Stay Connected. Stay Informed.
Sri Lanka said Friday it had leased a white elephant international airport built with Chinese loans to a foreign joint venture, as the island nation’s bankrupt government seeks to offload loss-making assets. The small airport near a wildlife sanctuary on the southern coast opened in 2013 but was immediately plagued by problems, and has been…
Read More “Sri Lanka leases white elephant airport built with Chinese loans” »
Image for representative use© AFP Cricket team manager of the Legend Cricket League 2024, Yoni Patel has been indicted before the Colombo High Court over match-fixing charges, the Attorney General informed the court. Patel was charged over match-fixing allegations during the Legend Cricket League 2024 on complaints by former New Zealand legend Neil Broom, who…
Read More “Legend Cricket League Manager Indicted For Match-Fixing In Sri Lanka” »
The New Wings activists take part in a silent protest demanding justice of the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide attack, in Colombo on April 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka marks on April 21 five years since Islamist bombers slaughtered 279 people in the island’s deadliest suicide attack, but grieving families say they are…
Read More “Deep wounds in Sri Lanka five years since Easter bombings” »
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The International Monetary Fund (IMF) stands ready to support Sri Lanka’s discussions with international bondholders and will provide a formal assessment after the parties reach a tentative agreement-in-principle, an IMF spokesperson said on April 18. “We hope an agreement consistent with the parameters of…
Read More “IMF ready to support Sri Lanka’s discussions with bondholders” »
Floods killed at least 18 people in Oman. (Representational) Tehran: Iranian emergency services rescued 21 Sri Lankan crew of a ship that capsized in heavy storms in the Gulf of Oman, state media reported Wednesday. The Cook Islands-flagged vessel carrying oil went down about 50 kilometres (30 miles) off the southern city of Jask, said…
Read More “Iran Rescues 21 Sri Lankan Crew From Sinking Ship In Gulf Of Oman: Report” »
Police said arrangements are being made to send them back to Sri Lanka. (Representational) Kathmandu: Four Pakistani nationals have been arrested in Nepal for taking hostage four Sri Lankan citizens on the pretext of sending them to different European countries for jobs, a senior police officer said on Friday. Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigative Department of…
Read More “4 Pakistanis Arrested In Nepal For Taking Sri Lankans Hostage” »
A view of Katchatheevu in Sri Lanka. | Photo Credit: L. BALACHANDAR The statements coming out of India on “reclaiming” Katchatheevu island from Sri Lanka have “no ground”, the Sri Lankan Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devananda has said. The senior Sri Lankan Tamil politician’s comments came days after the Narendra Modi government targeted the Congress…
Read More “‘No ground’ for Indian request for return of Katchatheevu: Sri Lanka Minister” »
It isn’t often when a foreign policy issue generates as much heat within India’s polity, but this week both the PM and the EAM set off a debate over a 1974 agreement with Sri Lanka that quickly saw pushback from the opposition, and some concern in Colombo. My colleague D. Suresh Kumar has more on the…
Read More “Watch | Katchatheevu | Impact of foreign policy issues during election season” »
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President MK Stalin slammed the BJP for raising the Katchatheevu issue ahead of the the Lok Sabha polls and said that the issue has started to backfire now. Criticising PM Modi, Mr Stalin further questioned that why did PM did not ever spoke to Sri Lanka government to…
Read More “Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin Slams PM Modi Amid Row Over Katchatheevu Island” »
Former Indian middle-order batting mainstays Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh, who played a crucial role in Men in Blue’s ICC Cricket World Cup win back in 2011 on this day, reminisced on the landmark title win which has gone down as the most iconic moment of Indian cricket in this century. On this day back…
Read More ““Still Get Goosebumps”: Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina Reminisce About 2011 World Cup Win” »