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The Indian Coast Guard rescued three Sri Lankan nationals abandoned on a sandbar near Adam's Bridge off Dhanushkodi. They ...
The government has finally granted approval for the United Nation-flagged research vessel into the county’s water to conduct research. Decision is ...
In the early hours of Sunday, eight Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy on allegations ...
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today said the Emergency imposed by then PM Indira Gandhi is responsible for the persistent issue of Indian fishermen being arrested by Sri Lanka.
While Turkey has expanded arms sales to Pakistan and Bangladesh, India has been conspicuously excluded, or rather blacklisted ...
The current African Maritime Forces Summit (AMFS) 2025 also reflects an attempt to bring service chiefs and senior leaders to ...
Sri Lanka plans to discuss strategies with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to lure foreign investment, President Anura ...
Sri Lanka has made substantial progress on an IMF-supported economic reform program, but more work is needed to reduce the ...
Sri Lanka is attempting to sustain economic growth while maintaining macroeconomic stability under the IMF program it began in 2016. The government's high debt payments and bloated civil service ...
A 2001 government census (PDF) says Sri Lanka’s main ethnic populations are the Sinhalese (82 percent), Tamil (9.4 percent), and Sri Lanka Moor (7.9 percent).
Sri Lanka's customs authorities arrested on Friday a woman and seized the largest haul of cocaine ever detected at the country's main international airport, an official said. The unnamed 38-year ...