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
Rajapaksa-led opposition vows to topple Sri Lankan govt at 'first opportunity'Sri Lanka's opposition, led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, threatens to overthrow the ruling NPP government. The opposition accuses the NPP of faili...
23 Nov, 2025, 01.49 PM IST
Sri Lankan opposition leader Sajith Premadasa drops out of presidential race as protests planned"For the greater good of my country that I love and the people I cherish, I hereby withdraw my candidacy for the position of president," Pr...
19 Jul, 2022, 11.48 AM IST
India keeps eye on protests in Sri Lanka against US base planLast month, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled the Lanka leg of his Asia trip following growing protest over the proposed military...
12 Jul, 2019, 09.14 AM IST
Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe slams opponents of India trade deal as 'traitors'Wickremesinghe said investment by the Chinese in Sri Lanka would be useless without having a vast market as that of India.
21 Feb, 2016, 01.08 PM IST
Lanka PM slams opponents of India trade deal as 'traitors'Wickremesinghe said it was a misconception that the country would be flooded with Indians who would invade limited job opportunities in Sri...
20 Feb, 2016, 10.17 PM IST
Sri Lanka accountability process would be purely domestic: Mangala SamaraweeraIt was under Rajapaksa's tenure that the Sri Lankan forces defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the separatist group.
24 Oct, 2015, 03.07 PM IST
Sri Lanka to release 16 Indian fishermen to mark Ranil Wickremesinghe's India visitAhead of Lankan PM's India visit, 16 Indian fishermen arrested recently for allegedly poaching in Sri Lankan waters will be released in a g...
13 Sep, 2015, 01.40 PM IST
37 Indian fishermen remanded in custody in Sri LankaNational Freedom Front had alleged thatthe government had given fishing rights to Indians in Sri Lankan waters as an appeasement policy tow...
04 Apr, 2015, 11.33 PM IST
Indian fishermen regret Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena's territoty remarkThe Indian fishermen claimed that they had a right to fish in these waters.
03 Apr, 2015, 03.21 PM IST
EU de-listing of LTTE: Opposition blames Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapaksa for not appealingOpposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said Lankan government did nothing to urge EU to re-list Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam a terroris...
11 Nov, 2014, 05.41 PM IST
UPA govt moves to placate Tamil Nadu fishermen, win alliesThe United Progressive Alliance government has finally woken up to one of the biggest political issues in Tamil Nadu.
16 Jan, 2014, 06.31 AM IST
- Army chief Gen Bikram Singh to visit Sri Lanka next month
Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh will travel to Sri Lanka next month to discuss ways to further strengthen military ties between the two countri...
04 Nov, 2012, 12.10 PM IST
- Centre 'mischievously concealing' training to Lankan forces: Jayalalithaa
Jayalalithaa today said it has "mischievously concealed" the training being given to two Lankan officers in Tamil Nadu since May.
25 Aug, 2012, 02.14 PM IST
- Sri Lanka must address reconciliation with sense of urgency: Sushma Swaraj
Sri Lanka must address the issue of reconciliation with the Tamil minority in the country with "a sense of urgency", Sushma Swaraj said.
21 Apr, 2012, 04.06 PM IST
- Fisherman killed in Palk Strait, uproar in Chennai
India summoned Sri Lankan High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam to lodge a strong protest over the killing of a fisherman by the Lankan Navy...
14 Jan, 2011, 02.02 AM IST
- Karuna team to ask PM to push for SL ceasefire
: In another attempt to capitalise on the Sri Lankan Tamil issue, chief minister M Karunanidhi will lead a delegation to meet Prime Ministe...
26 Nov, 2008, 04.51 AM IST