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Sri Lanka plans deal with Maldives to tighten border controls

The plan also involves facilities for capacity in technology and human resources.

December 6, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka Navy formally tasked with hydrographical surveys

A National Maritime Office consist with all relevant institutions will be establish as well.

December 6, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka Easter Sunday suspect hacked to death; opposition leader demands answers

"What is happening in the country? Isn't this lawlessness?"

November 29, 2022 2 min read

Can't say Sri Lanka has no security threats with latest geopolitics - president

Analysts have criticized Wickremesinghe's high defense budget for 2023

November 24, 2022 2 min read
Sri Lanka, France to establish Regional Centre for Maritime Studies in the island

The maritime centre will provide academic and training collaborations in maritime safety and security,

Three Chinese warships arrive in Colombo

Coincides with Indian warship visit

Sri Lanka Field Marshall points Gotabhaya Rajapaksa as war crime villain

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka Thursday fired a broadside against the former regime and sing...

Our Political Correspondent
March 10, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka PM seeks probe into 'missing' wartime gold

COLOMBO, March 9, 2016 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's prime minister on Wednesday called for a probe into the whereabouts of vast q...

March 9, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka to ratify Ottawa convention on anti-personnel mines

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will ratify a global convention against the use of landmines, known as the Ottawa Convention, De...

March 3, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka faces military insubordination during reconciliation drive

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's government came face-to-face with military insubordination at a very high level when Foreign M...

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February 19, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka takes part in Pakistani anti-terror exercise

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan security forces are taking part in a trilateral military exercise called ‘Eagle Da...

February 8, 2016 1 min read

Royal Navy sends warship to Sri Lanka after four years

ECONOMYNEXT – The Royal Navy’s HMS Defender, an air defence warship deployed in the Indian Ocean supportin...

January 29, 2016 1 min read

Indian aircraft carrier visits Colombo

ECONOMYNEXT – India, which is known to have opposed Chinese attack submarines calling at Sri Lankan ports, is sen...

January 20, 2016 1 min read

US defence official presses Sri Lanka on war crimes, reconciliation

ECONOMYNEXT – A visiting senior American defence official has urged Sri Lanka to press ahead with a probe into al...

December 21, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka to prosecute Avant Garde, revokes 'agreement'

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's government Wednesday decided to revoke a purported agreement Avant Garde had entered into with...

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November 11, 2015 3 min read

Sri Lanka PM gives police job to close confidant

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe Wednesday gave the Law and Order ministry to his close confi...

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November 11, 2015 1 min read
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Sri Lanka dry fish buyer labelled ‘sniper’ by Maldives police

ECONOMYNEXT - A Sri Lankan man arrested in the Maldives in connection with an alleged attempt to assassinate President A...

Our Political Correspondent
November 8, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Marapana bats for Avant Garde, undermines Ranil

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Law and Order minister Tilak Marapana Wednesday launched a staunch defence of the controversia...

Our Political Correspondent
November 4, 2015 2 min read

Maldives declares state of emergency: official

Malé (Maldives) AFP - Maldives President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, giving sweeping p...

November 4, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka defence university to enrol foreign military cadets

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s state-run defence university is to train a batch of technical officers from Oman...

October 23, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka controversial telecom levy withdrawn from house

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's ruling administration withdrew a controversial telecom tax from parliament Tuesday, amid a leg...

October 7, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka military to get out of business

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s new government intends to remove the military from business activity, punish sec...

September 15, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka probes Rs. 606mn architects’ consultancy in defence HQ deal

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government is investigating an architects’ firm given a consultancy in th...

August 6, 2015 2 min read

Pakistan’s Army chief visits Sri Lanka

COLOMBO (EconomyNext) – The army chief of Pakistan, which provided weapons and training to Sri Lanka’s mil...

June 6, 2015 1 min read

U.S. think tank urges continued human rights pressure on Sri Lanka

WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) - There is little hope of post-war reconciliation in Sri Lanka unless the new government ac...

May 29, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka domestic human rights probe starts in June

COLOMBO (EconomyNext) – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said a domestic inquiry into allegations of hum...

May 20, 2015 2 min read
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