Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan police will provide extra security to churches and other places of worship on Sunday and Monday in view of Christmas, said a spokesman on Sunday. Speaking to reporters, police media spokesman Nihal Thalduwa said the…

Union Finance Minister #NirmalaSitharaman inaugurated a State Bank of India (#SBI) branch in #SriLanka's Trincomalee city, during her ongoing visit to island nation. In a post on X, Union Finance Ministry said that Governor of Eastern…

Sri Lankan has approved to increase the value added tax (VAT) to 18 per cent from January, 2024, cabinet spokesperson Bandula Gunawardena said on Tuesday. At a press conference here on Tuesday, Gunawardena said that increased…

A high speed passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu to Kankesanthurai in Sri Lanka was resumed on Saturday, (October 14) after a gap of 40 years. Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Water Ways, Sarbananda Sonowal…

China has at last agreed on a much-awaited debt restricting process with Sri Lanka after the island nation reached an agreement with the China Exim Bank for around $4.2 billion of debt, the Finance Ministry announced on Thursday. The…

Global IT services firm Accenture is reportedly skipping pay hikes for its employees and reducing promotions at senior positions in India and Sri Lanka. Accenture said it considers a variety of factors, including the macroeconomic…

More than 71,000 Sri Lankans in 13 districts have been adversely affected by heavy rain and subsequent flooding, island nation's Disaster Management Centre (#DMC) said. DMC said three people have died due to floods and…

INS Delhi, Indian Navy’s first indigenously designed and built guided missile destroyer, arrived at Colombo on 01 September 2023. The ship is on a two-day visit that coincides with the visit by the Hon'ble Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh…

New Delhi: Prime Minister addressed a workshop on “Covid-19 Management: Experience, Good Practices and Way Forward” with health leaders, experts and officials of 10 Neighbouring Countries viz Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives,…

New Delhi: Maldives and Sri Lanka were today verified for having eliminated rubella, making them the first two countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve measles and rubella elimination ahead of the 2023 target.…