Sri Lanka serves as a strategic maritime link in the Indian Ocean, positioned along global shipping routes that connect the ...

Sri Lanka, July 6 -- Environment Deputy Minister Anton Jayakody told a regional climate action forum that Sri Lanka expects support for sustainable development from all countries in the Asia-Pacific ...

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, May 26 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's central bank stunned markets by raising its policy rate by an outsized 100 basis points on Tuesday, the biggest hike in three years, and ...

In a candid conversation with Newsweek in the stately bilateral meeting room at the President’s Secretariat in Colombo, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake laid out the realities his nation faces in ...

On September 21, National People’s Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s eighth presidential election. Two days after being sworn in as the president, Dissanayake dissolved the ...

The U.S. announced a $553 million project Wednesday to build a deep-water shipping container terminal in Sri Lanka’s Port of Colombo as it competes with China in international development financing.

We, the undersigned civil society organizations, respectfully urge States Parties to the Convention against Torture and Other ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sri Lanka Navy personnel assist Iranian sailors during a rescue operation after responding to a distress call from their vessel, ...

Supporters of Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, celebrate near the Presidential Secretariat after Dissanayake's swearing-in ceremony in Colombo on September 23, 2024. On ...

Sri Lanka’s attempt to stay neutral in the U.S-Israel war on Iran has become an important foreign policy test for the National People’s Power government. Addressing parliament last week, President ...