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India hands over personal watercraft to Sri LankaIndia has boosted Sri Lanka's coast guard with two personal watercraft for search and rescue operations. This follows a joint naval diving ...
INS Nireekshak arrives in Sri Lanka for training, cooperation boostMaritime cooperation is all about countries working together on the seas. This includes things like sharing information to keep shipping la...
Tamil Nadu: 21 Indian fishermen released from Colombo prison arrive at Chennai airportThe Indian High Commission in Colombo successfully secured the release of 21 Indian fishermen from Sri Lanka. The Indian Consulate in Jaffn...
No Indian firms involved in providing 'Visa on Arrival' at Colombo airport: High CommissionThe High Commission of India in Sri Lanka refuted claims blaming an "Indian company" for visa issuance problems at the Bandaranaike Interna...
Three ex-convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination return to Sri LankaSri Lankan ex-convicts in Rajiv Gandhi case, released by the Supreme Court after 30 years, returned to Colombo. The group included Murugan,...
Murugan to be taken to Sri Lankan High Commission on Wednesday, Tamil Nadu govt tells HCMurugan is a Sri Lankan national and is among the seven convicts who were freed by the Supreme Court in November 2022, after a three-decade...
China lobbies to build Colombo road; drags feet over debt rejigET has learnt that state-owned China Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC) has stepped up lobbying with Lankan government officials to bui...
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 ...
India dismisses reports that it requested Sri Lankan airspace for military exercise"We have seen some media reports stating that authorities in Sri Lanka declined a request by India to use Sri Lankan airspace for a Joint M...
PM Modi congratulates PM Rajapaksa on Sri Lanka's 73rd Independence DayAccording to a statement released by the High Commission of India in Colombo, PM Modi reiterated the shared deep-rooted millennia-old ties ...
Tamil Nadu fishermen to 'lay siege' to Sri Lankan Dy High Commission on February 29"Seventy eight fishing boats have been seized by Sri Lankan naval personnel in 2015 and had not been released yet," Rajendran, president of...
S Jaishankar in Sri Lanka for talksJaishankar is expected to hold talks on the Indo-Lanka Joint Commission and tour the northern province capital of Jaffna, officials said.
NHRC issues notice to Tamil Nsadu govt over Lankan refugee's deathThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Tamil Nadu government over the alleged custodial death of a Sri Lankan r...
Article in Sri Lankan defence website: Parties back JayalalithaaHours after the article was published,it led to political furore accompanied by protests by AIADMK and Tamil outfits in various parts of th...
India issues demarche to Sri Lanka on jailed fishermenIndia today summoned Sri Lankan High Commissioner and issued a demarche on the issue of 114 Indian fishermen lodged in Lankan jails.
Sri Lanka may pull its mission out of Tamil NaduFaced with growing anti-Sri Lankan sentiments in Tamil Nadu, Colombo may shift its deputy high commission office out of Chennai, a report s...
UK to close Colombo visa section; Chennai to process all formsBritain today said the processing of all UK visa applications submitted by Sri Lankans in Colombo will be shifted to its Deputy High Commis...