Geopolitics
Mohammad Ashraf Haideri, the Afghan Ambassador to Sri Lanka met Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena in Colombo, and discussed the Afghan peace process and bilateral cooperation among other things. more
Sri Lanka signs $1.5 billion currency swap deal with China

In what seems a temporary respite for Sri Lanka’s dwindling forex reserve, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has signed a $1.5 billion currency swap agreement with China, reporte ...

Former Sri Lankan defense counselor in UK wins case against LTTE protestors

Sri Lankan Army Maj Gen Priyanka Fernando, former defense counselor at the Sri Lankan High Commission to the UK,  has won a case in a high court in the United Kingdom which overturne ...

No final decision on burqa ban: Sri Lankan foreign minister

After facing flak over the earlier statement by the Public Security Minister on banning the burqa on the ground that it symbolised religious extremism, the Sri Lankan foreign ministry iss ...

Sri Lanka set to balance a proactive India with influential China as Rajapaksha clan strengthens hold

New Delhi: Once bitten, twice shy Beijing, ahead of the August 5 elections in Sri Lanka, broke its traditional policy of supporting the populist party in the neighbouring state  and ...

Rajapaksha clan wins Sri Lankan polls as faithfuls hand over unprecedented power

Colombo: The Sri Lankan electorate handed an unprecedented power to the Rajapaksha family after the brothers registered a landslide win, trouncing their opponent, in the recently conclude ...

SriLankan Airlines thanks India for reviewing travel advisory

Colombo: Weeks after the Easter Sunday attack, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) have now issued a statement to say the Sri Lanka is getting back to normalcy, prompting SriLankan Air ...

Sri Lanka blocks social media temporarily to after attacks on mosques

Colombo, May 13: The Sri Lankan government has banned social media platforms and messaging apps, including Facebook and WhatsApp,  temporarily after  posts reportedly triggered ...

Sri Lankan president says foreign mastermind may be behind deadly Easter bombings

Moscow (Sputnik/UNI) A foreign mastermind, possibly the Islamic State terrorist organization (IS, banned in Russia) may have been behind the deadly April 21 bombings in Sri Lanka that kil ...

Sri Lankan president bans two groups as terrorist following deadly bombings

Moscow (Sputnik/UNI) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena decided to ban two terrorist groups operating in the country after a series of deadly bombings, the president's press se ...