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Sri Lanka to build foreign research ship handling capacity amid 1-year ban – sources

India has strongly raised security concerns over allowing Chinese research vessels in Indian Ocean waters

January 5, 2024 3 min read

Sri Lanka to establish high commission in New Zealand

High Commission in Wellington, New Zealand, will develop ties further

January 3, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka should consider India’s concerns too: Former Indian External Affairs min

"Just as you expected us to show concern for your concerns, we expect you to show concern for our concerns."

December 27, 2023 3 min read

Santosh Jha new Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka

New High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha presents credentials

December 22, 2023 1 min read
Sri Lanka and India round-table to bring two nations together

"The event brought together experts, policymakers, and thought leaders to discuss key aspects of the bilateral relations

Sri Lanka Cabinet approves China-related proposals ahead of President’s Beijing visit

President Dissanayake will leave to China next week as his second official foreign tour

Mahinda pledges to stand with Bangladesh

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has stressed the possibilities of achieving closer cooperation in maritime, shipping, t...

March 20, 2021 2 min read

MR arrives in Dhaka, welcomed by Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will be the guest of honour at a ceremony to mark the birth centenary of the founder of...

March 19, 2021 2 min read

Prime Minister in Bangladesh on two-day visit

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is in Bangladesh today to join celebrations connected to the hundredth birth anniversar...

March 19, 2021 1 min read

Invitation for Myanmar: All BIMSTEC members have to be invited says Colambage

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has become the newest villain for Myanmarese fighting for democracy in...

March 11, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka hoping India will support it at the Human Rights Council in Geneva

Sri Lanka believes that India will stand with the right group and will support our country at the Human Rights Council, ...

March 2, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka will join India’s Adani Group to develop and operate the West Container Terminal In Colo...

Sri Lanka will join hands with a giant Indian conglomerate in a Build, Operate and Transfer deal to develop the West Con...

March 2, 2021 2 min read

UN condemns use of force by Myanmar on democracy activists

The United Nations and world leaders have strongly criticised the Military junta ruling Myanmar for using “lethal forc...

March 1, 2021 3 min read

Sri Lanka repatriates 320 stranded migrant workers from Oman

Sri Lanka's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it repatriated 320 stranded migrant workers out of which more than 81 work...

February 28, 2021 1 min read

Gazette has been issued but no Muslim Covid victims body has been released for burial

Although the Islamic world has welcomed the decision by the Sri Lankan government to permit the burial of Muslim victims...

February 27, 2021 2 min read
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Sri Lankan exporters to the EU and Germany must develop sustainable supply chains

Sri Lankan exporters and providers of services to the European Union (EU) market are being encouraged to develop sustain...

February 25, 2021 2 min read
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Pressure grows on Sri Lanka in Geneva over Human Rights issues

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena rejected the assertions of the High Commissioner warning member states that this int...

February 25, 2021 3 min read

Sri Lanka yet to finalise decision about Chinese power plants close to the Indian coast

Sri Lanka has not yet arrived at a final decision to grant the hybrid power projects in the Northern Island to the Chine...

February 24, 2021 3 min read
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Dinesh asks the Human Rights Council to hold the scales even

At the Human Rights Council in Geneva Sri Lanka is faced with a hostile resolution to ensure the prompt, thorough and im...

February 24, 2021 4 min read

Pakistan PM Imran Khan arrives in Sri Lanka for two-day visit

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan who is on an official two-day visit to Sri Lanka was welcomed by Prime Minister Mahin...

February 23, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Human Rights situation will come under the microscope at UNHRC

This week the UN Human Rights Commission will examine the “deteriorating Human Rights situation in Sri Lanka,” but m...

February 20, 2021 3 min read
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International concern that Sri Lanka continues to cremate Muslim Covid dead

Visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan urged to “push Sri Lanka to gazette” the step to end the forced cremati...

Arjuna Ranawana
February 18, 2021 5 min read

Sri Lanka all but Chinese colony; those opposed to India mum about China: CBK

Sri Lanka has all but become a colony of China and trade unionists and others who vehemently opposed a recent deal with ...

February 17, 2021 2 min read
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Dinesh wants government and opposition to work together internationally

The Government and the Opposition must work together when representing the country’s foreign policy internationally, F...

February 16, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka yet to decide on permitting burial of Muslim Covid victims

It has been five days since the Prime Minister told Parliament that burial of Covid victims will be allowed but no chang...

February 15, 2021 4 min read
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Top German companies renew their commitment to Sri Lanka

Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Sri Lanka said that a record 176 German companies have pledged their commi...

February 9, 2021 2 min read