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The Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar have long served as rich fishing grounds, providing bountiful harvests to Sri Lanka’s ...
Sri Lanka's economy to grow 3.5% in 2025 despite US tariff headwinds, World Bank says Sri Lanka is on track to post growth of 3.5% this year, the World Bank said in its latest report on Wednesday ...
For decades, the dream of reconnecting India and Sri Lanka through rail lay dormant. Fast forward to 2025, the new Pamban Bridge, inaugurated on April 6, now stands as a symbol of resilience and ...
(Reuters) - The Trump administration is drafting an executive order to enable the stockpiling of deep-sea metals to counter China's dominance in battery minerals and rare earth supply chains, the ...
Built by the South Indian Railway Company, it created a nearly seamless land-sea-land journey from British India to British Ceylon. The only unfinished piece was a fixed link between Dhanushkodi and ...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has deported several foreign nationals on tourist visas who were conducting businesses locally, Deputy Minister of Tourism Ruwan Ranasinghe said. “We have enforced the law on ...
Photograph: Thilina Kaluthotage/Reuters "While there was initially concern that the NPP* government would lean closer towards China, India's engagement with Sri Lanka has been steadily growing ...
Unilever Sri Lanka and Havelock City Ltd. have entered into a lease agreement to relocate Unilever’s Colombo Headquarters to Mireka Tower at the Havelock City. Unilever is one of the largest and most ...
But last month off the coast of Southern California, the ocean turned hostile after a sea lion lunged at him, bit him and dragged him off his board. "It looked possessed," Mr LaMendola wrote in a ...
These tariffs will hit Sri Lanka just months after it officially exited sovereign default status in December 2024. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed an advisory committee consisting of ...
The deployment of Indian Navy ship INS Sahyadri in Colombo is seen as a significant milestone in regional cooperation, reaffirming the shared commitment of India and Sri Lanka to maritime security and ...
Dissanayake honoured Modi, who headed to Colombo from Bangkok after the BIMSTEC Summit, with the Mitra Vibhushana, Sri Lanka’s highest civilian award ... of 21st-century geopolitics, hosting vital sea ...