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According to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the new parliament will convene on August 20.
The attacks wounded over 500 and deepened communal tensions in Sri Lanka.
Colombo, April 12 (IANS) Sri Lanka celebrated a quiet Easter Sunday amid the coronavirus lockdown, while remembering the victims of the terror attacks that killed at least...
Varanasi, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa reached Varanasi on Sunday, where he will visit Kashi Vishwanath temple and Kalbhairav. He will also visit Sarnath where the...
Colombo, Feb 4 (IANS) As Sri Lanka celebrated its 72nd Independence Day on Tuesday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa assured the protection of democracy in the island nation,...
Chennai, Dec 3 : Travel services major Thomas Cook (India) Ltd has signed an agreement to acquire the Thomas Cook brand for Rs 13.9 crore for...
"We were never to give control of the port to China; that was a mistake," President Rajapaksa said, pointing out the decision was made by the...
Gotabaya, who is perceived as pro-China, has in a statement said his government will maintain "equi-distant and cordial relations with all countries".
Colombo, Nov 19 : Newly sworn-in Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is to visit India on November 29. Tweeting this news Indian External Affairs Minister S...
Lahore, Oct 12 Criticising the current team management following the dismal performance of Sarfaraz Ahmed’s men in the T20I series against Sri Lanka, former Pakistan skipper...
New Delhi, Oct 11 Following Pakistan’s dismal performance in the T20I series against Sri Lanka which they lost 0-3, skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed is drawing flak from...
New Delhi, Sep 10 India and Sri Lanka on Tuesday began joint naval military exercises in the Bay of Bengal off the Vizag port in Andhra...
Chennai, Aug 23 Security has been tightened in Tamil Nadu following an intelligence alert that six Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists have entered the state through Sri Lanka,...
New Delhi, Aug 9 Eyeing 20 million foreign tourists by 2020, the Union Tourism Ministry is out to actively woo foreign footfalls at major tourist destinations...
The government's Epidemiology Unit said it had identified five high-risk districts -- Colombo, Gampaha, Galle, Kalutara and Ratnapura.
Colombo, July 27 “You have to be a match-winner” is the golden rule to survive in veteran pacer Lasith Malinga’s golden words for the youngsters after...
Manjrekar had said on the eve of the Bangladesh game that he still wanted to back Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav despite their poor outing against England....
Chennai, July 5: Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko has been sentenced to a one year jail term and fined Rs 10,000 by a...
Chester-le-Street, July 1: Sri Lanka defeated West Indies by 23 runs in a thrilling run-chase after Avishka Fernando’s maiden ODI century helped Sri Lanka post 338/6...
It meant that they were 100/4 in the 22nd over when Mathews was walking back. Kusal Mendis then became Pretorius' third wicket of the day.
Columbo, June 6 : Sri Lanka’s government will introduce five-year jail terms for those caught spreading fake news and hate speech on social media as ethnic...
Friday's ticket issue had given some of the Indian fans quite a scare as they look to head to the UK over the course of the...
New Zealand will look to leave behind the thrashing against West Indies and aim for a positive start to their World Cup campaign when they take...
New Delhi, May 28 India on Tuesday issued an updated travel advisory for Sri Lanka, saying that the security situation was gradually returning to normal in...
Colombo, May 23: Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the BJP-led NDA is...
New Delhi, May 14: The Government of India has extended ban on the Sri Lanka-based terrorist and political outfit Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for...
Colombo, May 13 Sri Lanka on Monday declared a nationwide curfew as anti-Muslim riots spread to parts of the island nation, just three weeks after multiple...
Colombo, May 9 A brother of the suicide bomber who targeted St. Anthony’s Church during the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka last month has been arrested,...
Colombo, May 8 Seven trained suicide bombers identified as followers of the National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) Islamist group have been arrested in Sri Lanka, the police...
New Delhi, May 7 India’s deep state is well versed in the art of intelligence warfare. Its human intelligence-led inputs to the Sri Lankan establishment, though...
Mumbai, May 1: The Shiv Sena on Wednesday called for a ban on the use of burqa as it threw its weight behind a similar plan...
Colombo, April 27 : Sri Lankan security forces conducted raids on ISIS hideout in Sainthamaruthu in Ampara and consequently gunbattle erupted between suspected Islamist militants and...
April 26 :Three blasts rocked Kalmunai city of Sri Lanka as security forces are busy carrying out raids to nab suspects of the Easter Sunday attacks....
