, 2008, 04.39 PM IST
- Hutchison bids for Sri Lanka port
Ports-to-telecoms conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, controlled by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, said on Wednesday it is bidding for a Col...
17 Oct, 2007, 10.14 AM IST