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Sri Lanka reopens Hambantota airport bid, eyes strategic investorsSri Lanka is seeking investors for the Hambantota airport. This offers a chance for Indian companies to invest in a strategic Indian Ocean ...- Sri Lanka's move to lease strategic airport near China-controlled Hambantota port sparks Indian interestIndia is keenly watching Sri Lanka's move to offer control of Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport to foreign investors. This presents a...
- 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...
- Ousted Sri Lankan leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa faces arrest calls after returnThe 73-year-old announced his resignation from Singapore and spent weeks under virtual house arrest at a Bangkok hotel lobbying his success...
- Rajapaksa government tyrannous, full of nepotism, say protestors in Sri Lanka's ColomboFurious protesters have been demanding change in the political system and held Rajapaksas responsible for the present state of the economy ...
- Rajapaksa govt on shaky ground, as nation struggles under economic crisisFor more such web stories click on the ET icon below.
- What is the current state of the Sri Lankan economy which has been facing headwinds since the Covid-19 outbreak?Foreign exchange reserves plummeted by almost 70% in two years. As of February, the country was left with only $2.31 billion in its reserve...
- Lanka's new Cabinet to be sworn in on May 1: President SirisenaEarly this month, Sirisena was forced to face a vote of no confidence in Parliament moved by the Joint Opposition which has the backing of ...
- Tamil leader M K Shivajilingam asks UNHCR for international probe into Lanka warcrimesA Tamil politician has asked the UNHCR for an international probe into the alleged warcrimes during the conflict with the LTTE.
- I would do everything to protect January mandate: Sri Lankan President Maithripala SirisenaSpeaking in the southern town of Matara, Sirisena without making a direct reference to Rajapaksa's return said, "I would not allow anyone t...
- No decision to withdraw army camps from north, east, says Sri Lankan PMGovernment has not made any decision to withdraw military camps from war-torn north and east provinces of the country, Lankan PM Wickremesi...
- Sri Lanka requests India's help in tracing former president Mahinda Rajapaksa's $2 billionSri Lankan investigators who began an investigation into financial deals sealed by the Rajapaksa government had traced $2 billion in Dubai ...
- Sri Lanka to review all projects approved by Mahinda Rajapaksa governmentColombo will review all projects that was approved by the previous government and take steps if discrepancies are found.
- China plays down new Sri Lankan government's plan to review its projectsChina today played down assertions by top officials of Sri Lanka's new government that all infrastructure projects awarded by former Rajapa...
- Rajapaksa in race for third term as Lanka goes to polls tomorrowAmidst apprehension of possible post-poll violence and backlash, Sri Lanka is all set to go to polls on Thursday to elect a president.
- President Mahinda Rajapaksa's government in Sri Lanka loses two-third majorityRajapaksa called polls 2 yrs ahead of schedule to seek fresh mandate before his party's popularity wanes further, after falling 21% in Sept...
- Rajapaksa's key ally pledges support to oppositionThe JHU signed a pact with Maithripala Sirisena, after other opposition groups had entered into a similar pact with the common candidate.
- Defections a conspiracy, won't be deterred: Sri Lanka's President Mahinda RajapaksaMahinda Rajapaksa, who enjoys support among the Sinhalese majority, claimed he had freed the island from terrorism & given unprecedented de...
- Snap presidential polls in Sri Lanka on January 8, 2015Under the constitution, the president may call elections four years into a term. The Supreme Court upheld this law earlier this month, pavi...
- Mahinda Rajapaksa congratulates Narendra Modi, invites him on state visitThe BJP win was welcomed in Sri Lanka as the Rajapaksa government's relations with the UPA government had soured over the years.
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