Colombo, April 25: Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando on Thursday resigned from his post following the deadly bombing attacks that killed 359 people. Fernando told...
Colombo, April 25: A minor explosion was reported on Thursday in Pugoda, 40 km east of Sri Lankan capital Colombo. The blast took place four days...
Colombo, April 24 Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena said on Tuesday that he would move quickly to restructure country’s intelligence and security apparatus in response to...
Colombo, April 23: Fourth planned Sri Lanka hotel attack failed on Tuesday, news agency AFP news agency reported citing police sources. The police in Colombo also...
Bengaluru, April 22: Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday said that two Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) members were among the five Indians who were killed along...
New York, April 22 In a show of Colombo’s firm control over its China-managed Hambanatota port, Sri Lanka is conducting a naval exercise with the US...
Colombo, April 22 (IANS) With the death toll in the deadly Easter Sunday suicide bombings in Sri Lanka increasing to 290, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera on...
April 4: Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh on Wednesday mocked Prime Minister while addressing a public gathering in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat, saying Narendra Modi...
Manila, Jan 19 : Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena lauded on Saturday the anti-drug campaign of the Philippines President, saying the world needs to respect the...
New Delhi, Dec 16 : India on Sunday welcomed the end of political impasse in Sri Lanka with Ranil Wickremesinghe being sworn in again as Prime...
Colombo, Dec 15: Sri Lanka’s disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned on Saturday, seven weeks after he was appointed in a surprise move that sparked a political...
Colombo, Nov 16 :Sri Lanka’s parliament has been disrupted for a second day as lawmakers came to blows in an extraordinary commotion that lasted around half...
New Delhi, Nov 12: The Shri Ramayana Express will be flagged off on November 14 from Delhi, Indian Railways said on Monday. The train will cover all...
Colombo, Nov 1: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has decided to convene Parliament on November 5 to settle the ongoing political crisis, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse said...
New Delhi, Oct 28 : India is closely following the political developments in Sri Lanka where President Maithripala Sirisena appointed his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime...
Sri Lanka, Oct 27: Amid political crisis, Sri Lanka president Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday suspended the parliament. The next Parliament session is scheduled to begin on November 16,...
New Delhi, Oct 20: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called on visiting Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe here on Saturday and reviewed progress on development projects...
New Delhi, Oct 17 Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday rejected media reports alleging an Indian hand in a plot to assassinate him and a...
Dubai, Oct 15: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday charged former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya with two counts of breaching the ICC anti-corruption code....
New Delhi, Oct 12: The #MeToo campaign hit the cricketing world on Thursday as Indian singer Chinmayi Sripaada accused Sri Lankan cricketer Lasith Malinga of assaulting...
Dubai, Sep 16 : Bangladesh dominated with both bat and ball to outclass Sri Lanka by 137 runs in the opening match of the Asia Cup...
New Delhi, Sep 13 : Former President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa met with Congress President Rahul Gandhi, former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party leader...
New Delhi, Sep 10: Issues related to Tamils in Sri Lanka, including the urgent need for devolution of powers to the ethnic minority, came up at a...
New Delhi , Aug 17 :As Atal Bihari Vajpayee, India’s tallest leader would be laid to rest on Friday, Leaders particularly from the SAARC (South Asian...
Colombo, Aug 13 : Sri Lanka’s Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara on Monday said 25 new police posts will be set up covering all main the...
Colombo, July 23: Sri Lanka batsman Danushka Gunathilaka was on Sunday banned from all forms of international cricket by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) for breaching the ‘Player...
New Delhi, July 21: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday described Sri Lanka as special and trusted friend of India in South Asia and the Indian...
San Francisco, July 19: Accused of helping to spur violence in countries like Myanmar, Sri Lanka and India, Facebook has said it will begin removing misinformation that...
Colombo, May 21: At least five people have been killed and seven are missing as heavy rains and strong winds caused havoc in Sri Lanka, the...
Colombo, March 11: India will aim to push for a place in the final of the Nidahas Trophy Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tri-series when they take...
United Nations, March 12: Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman has condemned the violence against Muslims in Sri Lanka and urged the government to bring those behind the attacks and...
Colombo, March 8: The Sri Lankan Police on Thursday temporarily lifted the curfew in Kandy district, imposed following deadly communal clashes which left three dead and several...
Colombo, March 7: The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday blocked social media networks, such as Facebook, Whatsapp, Viber and Instagram for three days in a bid...
Chasing 175, Sri Lanka got off to a bad start, losing opener Kusal Mendis (11) in the second over of the innings.
