Sri Lanka announces visa-free access to Indians, nationals from 34 other countries from October 31Sri Lanka will grant visa-free entry to citizens of 35 countries, including India, the UK, and the US, from October 1, 2024, for six months...
26 Aug, 2024, 02.30 PM IST
Sri Lanka complain to ICC over 'different treatment' at World CupSri Lanka has lodged a formal complaint with the ICC regarding the treatment and conditions faced by their T20 World Cup team in the United...
07 Jun, 2024, 01.47 PM IST
Sri Lanka mulls extension of visa-free access to Indian touristsSri Lanka is considering extending the visa exemption status for Indian tourists, aiming to establish itself as an easily accessible destin...
09 Feb, 2024, 09.04 AM IST
Suspended Sri Lanka Cricket to introduce new law to curb political interferenceForeign Minister Ali Sabry, who headed the cabinet committee, said they had reviewed the current composition and structure of SLC to propos...
02 Jan, 2024, 02.38 PM IST
Sri Lanka court restores sacked cricket boardSri Lanka's Court of Appeal quashed the sports minister's decision to sack the country's crisis-ridden cricket board and restored the expel...
07 Nov, 2023, 02.48 PM IST
Sri Lanka sports minister sacks cricket board; Arjuna Ranatunga to helm new interim boardThe country's 1996 World Cup-winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga was appointed interim chairman of the board, Ranasinghe said in a statement.
06 Nov, 2023, 10.18 AM IST
'You saved us' and prevented 'bloodbath', says Sri Lanka's Speaker Abeywardena; thanks India for help during financial crisisExpressing his gratitude to "trustworthy friend" India for saving Sri Lanka and preventing a "bloodbath" during its unprecedented economic ...
08 Jul, 2023, 02.47 PM IST
President of Sri Lanka and PM to attend TAAI Convention in ColomboThe prime minster of Sri Lanka, Dinesh Gunawardena shall be a part of the event on July 7 and the high Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka G...
03 Jul, 2023, 10.00 PM IST
Sri Lanka earns over USD 1,129 million this year as revenues through tourismSri Lanka welcomed 59,759 tourists to the country in November, an impressive 42 per cent rise compared to the previous month, the Central B...
05 Dec, 2022, 12.55 PM IST
Russia resumes largest charter airline to Sri Lanka; Putin orders 'more flights to 'friendly states'"IMPORTANT: Russian president Vladimir #Putin ordered the Government of Russia to increase the number of flights between #Russia and friend...
03 Nov, 2022, 08.49 PM IST
India at forefront of helping Sri Lanka, lots of negative news about the country that isn't true: Harin Fernando, minister of Tourism and Lands, Sri Lanka"There are so many airlines flying to Sri Lanka, especially Indigo, Air India and Sri Lankan Airlines. If you really put them all together,...
26 Sep, 2022, 08.47 PM IST
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe may expand Cabinet to include all partiesThe President is likely to expand the Cabinet to make it representative of all parties in Parliament, Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said,...
23 Jul, 2022, 01.50 PM IST
Sri Lanka's opposition rejects President Rajapaksa's offer to form interim governmentRajapaksa had called over the telephone both Premadasa and Harsha de Silva, the SJB economic guru, on the prospect of forming an interim go...
08 May, 2022, 12.25 PM IST
ICC probes Sri Lanka T20 league over alleged match-fixingCricket-crazy Sri Lanka introduced a law against corruption in sport last year after then-sports minister Harin Fernando declared that the ...
25 Nov, 2020, 08.37 PM IST
No need to extend State of Emergency: Sri Lanka ministerThe country's law and order minister also said he had discussed the possibility of lifting the temporary ban on social media, which had bee...
13 Mar, 2018, 04.39 PM IST
Sri Lanka to take 25% stake in Google Loon for high-speed InternetSri Lanka today said it would buy a 25 per cent stake in a joint venture with Google, to deliver a high-speed Internet service powered by b...
01 Feb, 2016, 05.53 PM IST
Sri Lanka ruling coalition forms government in Uva provinceSwitching of allegiance of 5 UPFA council members is another blow to Rajapaksa, who lost his presidency to Prez Maithripala Sirisena in Jan...
14 Jan, 2015, 07.40 PM IST