Thu, Aug 29, 2024
Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha has handed over the first payment for hybrid power projects in Sri Lanka's Delft, Nainativu, and Analaitivu islands under an $11 million Indian grant.
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Wed, Jul 31, 2024
The department said the inflation in the food category increased from 1.4 per cent to 1.5 per cent whereas the non-food category inflation rose from 1.8 per cent to 2.8 per cent.
Thu, Jun 06, 2024
Commenting on the partnership, Jiffry Zulfer, CEO of PickMe, told the Sunday Times, "Currently we are the only ride-hailing platform in Sri Lanka to offer such a service to Indian travellers and we hope to continue to innovate so that we make our ride-hailing service a convenient, safe and cost-effective mode of transportation for everyone."
Tue, Nov 28, 2023
The facility follows a Cabinet decision from October to issue free tourist visas to travellers from India, China, Russia, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, and Thailand amidst efforts to rebuild the debt-trapped island nation's tourism sector that had slumped since the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings.
Sat, Aug 05, 2023
The regional manager of Sri Lankan Airlines for India, Bangladesh and Nepal, V Ravindran, on Friday said the island nation was recovering well from the economic crisis and the carrier was looking to add more destinations, especially in India.
Sat, Sep 10, 2022
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka won the dress rehearsal ahead of the Asia Cup final
Sun, Sep 04, 2022
Rajapaksa was accused of overseeing abduction squads that whisked away rebel suspects, critical journalists and activists, many of them never to be seen again.
Sat, Sep 03, 2022
The ex-president travelled from Thailand to Singapore to take the flight as there are no direct flights between Bangkok and Colombo, sources said.
Thu, Sep 01, 2022
The winner of this match will automatically qualify to the Super 4.
Sun, Aug 28, 2022
China is a major creditor of Sri Lanka, and is vital to Sri Lanka's efforts to restructure its debt to secure a bailout from the IMF.
Tue, Aug 16, 2022
China's 'dual use spy' vessel Yuan Wang 5 docked at Sri Lanka's Hambantota port on Tuesday despite objections raised by India. A few days ago, Colombo had requested Beijing to postpone the arrival of this spy ship at the port keeping in mind the concerns of India. Although this ship was to reach the port on August 11, but due to lack of approval from the Sri Lankan authorities, there was a delay. Now the ship will stop at this port till 22nd August. The Sri Lankan government finally granted the port access to the vessel from August 16 to 22. India had expressed concern about the Chinese spy ship staying at the port of Colombo because China could spy on Indian installations. Watch this special report on India 360.
Tue, Jul 19, 2022
For the first time in 44 years, Sri Lanka's Parliament will directly elect a President on Wednesday in a three-way contest, with last minute political maneuvering projecting a close fight between acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Dullas Alahapperuma, a rebel leader of the ruling party who
Wed, Jul 13, 2022
Sri Lanka News: Sri Lanka on Wednesday declared a state of emergency after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the island nation amid deepening economic crisis. Rajapaksa was slated to announce his resignation on Wednesday as promised.
Sat, Nov 24, 2018
Currently, the national carrier of Sri Lanka operates 122 flights every week from 13 destinations in India.
Thu, Mar 02, 2017
Ficci in its latest survey has said that Indian industry is positive on expanding its trade and investment business opportunities with Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA).
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