Sri Lanka government to declare the 10-days state of emergency to maintain law and order after riots in several areas. Members of Buddhist community hold a...
Colombo, March 5: After a successful and testing tour of South Africa, a new-look team India led by Rohit Sharma is all set to face Sri...
Colombo, Dec 26: A two-minute silence was observed across Sri Lanka on Tuesday to remember the victims of the massive tsunami that struck the island nation in...
Indore, Dec 21: Fresh from a thumping victory in the first match, India will look to continue their all-round performance to clinch the series against Sri Lanka...
New Delhi, Dec 6: India registered a record ninth straight series win after drawing the third and final Test against Sri Lanka at the Ferozeshah Kotla here...
New Delhi, Dec 4 : The National Green Tribunal on Monday pulled up the Delhi government for its “lackadaisical” approach over rising pollution levels in the city,...
Dubai, Nov 28: India’s Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara has reclaimed the No.2 Test spot while skipper Virat Kohli stood static at No.5 in the latest ICC rankings,...
New Delhi, Nov 27: Days after India skipper Virat Kohli hit out at the cramped schedule of the team ahead of the crucial South Africa tour next...
Nagpur, Nov 27: India premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Monday became the fastest bowler in the history of Test cricket to take 300 wickets. 300th Test wicket...
Nagpur, Nov 25 : Cheteshwar Pujara (121 not out) and opener Murali Vijay (128) powered India to 312/2 and take a 107-run first-innings lead against Sri Lanka...
Nagpur, Nov 23: A candid India skipper Virat Kohli on Thursday admitted that he had asked for bouncy wickets for the home series against Sri Lanka keeping...
Sri Lanka is one of the key recipients of development credit given by India, with total commitment of about $2.63 billion, including $458 million as grants.
Nagpur, Nov 23: After narrowly missing out on a win in the opening Test at the Eden Gardens, a confident India will be aiming to extend their...
Final scoreboard of the first cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens here on Monday. India 1st Innings 172 Sri Lanka 1st...
Virat Kohli authored a captains knock of 104 not out while Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned spectacular figures of 11-8-8-4 as India narrowly missed a spectacular win when...
Kolkata, Nov 19: Sri Lanka off-spinner Dilwuran Perera’s controversial Decision Review System (DRS) call after apparently looking towards the dressing room was the centre of focus as...
Kolkata, Nov 15: India would look to emulate their recent success against Sri Lanka and go into the forthcoming South Africa tour brimming with confidence when the...
By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, Sep 20: There was a time when ageing warhorse Mahendra Singh Dhoni would be popped a question at every media conference on whether...
Dubai, Sep 20: Sri Lanka have qualified for the 2019 World Cup after the West Indies lost the first One-Day International (ODI) against England at Old Trafford,...
Gujarat, Sept 7: In a mysterious incident, 12-year old Indian cricketer drowned in a swimming pool in Sri Lanka on Tuesday. The athlete was hailing from...
Colombo, Sep 5, 2017: Sri Lanka has released at least 80 Indian fishermen who had been caught poaching in the island nation’s waters, officials said Tuesday....
Colombo, Sep 1 :External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday met Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and held bilateral talks on wide range of issues. “Meeting...
Galle, July 29, 2017: Spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each to help India thrash Sri Lanka by 304 runs in the...
Galle, July 27, 2017: India held the upper hand at stumps on the second day of the opening Test with Sri Lanka trailing by 446 runs...
Colombo, July 25: The number of dengue cases has gone up to 105,000 in Sri Lanka with 301 deaths, the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society said on...
Colombo, July 13, 2017: The Sri Lanka Navy on Thursday detained seven Indian fishermen along with two boats for illegally poaching in Palk Strait’s Neduntheevu Island....
Colombo, June 23: Sri Lankan police on Friday arrested Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) leader Lahiru Weerasekara following violent clashes between students and security forces. The police...
Colombo, June 22: The Sri Lankan Navy arrested four Indian fishermen for illegally entering the country’s territorial waters. Navy spokesperson Lt Commander Chaminda Walakuluge told Xinhua news...
June 12, Monday : Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 3 wickets at Cardiff to seal spot in ICC Champions Trophy 2017 semi-finals. After the loss of sixth...
Colombo, May 29: The death toll from the devastating floods and landslides which hit Sri Lanka has increased to 164 with 104 people still reported missing, the...
Colombo, May 28, 2017: The toll from Sri Lanka’s floods and landslides caused by the heavy rainfall that began last week have mounted to 146 while 112...
