COLOMBO: India on Monday evacuated its last batch of stranded nationals from Sri Lanka, as New Delhi intensified its assistance to Colombo's rescue operations for Cyclone Ditwah disaster victims, ...

new video loaded: Cyclone Ditwah Causes Deadly Rains in Sri Lanka Several dozen people in Sri Lanka have been killed in storms that intensified with the approach of Cyclone Ditwah, the country’s ...

In Sri Lanka’s southern district of Hambantota, authorities have launched a large-scale elephant drive, mobilizing wildlife officers, armed forces and villagers to push herds from villages into what ...

COLOMBO, September 9, 2025—Sri Lanka has made remarkable strides in stabilizing its economy, undertaking one of the largest fiscal adjustments in its history—equal to nearly 8 percent of GDP over ...

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Sri Lanka will continue talks with Washington for further reduction in tariffs, after US President Donald Trump imposed a lower-than-proposed 30% levy on the South Asian nation. The new tariff rate is ...

The landmark May 2025 tour will feature weight-restricted matches in Kandy and Colombo. Sri Lanka is the destination of the New Zealand Under-85kg rugby team’s international tour in May 2025. The ...

Sri Lanka’s recently elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s political coalition, the National People’s Power (NPP), won an overwhelming amount of support from the majority Sinhalese community as ...

The Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU) has two main aims. First, it reports on key developments over the past 12 months in Sri Lanka’s economy, places these in longer term and global contexts, and ...

This March marks the mid-point of Sri Lanka’s four-year economic reform program supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In the two years since its inception difficult but much needed ...

Madara’s three-wicket haul along with Athapaththu’s unbeaten fifty powered Sri Lanka to First T20I Win in Christchurch. Led by debutant Malki Madara’s three-wicket haul, along with two-wicket ...

On the right, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, President of Sri Lanka. On the left, Dr. S. Jaishankar, India’s Minister of External Affairs. Photo: MEAphotogallery, Flickr, CC, Can you give us a quick ...