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Newly-appointed PM Wickremesinghe says his aim is to save crisis-hit Sri LankaWickremesinghe was appointed as Sri Lanka's 26th prime minister on Thursday as the country was without a government since Monday when prime...16 May, 2022, 08.31 PM IST- Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka denies stopping issuance of visasIndian High Commission in Sri Lanka on Friday categorically denied that it has stopped issuing visas in the country, saying the disruption ...13 May, 2022, 11.34 AM IST
- Sri Lanka crisis: Talks on to end political impasse after PM Mahinda Rajapaksa's resignationMahinda, 76, resigned as prime minister on Monday amid unprecedented economic turmoil in the country, hours after his supporters attacked a...11 May, 2022, 12.05 PM IST
- COVID-19: Sri Lanka bans travellers from India with immediate effectThe Civil Aviation Authority on Thursday said that travellers from India will not be allowed to disembark in Sri Lanka. The decision has be...06 May, 2021, 12.55 PM IST
- Lanka's Rajapaksa clan registers landslide win in parliamentary polls; gets two-thirds majoritySri Lanka People's Party (SLPP), led by prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, has won in 145 constituencies, bagging a total of 150 seats with ...07 Aug, 2020, 01.08 PM IST
- Lockdown: From June 1, Goa to get more trains, flightsAs per Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), anyone arriving in Goa will have to either carry COVID-19 negative certificate from an ICMR-cert...31 May, 2020, 04.26 PM IST
- Sri Lanka arrests airline chief over Airbus kickback claimsA French court in late January approved a 3.6 billion euros fine to be paid by the European firm to France, Britain and US to settle the in...06 Feb, 2020, 07.58 PM IST
- What Sri Lankan Constitution says on president's power to sack PMUnder the 19th Amednement adopted in 2015, the president no longer has the power to remove the prime minister at his discretion.29 Oct, 2018, 02.36 PM IST
- Airlines struggle with global pilot shortageCarriers such as Emirates and Australia's Qantas Airways have poured resources into hiring, but struggled in recent months to use their jet...06 Jun, 2018, 02.46 PM IST
- Hamid Ansari takes up fisherman killing issue with Lankan presidentThe 22-year-old fisherman was shot dead yesterday while he was fishing in a mechanised boat at a short distance off Katchatheevu islet.08 Mar, 2017, 12.47 PM IST
- Kamal Hingorani given charge of corporate communication of SpiceJetThe additional charge has been entrusted to Hingorani after the exit of its head of Corporate Communication Ajay Jasra, who has joined riva...07 Dec, 2016, 08.47 PM IST
- Ex-Maldives president Nasheed arrives in Colombo to fly to UK for medical careMohamed Nasheed, 48, arrived last night in Colombo and will be leaving by a Srilankan Airlines direct flight to London later today for a ba...19 Jan, 2016, 01.00 PM IST
- Sri Lanka probes graft in $ 2.3 billion aircraft dealA cabin crew member had been released from the airline to work at the presidential secretariat following a request that she be released for...04 Apr, 2015, 08.42 PM IST
- Mahinda Rajapaksa orders release of 78 Indian fishermenRajapaksa today ordered the release of 78 Indian fishermen held by the navy for allegedly poaching into Sri Lankan waters as a goodwill ges...09 Jun, 2014, 08.39 PM IST
- Parliament resolution will hurt island country: Prasad Kariyawasam, Sri Lanka’s high commissioner in IndiaPrasad Kariyawasam is at the centre of the island nation’s diplomatic efforts as India prepares to vote on a US-sponsored resolutions.21 Mar, 2013, 05.05 AM IST
- Good year for South Indian tea industry as prices escalatedIt was a reasonably good year for the South Indian tea industry as the prices continued to escalate despite slight drop in production when ...29 Dec, 2009, 12.17 AM IST
- Cuppa of joy for South Indian tea industry in 2009It was a reasonably good year for the South Indian tea industry as the prices continued to escalate despite slight drop in production when ...28 Dec, 2009, 04.40 PM IST
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