India assures Sri Lanka of evacuating its nationals from IranIndia assured Sri Lanka it will evacuate its citizens from Iran. This follows the conflict with Israel. Sri Lanka thanked India for its sup...
22 Jun, 2025, 12.22 AM IST
Sri Lanka's Arugam Bay on high alert as US, Israel warn of potential terror attack on foreign touristsSecurity has been strengthened in Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka, after warnings of a potential attack on foreign tourists, particularly targeting I...
24 Oct, 2024, 10.17 AM IST
Sri Lanka issues tenders choosing India over China for power projects near JaffnaThe Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) recently called for tenders to execute the hybrid power projects in three northern islands of Sri Lanka ...
06 Aug, 2023, 07.10 AM IST
China opposes Dalai Lama's planned visit to Sri LankaThe Chinese concerns followed a meeting by several Sri Lankan Buddhist monks who had met the Dalai Lama at Bodh Gaya in India earlier this ...
17 Jan, 2023, 06.24 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
Sri Lanka allows docking of Chinese research ship at Hambantota port from August 16-22The Chinese ballistic missile and satellite tracking ship, 'Yuan Wang 5', was earlier scheduled to arrive on Thursday and remain at the por...
13 Aug, 2022, 08.30 PM IST
After pressure from India, Sri Lanka urges China to defer entry of Chinese 'spy' shipIn a letter to the Chinese Embassy in Colombo, the Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka stated, "The Ministry wishes to request that the arrival d...
06 Aug, 2022, 06.21 PM IST
Sri Lanka in engagement with China to amend terms of USD 1.5 billion currency swap deal: ReportThe deal is on hold because Sri Lanka has run short of the required amount of reserves. The swap deal enables Sri Lanka to borrow Chinese c...
16 Jun, 2022, 02.23 PM IST
Chinese and US envoys meet in Colombo; pledge support to help Sri Lanka mitigate economic crisisThe economic crisis has prompted an acute shortage of essential items like food, medicine, cooking gas and other fuel, toilet paper, and ev...
13 Jun, 2022, 05.12 PM IST
Rajapaksa 'loses majority'; FM quits within 24 hours of appointmentRajapaksa had appointed Sabry after sacking his brother Basil Rajapaksa, who was at the centre of anger within the ruling Sri Lanka Podujan...
06 Apr, 2022, 01.02 PM IST
China tightening grip on Sri Lanka by exploiting its vulnerable situation: Think tankIn a special report, think tank Center of Political and Foreign Affairs said China has shown a sudden interest in purchasing Sri Lankan fis...
07 Jul, 2021, 04.24 PM IST
Lanka Defence Secretary asks China's embassy to 'educate' Chinese company employees not to wear military-style camouflage uniformsRaising concerns, the Sri Lankan media recently reported that Chinese personnel wearing uniforms that are very much similar to those worn b...
30 Jun, 2021, 04.34 PM IST
Sri Lanka not under threat of terrorism: Defence ministry after US updates travel advisoryThe Sri Lankan ministry of defence said that according to its own assessment, there has been no information on any threat of terrorism or r...
26 May, 2021, 02.27 PM IST
China makes doormats with Sri Lankan flag kicking up major diplomatic stormThe Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry on Friday said that it had called for a full scale inquiry into the sale of non slip doormats on the Amazon...
13 Mar, 2021, 10.11 AM IST
India tells Sri Lanka to honour pact after Colombo takes back port contractThe decision comes less than a month after a visit by Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar to Colombo to shore up support for the 2019 dea...
02 Feb, 2021, 03.35 PM IST
India to help in evacuating Sri Lankans from YemenIndia has acceded to Sri Lanka's request to evacuate stranded Sri Lankans along with Indian nationals from strife-torn Yemen, the Foreign M...
02 Apr, 2015, 12.20 PM IST
- WikiLeaks: In 2007, Indian official said SL condition beyond bleak
Two years before Sri Lanka completed a crushing military defeat of the LTTE, a top Indian official had said the situation was "beyond bleak...
18 Dec, 2010, 03.53 PM IST