Jaishankar is on a two-day visit and he will be holding bilateral talks with his counterpart, as well as the Rajapaksa brothers
Read Article →Families have refused to claim the bodies in protest over the government’s policy of cremation, which is forbidden under Islamic law.
Read Article →Rajapaksa meanwhile sacked Prison Reforms Minister Sudharshini Fernandopulle and shifted her to a new ministry dealing with the pandemic.
Read Article →The island nation has so far recorded 10,663 COVID-19 cases and 20 deaths due to the disease.
Read Article →Pompeo arrived in India on Monday along with Defence Secretary Mark T Esper for the third edition of the US-India 2+2 dialogue with their counterparts in New Delhi.
Read Article →As the number of cases of coronavirus continues to rise in Sri Lanka, authorities in the country increased the coronavirus-related curfew zones to 56 police divisions on Sunday, to check the virus…
Read Article →The virus death toll rose to 15 on Saturday after a 56-year-old heart patient died in the North-Western Province due to coronavirus complication.
Read Article →Sri Lanka maintains that it has sufficient evidence to prove that the remnants of the LTTE and groups aligned with its terrorist ideology are active in foreign countries.
Read Article →The Indian Navy will deploy anti-submarine warfare corvettes INS Kamorta and INS Kiltan as well as a sizeable number of advanced light helicopters, Chetak helicopter and Dornier maritime patrol…
Read Article →Nearly 50 people from her workplace and the hospital have been sent for home quarantine after she was detected positive for COVID-19
Read Article →The New Diamond, carrying 270,000 tonnes of crude, was en-route from Kuwait to India when an engine room explosion on September 3 killed a Filipino crewman and set off a massive fire.
Read Article →The government said it would push through the ban after finalising a scheme to care for cattle too old to plough fields.
Read Article →The 21 containers -- holding up to 260 tonnes of rubbish -- first arrived by ship in the capital Colombo's main port between September 2017 and March 2018, customs told AFP, adding that they…
Read Article →The 19A was seen as the most progressive pro-democracy reformist move since Sri Lanka came to be governed under the all-powerful executive presidency in 1978.
Read Article →While it was all good while it lasted, it took a great effort for the Fernando's supporters to get him out of the coconut tree climbing contraption.
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