India-Sri Lanka defence pact on the cards as PM Modi visitsIndia and Sri Lanka will formalize a defence cooperation pact during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit from April 4 to 6. The visit aims...
29 Mar, 2025, 10.49 PM IST
Buoyed by house majority, Lankan President to seek Indian support to boost economyAnura Kumara Dissanayake's party secured a majority in the Sri Lankan Parliament, bolstering his reform agenda for economic revival and str...
16 Nov, 2024, 06.23 AM IST
Close contest on cards in Sri Lankan Presidential elections on Sep 21Incumbent President Ranil Wickremasinghe is fighting an uphill battle. However, can still close the gap and win the polls in the second pre...
11 Sep, 2024, 09.17 AM IST
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe's India to focus on energy, maritime, agriculture issuesUnderstandably, Chinese designs in the Southern Indian Ocean Region that affects India's security interests will be among the talking point...
14 Jul, 2023, 07.36 AM IST
India, Japan collaborate to put Sri Lankan economy back on trackThis comes at a time when Sri Lanka is facing an unprecedented economic crisis that has caused a significant socio-economic setback in the ...
02 Apr, 2023, 08.19 AM IST
India didn't wait for others to bail out Sri Lanka, says EAM S JaishankarWhile Japan and India have agreed to the Lankan debt restructuring plan, China is yet to decide. India, China and Japan are the three big c...
21 Jan, 2023, 07.11 AM IST
Sri Lanka apprehends 23 Indian fishermen, M K Stalin writes to Centre"In this year alone, 221 Tamil Nadu fishermen were apprehended by Sri Lankan Navy. The repeated instances of arrests by the Sri Lankan navy...
28 Nov, 2022, 10.50 PM IST
India plans investments across sectors to strengthen link with Sri Lankan economyThe sectors that India is focusing to invest include renewable energy, hydrocarbons, ports and infrastructure, IT and hospitality, highly p...
11 Aug, 2022, 12.15 AM IST
Sri Lanka to take steps to stabilise economyThe government has to carefully manage resources and reduce the budget deficit as it has caused many problems across the economy, Siriwarda...
18 Apr, 2022, 02.25 PM 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
India, Sri Lanka explore slew of maritime security agreements for Indian Ocean RegionThis mechanism include supply of Donier surveillance aircraft for the Sri Lanka Air Force, a ship repair dock for the Sri Lanka Navy in Tri...
10 Mar, 2022, 07.30 AM IST
Grateful to India for helping us tide over economic crisis, says Sri Lanka Foreign Minister PeirisPeiris, who has been credited among few others with the turnaround in the Lanka-India ties amid China's growing presence in the island nati...
09 Feb, 2022, 07.37 AM IST
Sri Lanka seeks to integrate economy with India, focuses on 8 sectorsThe Gotabaya Rajapaksa-led govt has identified energy, refineries, electricity grid, ports, real estate, tourism and information and commun...
28 Jan, 2022, 10.00 AM IST
Sri Lanka important for India: Indian envoyIndia is the second largest reservoir of scientific and technical manpower, the third largest army, the sixth member of the nuclear club, t...
26 Jan, 2017, 07.16 PM IST
- India trying to revive Cepa with Lanka
With the election process ending in Sri Lanka and the Rajapaksa government settling into its second term, India is trying to revive the com...
13 May, 2010, 04.26 AM IST
- Sri Lanka develops cold feet on CEPA
Even as the Centre grapples with the domestic fallout of the war in Lanka, concerns are growing that an economic pact between India and Sri...
17 Oct, 2008, 03.02 AM IST
- LTTE crippling our economy: Sri Lankan PM
Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka wonders if any nation other than Sri Lanka is "feeding a terrorist outfit" carrying out bloody atta...
01 Mar, 2008, 09.12 PM IST