Sri Lanka seeks investors for loss-making Mattala airport built with Chinese loansSri Lanka is seeking investors for Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport. The airport has been a financial drain since opening in 2013. A...
26 Apr, 2026, 02.43 PM IST
India is making a big move to outflank China in Sri LankaIndia and China appear to be locked in an escalating energy rivalry in Sri Lanka. India plans a new energy hub at Trincomalee with the UAE,...
25 Apr, 2026, 04.19 PM IST
India-Sri Lanka oil pipeline discussed during VP Radhakrishnan's meeting with Dissanayake: Foreign Secretary Vikram MisriIndia and Sri Lanka initiated conversations about a new oil pipeline, aiming to enhance energy cooperation. They also delved into topics li...
19 Apr, 2026, 11.03 PM IST
Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa applies for Green Card to settle in US: ReportSri Lankan newspaper Daily Mirror, citing highly-placed sources, claimed that Rajapaksa's lawyers in the United States had already begun th...
19 Aug, 2022, 11.05 AM IST
Centre to hold all-party meeting over Sri Lankan crisis todayAccording to sources, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra is likely to make a presentation before the members on the situation in Lanka an...
19 Jul, 2022, 08.30 AM IST
Govt calls all-party meet on Sri Lanka crisis on TuesdayDuring the Sunday meet, both DMK and AIADMK raised the Sri Lankan issue, especially the condition of the country's Tamil population.Talking...
17 Jul, 2022, 03.31 PM IST
India to supply 65,000 MT of urea to Sri LankaMoreover, India has promised to provide over USD 3 billion to the debt-ridden island country in loans, credit swaps, and also credit lines ...
14 May, 2022, 11.38 AM IST
Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa says government working round-the-clock to overcome economic crisisAmidst a growing pressure on him to quit following the unprecedented economic crisis facing the island nation, the embattled leader address...
11 Apr, 2022, 08.17 PM IST
'Rajapaksa family totally responsible for Lankan crisis'"The Rajapaksa clan is an oligarchy, they robbed this country. During their tenure between 2004-2014, they siphoned off USD 19 billion, as ...
08 Apr, 2022, 12.13 AM IST
India keeps a close watch as Rajapaksa pushes for national unity government in LankaEarlier, Sri Lanka’s education minister Dinesh Gunawardena said the country’s cabinet, except for President Gotabaya and PM Mahinda Rajapak...
05 Apr, 2022, 07.08 AM IST
- Sri Lanka rejects LTTE's unilateral ceasefire offer
In a development that is certain to complicate matters for the Congress and DMK in Tamil Nadu, the Sri Lankan government, along expected li...
27 Apr, 2009, 03.58 AM IST
- NSA conveys concern to Rajapaksa, returns
The UPA government’s latest attempt to contain the adverse political fallout of the Lankan crisis in Tamil Nadu was unlikely to go very far.
25 Apr, 2009, 02.25 AM IST
- Chidambaram urges SL, LTTE to end hostilities
Chidambaram asked Lankan govt, LTTE to stop hostilities.
06 Feb, 2009, 01.25 AM IST
- Lankan troops capture last LTTE bastion
Pressure expected to mount on UPA govt to play more active role.
03 Jan, 2009, 03.10 AM IST
- Fuel, food to dominate Aug Saarc meet
The food and fuel crisis will remain high on the agenda at the upcoming Saarc summit which is set to take place in Colombo in August.
17 Jun, 2008, 04.33 AM IST
- PM not to visit Sri Lanka on its Independence-Day
In the backdrop of the growing crisis in Sri Lanka, India has conveyed to the island nation that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not be ...
07 Jan, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- India wants Lanka to put peace bid on fast track
A day after LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran called the Sri Lankan ceasefire “defunct”, India hoped that there would be progress in the pe...
29 Nov, 2006, 02.08 AM IST