Geopolitics
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale hit Sri Lanka on Tuesday, as per data released by India's National Center for Seismology. more
Red Lantern Analytica alerts Bhutan that siding with China will cost it huge losses like Sri Lanka and Pakistan

New Delhi: Red Lantern Analytica, a New Delhi-based international affairs observer group, has released a statement alerting Bhutan that sliding with China will cost it huge losses like Sr ...

Sri Lanka: New Government urged to make progress on accountability, institutional reforms

New York: Sri Lanka is at a critical juncture and the new Government must make progress on accountability as well as institutional and security sector reforms, the UN human rights office, ...

Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe assumes charge as PM amid country's economic crisis

Colombo: Newly-appointed Sri Lankan Prime Minister and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has assumed duties at the PM's office on Friday.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says won’t step down

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed senior party leaders that he will not step down from the Presidency but will hand over the government to whoever holds 113 se ...

European Parliament adopts resolution calling for repealing terror act in Sri Lanka

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, calling for the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

Parliament session in Sri Lanka shortened, private banks closed amid third Covid wave

As the cases of coronavirus infections remain unchecked in Sri Lanka, the government cut short a week-long parliament session, scheduled to start on Tuesday, to just a one-day sitting. Al ...

MV-X Pearl Press ship, which caught fire off Sri Lankan coast, is now sinking

MV-X Pearl Press, the Singapore flagged container ship that caught fire two weeks ago in Sri Lankan waters, is now sinking, the Sri Lankan Navy said in a statement on Wednesday. The ship ...

Not a dumping ground for Chinese 'garbage', says Sri Lanka

After facing heat from opposition leaders on vaccine procurement, the Sri Lankan government has said that the country was not a dumping ground for "Chinese garbage", a report in ...

Former Sri Lankan PM calls for special laws to control Covid crisis

Former Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has called for special legislation to control the COVID 19 pandemic, suggesting opposition leaders should also be consulted by the go ...