Sri Lanka

Mumbai : Sri Lankan pace bowler Matheesha Pathirana, who could take the field for Chennai Super Kings as early as in the IPL game against Punjab Kings at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday, has said that people should not compare him with…

Colombo : Awaiting to usher the National New Year, crisis-ridden Sri Lanka on Tuesday welcomed a consignment of 11,000 MT of rice received under the concessional Indian Credit Facility of $1 billion.Having delivered 5000 MT over the last…

Colombo : Sri Lanka's Finance Ministry on Tuesday said the government has decided to suspend normal debt servicing of all affected debts for an interim period till it puts together an orderly and consensual restructuring program supported…

Colombo : Former England men's Head Coach, and player Chris Silverwood has been appointed as the Head Coach of Sri Lanka's national men's team, Sri Lanka Cricket announced on Saturday."I am very excited to be on board with Sri Lanka and I…

Colombo : Sri Lanka's newly-appointed Finance Minister Ali Sabry resigned on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after his appointment.Sabry said he had accepted the portfolio only as an interim measure, reports Xinhua news agency.He said he was…

New Delhi : External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday during which he is likely to apprise the latter about the economic crisis in Sri Lanka and the political instability in Pakistan. Sri Lanka…

Colombo : Sri Lanka's Public Utilities Commission announced that there will be 10-hour daily power cuts from Wednesday.Sri Lanka has been facing power cuts since February due to dwindling electricity production in hydro power plants as well…

New Delhi : Narendra Modi today participated in the 5th BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit hosted in virtual mode by Sri Lanka, the current chair of BIMSTEC.Prior to the 5th…

Colombo : A week-long training by Indian Navy's Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) for training of Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) pilots and Sri Lanka Navy ships for shipborne helicopter operations is now being conducted, Indian High Commission…

Colombo : Tightening naval ties between India and Sri Lanka, five sailing vessels of the Indian Navy are now visiting the island nation."Continuing Indian Navy's endeavour to build 'Bridges of Friendship', indigenous sailing vessels Mhadei,…