Colombo, May 27: The flash floods and Landslides in Sri Lanka’s has forced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to approach for the global help after the death...
Colombo, May 12 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 2- days Sri Lanka said that Buddhism’s message of peace is the answer to the growing...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, participated in the opening ceremony of the 14th International Vesak Day celebration in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Modi, who is the chief guest,...
Sri Lanka was "unlikely" to agree to China's request to dock the submarine at any time, given India's concerns, an official said on the condition of...
Colombo, April 15: At least 16 persons, including four children, were killed after a garbage dump collapsed onto their homes outside the Sri Lankan capital. The 300-feet-high...
Tamil Nadu, 27 March: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 16.32 kg of gold in Ramanathapuram in wee hours on Sunday. The DRI teams...
India has more people in rural areas–63.4 million–living without access to clean water than any other country, according to Wild Water, State of the World’s Water...
Colombo, March 21, 2017: Sri Lankan Navy on Tuesday apprehended 10 Indian fishermen for poaching in its territorial waters. The authorities also seized one trawler used...
New Delhi, March 16: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said in the Lok Sabha that India is taking up the issue of fishermen with...
Chennai, March 7 A 21-year-old fisherman from Tamil Nadu was shot dead in Sri Lankan waters igniting tensions in the state but Colombo insisted its Navy...
Dhaka, March 2 Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim was on Thursday relieved of his wicketkeeping role for the upcoming two-Test cricket rubber against Sri Lanka, but will...
Colombo, Dec 24: Skipper Abhishek Sharma (29 runs and 4/37) led from the front to help India beat Sri Lanka by 34 runs and clinch the...
The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday said 30 Sri Lankan refugees in south India will return home next week. The Ministry of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation, Resettlement...
New Delhi, Oct 5 : Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met visiting Sri Lankan Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe here on Wednesday. This was...
Sri Lanka on Friday communicated its reluctance to attend the forthcoming SAARC summit in Islamabad. Sri Lanka said that the current environment is not suitable for...
Over 2,500 companies from 29 countries, including the 10 Asean members and India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, are participating in the 13th China-Asean Expo, which opened...
Pallekele (Sri Lanka), Sep 6 : Glenn Maxwell’s 145 unbeaten in just 65 deliveries powered Australia to the highest total in Twenty20 international cricket — 263/3 in...
Sri Lanka said it on Wednesday that it will have a Counter Terrorism Act and a harsh anti-terror law will be replaced with the same. The...
An LTTE leader who was once a deputy to its supreme leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was a RAW agent, recruited as early as 1989, a new book...
Sri Lanka and the European Union have held talks on steps to repeal anti-terror laws during a recent meet in Brussels, the Foreign Ministry said on...
The Sri Lankan Navy today said it apprehended 16 Indian fishermen for illegal hunt in the island-country’s territorial waters. Navy spokesman Akram Alavi told media that...
The Sri Lankan Navy and Coast Guard on Wednesday arrested 17 Indian fishermen for poaching in Sri Lankan waters, officials said. Two Indian fishing trawlers were...
The toll from Sri Lanka’s floods and landslides reached 82 on Sunday while 500,000 people have been affected, the country’s Disaster Management Centre said. While heavy...
India on Friday sent two Naval ships with relief material to the cyclone-affected Sri Lanka. INS Sutlej, a survey vessel, sailed for Colombo from Southern Naval...
A flood alert was issued in Sri Lanka on Monday as water levels of two major rivers rose rapidly due to continuous heavy downpour. The Disaster...
Sri Lanka’s vibrant Tamil community in Britain has been gently advised to be ready for political compromises if it is serious about constitutional reforms in the...
The entry fee of 116 centrally-protected monuments under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has increased by the government. The revised rates come into effect from...
Sri Lanka comes crashing down from its high-intensity potboiler of a match against South Africans, who would have been chewing their nails watching that very encounter...
India defeats Sri lanka by five wickets in the Asia cup Twenty20 cricket match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday and enter the finals. Coming...
Indian team skipper MS Dhoni has won the toss and India will be bowling first. The team has one change in playing XI. Shikhar Dhawan comes...
Ranchi, Feb 17 : India women’s cricket team took an unassailable 2-0 lead after their comprehensive six wickets win over Sri Lanka Women in the second One-Day...
India and Sri Lanka reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral issues including defence and economic cooperation and the contentious fishermen’s issue, besides signing two memorandums of...
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shahryar Khan believes a decision on the India-Pakistan limited-overs cricket series will be taken during External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visit...
