Sri Lanka

Under legal pressure, Sri Lanka decides to pay $6.7 million to Qingdao for rejected fertiliser

<p> The Sri Lankan government has decided to pay $6.7 million to the Chinese fertiliser company Qingdao which has threatened…

3 years ago

Sri Lanka accords State funeral to Pakistan lynching victim, mourners demand justice

<p> The remains of Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara, who had been lynched and burnt by a frenzied mob…

3 years ago

In damage control exercise after the lynching of Sri Lankan national, Imran Khan dials Sri Lankan President’s number

<p> In a damage control exercise, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan reached out to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to assure him that justice…

3 years ago

Sri Lanka shocked after Lankan man’s horrific lynching in Pakistan

<p> <strong>Sri Lanka's President, Prime Minister, Parliament, including the opposition parties, have severely condemned the murder of a Sri Lankan…

3 years ago

Lynching of Sri Lankan man showcases Pakistan’s chronic bigotry

<p> Priyantha Diyawadana, a Sri Lankan national who worked as general manager at Rajco Industries in Sialkot, Punjab, was set…

3 years ago

Sri Lankan Manager burnt to death by violent TLP mob in Sialkot

<p> A Sri Lankan man was tortured and burnt to death in Sialkot in Pakistan on Friday for allegedly desecrating…

3 years ago

Sri Lanka likely to seek $1.5 billion credit from India as Colombo rediscovers time-tested ally

<p> <img height="1" src="file:///C:/Users/media/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" width="1" />With the Sri Lankan economy facing a severe crisis over rising debt, Colombo is likely…

3 years ago

Chinese firm to take back contaminated fertiliser, send fresh shipment to Sri Lanka

<p> The Chinese fertiliser company, Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co. has agreed to send new organic fertiliser to Sri Lanka…

3 years ago

Russia’s security chief Patrushev lands in Sri Lanka to rekindle Moscow’s romance with South Asia

<p> <strong>Russia's revitalized defence cooperation with Sri Lanka is likely to get a fillip as Secretary of the Russian Security…

3 years ago

Sri Lankan importers defer payments of about $40 billion on Indian goods

<p> Following the foreign exchange crisis in Sri Lanka, payments worth $40 billion on imports from India comprising textiles, auto…

3 years ago

Sri Lanka snubs China after bad fertiliser deal and opts to buy more from India instead

<p> Sri Lanka has rejected Beijing’s advice to conduct a re-test of the contaminated Chinese fertiliser it had sought and…

3 years ago

India and Sri Lanka step up parliamentary exchanges as pathway to closer people-to-people ties

<p> <strong>India and Sri Lanka are on track for closer people-to-people ties with the inauguration of the Parliamentary Friendship Association.</strong></p>…

3 years ago

Indian and Sri Lankan navies to step up intelligence sharing to counter threats to commercial shipping

<p> Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Karambir Singh met with the Commander of the Sri Lankan navy Vice Admiral…

3 years ago

Now tainted Chinese company threatens Sri Lanka over contaminated fertiliser, seeks damages

<p> The Chinese Organic Fertiliser firm--Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co, has sent a threatening letter to Sri Lanka over the…

3 years ago

Sri Lanka opens consulate in Turkey’s Alanya town

<p> Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu inaugurated a new consulate for Sri Lanka in Turkey's Alanya town. Cavusoglu said the…

3 years ago

Sri Lanka and China clash over contaminated fertiliser and blacklisted bank

<p> A row has erupted between Sri Lanka and China over fertiliser imports after two samples of the Chinese fertiliser…

3 years ago

China tames ambition in Central Asia—builds factories instead of big economic corridors

<p> China is taming its ambitions in Central Asia, following growing public resentment to its giant connectivity projects, which bring…

3 years ago

Russia, Sri Lanka strengthen military relations with Sri Lankan general’s Moscow visit

<p> General Shavendra Silva, the Sri Lankan Chief of Defence Staff is in Moscow on a eight-day-long visit.  He also…

3 years ago

India, Sri Lanka cooperate on defence as Colombo begins to distances itself from China

<p> Indian Army chief General MM Naravane's five-day visit to Sri Lanka has reinforced New Delhi's commitment to Colombo as…

3 years ago

Indian Army chief Naravane visit could help bind Sri Lanka with Indo-Pacific democracies

<p> Soon after the visit by foreign secretary Harsh Shringla, Army Chief Manoj Mukund Naravane has arrived in Sri Lanka…

3 years ago

Sri Lanka lifts price control after hoarding and black marketing fuels popular anger

<p> Sri Lanka lifted the control over prices of essential food items with a view to easing supply and ending…

3 years ago