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Asia floods, cyclones kill 1,000+; 800 still missing across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand

December 01, 2025 8:49 pm

Many areas in Indonesia remain cut off after roads were damaged and communication lines went down.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya meets PM Modi, visits Delhi school and IIT to explore cooperation

October 17, 2025 8:56 pm

Modi also said he looked forward to continued engagement with Sri Lanka and conveyed his greetings to President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, recalling his own state visit to Colombo earlier this year,

Bridging the research gap: India and Sri Lanka collaborate on endometriosis

February 19, 2025 7:50 pm

The two gynaecologicial conditions have remained severely under-researched in low and middle income countries.

Lanka President Dissanayake's next week visit to Beijing of great importance: China

January 10, 2025 7:20 pm

Earlier, during his visit to India in December, where he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Dissanayake assured New Delhi that Colombo would not permit the island nation's territory to be used “in a manner that is detrimental to the interest of India.”

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning president appoints Cabinet after election win

November 18, 2024 2:19 pm

The margin of victory will allow President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to make sweeping reforms, including a campaign promise of a new constitution, without needing support from other parties.

Sri Lanka's first transgender candidate hopes to break political, social barriers

November 13, 2024 12:37 pm

High debt, shortsighted economic policies and tourism revenue losses from the COVID-19 pandemic plunged Sri Lanka into its worst financial crisis in more than seven decades in 2022.

Sri Lankan police arrest three in plot against Israeli tourists at Arugam Bay

October 24, 2024 10:16 pm

Public Security Minister Vijitha Herath stated that all three suspects, detained by the Terrorism Investigation Division, are Sri Lankan nationals.

Sri Lanka east coast on alert for anti-Israeli threat, Israel urges citizens to hide identity

October 24, 2024 12:04 am

Israel’s national security council has issued an urgent warning to Israeli citizens to leave popular tourist areas in southern Sri Lanka immediately, and classified the Arugam Bay region as a level four threat, advising Israelis to take precautions.

‘Dissanayake will probably have a relationship that is on an even keel between India and China’: Bernard Goonetilleke

October 23, 2024 8:29 am

Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya said the new government had already identified trade, investment, education, employment and tourism among the priority areas of the economy

Shyam Saran writes: Why political uncertainty in Sri Lanka may not mean it draws away from India

September 24, 2024 12:33 pm

New President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has recognised the importance of India for Sri Lanka’s security and economic development. He has not given any indication of prioritising relations with China over India

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