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Indian defence minister visits Sri Lanka amid Chinese request to dock second research vessel 

India has raised security concerns over Chinese vessel visit - analysts

September 1, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka to allow Chinese research vessel to visit

Chinese research vessel visits usually cause concerns in India

August 31, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka police minister raps Catholic leaders for not revisiting Easter probe despite requests

Catholic Church leaders have expressed their dissatisfaction over the Easter Sunday probe.

August 29, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka Minister: won’t allow Indian funded digital ID project to access personal data

Indian-funded digital ID card project has raised concerns over data privacy of Sri Lankan citizens

August 28, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka parliament under terror threat: Speaker

Security agencies had told that Sri Lanka's Parliament is under threat of attacks, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said at the s...

April 23, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka to re-impose night curfew after suicide bombings

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government will re-impose an islandwide night-time police curfew from 8.00pm Mon...

April 22, 2019 1 min read

'Where is God?': Sri Lankans stunned after deadly blasts

Colombo, Sri Lanka | AFP | Monday - As Shantha Prasad carried children wounded in Sri Lanka's deadly attacks into a Colo...

April 22, 2019 3 min read

Sri Lanka suicide bombings intelligence identified churches, Indian embassy as targets

ECONOMYNEXT – An intelligence alert about planned suicide bombing by Islamic extremists in Sri Lanka was issued j...

April 22, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka business lobbies condemn bombings, call for unity

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s main business lobbies have condemned Easter Sunday’s bomb attacks which k...

April 22, 2019 1 min read

Improvised bomb found near Sri Lanka airport

An improvised explosive device found on an approach road to Sri Lanka main airport north of Colombo had been safety defu...

April 22, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka had prior information on impending attacks: PM

Sri Lanka had prior information on the possibility of an attack but he and the cabinet had not been adequately informed,...

April 21, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka govt plans LED street light, CCTV surveillance network

ECONOMYNEXT – Korea Telecom has won a Sri Lankan government deal to replace conventional street lights with a net...

April 11, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka and Australia expand naval links with joint exercise

Sri Lanka and Australia are conducting joint naval exercises to boost interoperability and co-operation, which will supp...

March 15, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka only partly met UN promise to release military-held land, study finds

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s military has only partially fulfilled promises to the United Nations to release ...

March 15, 2019 3 min read
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U.S. Coast Guard trains Sri Lankan port officials

ECONOMYNEXT - The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has conducted port security training at the Port of Colombo with Sri ...

February 15, 2019 2 min read

Australian Stabicraft boats to strengthen Sri Lanka Coast Guard fleet

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Coast Guard has taken delivery of three Port class Stabicraft vessels gifted by ...

January 28, 2019 2 min read

Two Sri Lankan UN peacekeepers killed by mine in Mali

Bamako, Mali | AFP | Friday - Two UN peacekeepers from Sri Lanka died and several were wounded on Friday in central Mali...

January 25, 2019 2 min read

U.S. Navy doing cargo transfer at Sri Lanka’s main airport

ECONOMYNEXT – The United States Navy is doing a cargo transfer operation at Sri Lanka’s main international...

January 23, 2019 2 min read

Indian Coast Guard vessels visit Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT- Two Indian Coast Guard ships have called on Colombo to increase cooperation with the Sri Lanka Coast Guard,...

December 1, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka says no Chinese military base at port

Sri Lanka rejected on Wednesday US claims that China might establish a "forward military base" at a strategic port lease...

October 11, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka President drops bombshell on India

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s President Friday dropped a bombshell claiming that Tamil Tigers planned a flight...

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September 28, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lankan president advocates collective response against political violence

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said collective security mechanisms need to be developed to mee...

August 31, 2018 2 min read

US warship conducts exercise with Sri Lanka navy

ECONOMYNEXT – A United States navy amphibious ship from the Seventh Fleet with marines on board has conducted a j...

August 30, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka Navy's largest vessel is gifted from US Coast Guard

ECONOMYNEXT - The US Coast Guard has gifted Sri Lanka a high-endurance cutter which will become the largest vessel in th...

August 29, 2018 2 min read