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India starts debt-restructuring talks with Sri Lanka, vows support

India said on Tuesday it had begun talks with Sri Lanka on restructuring its debt and promised to support the…

Reuters

Sri Lanka opens Chinese built Lotus Tower for public viewing

COLOMBO: Often described as a Chinese built "white elephant", Sri Lanka's 350-metre Lotus Tower, constructed at a cost of $113…

The Times of India

India sweep past 10-man Nepal to win SAFF U-17 football championship

NEW DELHI: Defending champions India produced a clinical performance to retain their SAFF U-17 Championship title as they crushed a…

The Times of India

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Sri Lanka's protest movement toppled a president. Then came the crackdown

Their movement shot to global fame when they stormed the president's palace. But few saw the swift crackdown that followed.

ABC News

Sri Lanka take out victory parade on open-top bus after Asia Cup 2022 triumph

COLOMBO: Hundreds of fans on Tuesday flooded the streets of the city as Sri Lanka took out a victory parade…

The Times of India

Cricket cup lifts spirits of battered Sri Lanka

Colombo (AFP) - Crisis-hit Sri Lanka burst into spontaneous celebrations Sunday as the South Asian nation won the Asia Cup…

AFP

Shipping giant changes course to save Sri Lanka whales

Colombo (AFP) - Animal rights activists on Friday cheered a move by a shipping giant to alter course in Sri…

AFP

Anger over bloated new Sri Lanka government

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka added 37 new senior posts to its government on Thursday, sparking a social media backlash…

AFP

Ousted Sri Lanka leader faces arrest calls

COLOMBO: Deposed Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa faced calls for his arrest Saturday after returning home from self-imposed exile under…

Bangkok Post

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Ousted Sri Lanka leader faces arrest calls after return

Colombo (AFP) - Deposed Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa faced calls for his arrest Saturday after returning home from self-imposed…

AFP

Sri Lankan ousted President Rajapaksa returns home from Thailand

Rajapaksa fled the country on July 13 after protestors in Sri Lanka demanded his resignation and stormed the President’s House…

Livemint

Sri Lanka's deposed ex-leader returns from exile

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned to the country Friday, an airport official said, seven…

AFP

Deposed Sri Lankan president 'to return home' from Bangkok

COLOMBO: Bankrupt Sri Lanka's deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to end his self-imposed exile in Thailand and return…

Bangkok Post

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Bankrupt Sri Lanka's deposed president 'to return home'

Colombo (AFP) - Bankrupt Sri Lanka's deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to end his self-imposed exile in Thailand…

AFP

Sri Lanka: timeline of a crisis

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka struck a $2.9 billion bailout deal with the International Monetary Fund on Thursday, a key…

AFP

IMF agrees to $2.9 bn bailout for bankrupt Sri Lanka

Colombo (AFP) - Bankrupt Sri Lanka agreed a conditional $2.9 billion bailout with International Monetary Fund negotiators on Thursday, as…

AFP

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's inflation hits another record

Colombo (AFP) - Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's inflation hit an eleventh consecutive monthly record in August, official data showed on Wednesday,…

AFP

Japan to coordinate with Sri Lanka creditors to resolve debt crisis

Japan will coordinate with other creditors to resolve Sri Lanka's deepening financial crisis, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday,…

Reuters

Last handful of fish: Crisis pushes more Sri Lankans into poverty

In her outstretched palms, 49-year-old Nilanthi Gunasekera holds her family’s last remaining handful of dried fish – a reminder of…

Reuters

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China, India spar over controversial ship’s call in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka “needs support, not unwanted pressure or unnecessary controversies to serve another country’s agenda,” the Indian embassy in Colombo…

Livemint

Envoy says India-Sri Lanka should build framework to discuss maritime concerns like the Chinese ship

Amidst signs of strain with New Delhi, Sri Lanka High Commissioner says trust deficit should be avoided

The Hindu

Sri Lanka politician freed after calling judges corrupt

Colombo (AFP) - An outspoken Sri Lankan politician imprisoned last year for accusing the island nation's judges of corruption was…

AFP

Exclusive-Japan seeks to organise Sri Lanka creditors' meeting on debt crisis-sources

Japan is seeking to organise a Sri Lanka creditors' conference, hoping it could help solve the South Asia nation's debt…

Reuters

Sri Lanka widens import ban as economic crisis persists

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka tightened import restrictions Wednesday with a ban on more than 300 additional items, as an…

AFP

Chinese ship leaves Sri Lanka after riling India, US

Colombo (AFP) - A Chinese research vessel accused by India and the United States of spying activities left Sri Lanka's…

AFP