Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla meets Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Oct 05, 2021, at 09:41 pm
Colombo/New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Tuesday called on Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, during which they reaffirmed the strong bilateral ties of friendship and cooperation and discussed ways to further advance the comprehensive partnership at all levels.
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla visiting Sri Lanka, meets senior leaders
Oct 04, 2021, at 11:55 pm
Colombo: Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla is on a 4-day visit to Sri Lanka (Oct 2-5) to review bilateral ties, progress of ongoing bilateral projects and ongoing cooperation to tackle Covid related disruptions.
Oct 04, 2021, at 10:01 pm
Colombo/New Delhi/UNI: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who is on an official visit to Sri Lanka, on Monday called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and had a productive discussion on further consolidating the India-Sri Lanka partnership.
Foreign secy Shringla to call on Sri Lankan President, Prime Minister during visit
Oct 03, 2021, at 02:18 am
Colomb/New Delhi/UNI: Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla who is undertaking a four-day official visit to Sri Lanka from Saturday, will call on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and also visit Kandy, Trincomalee, and Jaffna during his stay.
Indian contingent departs for Sri Lanka joint exercise Mitra Shakti 21
Oct 03, 2021, at 12:11 am
New Delhi: The 8th Edition of India Sri Lanka bilateral joint Exercise Mitra Shakti will be conducted at Combat Training School, Ampara in Sri Lanka from Oct 4 to 15.
Zapad-2021 commences on 14 ranges: Russian Defence Ministry
Sep 10, 2021, at 07:17 pm
Minsk/UNI/Sputnik/IBNS: The Russian-Belarusian strategic drills Zapad-2021 have simultaneously started on 14 military ranges, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday.
Indian Naval Ship Shakti delivers 100 tons of Oxygen to Sri Lanka
Aug 26, 2021, at 10:33 pm
Colombo: Supporting Sri Lanka's fight against COVID-19, Indian Naval Ship Shakti arrived in Colombo on 22 August 2021 with 100 tons (5 containers) of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) from Visakhapatnam.
Sri Lanka mandates institutional quarantine for people coming from India, other countries
Jun 08, 2021, at 01:37 am
Sri Lanka tightened border control further in the wake of the prevalence of fast-spreading variants in several countries, including India, and made institutional quarantine mandatory for people coming from certain countries.
India helps Sri Lanka Navy douse fire on container ship MV X Press Pearl
May 28, 2021, at 02:54 am
New Delhi/Colombo: India has promptly responded to an emergency request by Sri Lanka Navy and deployed multiple assets to douse the fire on MV X Press Pearl off Colombo on 25 May 2021, officials said on Thursday.
Indian high commission thanks Sri Lankan clergy for praying for India
May 08, 2021, at 12:46 pm
New Delhi: The Indian High Commission in Colombo has expressed “sincere gratitude” to the Sri Lankan Budhist clergy and people of the island nation that have been praying for the wellbeing of India, reported Colombopage.
Sri Lanka bars entry of Indian nationals
May 07, 2021, at 01:10 pm
Colombo: Authorities in Sri Lanka have barred Indian nationals from entering the country in the wake of a disastrous surge in Covid-19 cases in India, reported Daily Mirror. The order has effectively put the air bubble agreement signed between Sri Lanka and India on hold.
India backs call for early provincial council polls in Sri Lanka
Apr 21, 2021, at 12:19 am
India has backed the calls of the international community for early elections to provincial councils in Sri Lanka as part of the island nation government’s commitment towards devolution of political authority, the Newswire said in a post quoting the Indian media.
Sri Lankan seeks urgent delivery of Covishield from India
Apr 17, 2021, at 04:15 am
The Sri Lankan government is reportedly in touch with Indian officials to seek urgent export of around one million doses of Covishield vaccines from India for the second phase of its vaccination drive, reported Daily Mirror.
India, Sri Lanka to back nine joint science research projects
Apr 16, 2021, at 02:06 am
India and Sri Lanka would support nine joint research projects to be taken up by scientists of the two countries, news website ColomboPage reported.
Narendra Modi speaks to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, discuss issue of cooperation
Mar 13, 2021, at 09:29 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on phone on Saturday with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa where the two leaders discussed the issue of cooperation between the neighbours.
India supplies 10 state-of-the-art railway passenger coaches to Sri Lanka
Mar 11, 2021, at 10:32 pm
Colombo: Sri Lanka recently received ten state-of-the-art railway passenger coaches from India.
Indian Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria visits Sri Lanka, meets PM Mahinda Rajapaksha
Mar 05, 2021, at 06:23 am
Colombo: Indian Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria arrived in Sri Lankan city of Colombo on Wednesday on an invitation from Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana, Commander of Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF).
IAF ChiefRKS Bhadauria on two-day visit to Sri Lanka
Mar 03, 2021, at 11:46 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria arrived at Colombo on Wednesday on an invitation from Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana, Commander of Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF).
Feb 27, 2021, at 04:57 am
Colombo/New Delhi/IBNS: In what is being viewed as a big win for India in vaccine diplomacy, Sri Lanka has put on hold Chinese Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine and would use India-manufactured Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine to vaccinate 14 million people, media reports said.
Feb 16, 2021, at 05:50 am
Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his Government has always taken care of the welfare and aspirations of Tamil 'brothers and sisters' in Sri Lanka.
India asks Sri Lanka to adhere to international commitments on terminal issue
Feb 07, 2021, at 06:22 am
New Delhi: India has asked Sri Lanka to adhere to the international commitments following the announcement by the island nation's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa-led government that the East Container Terminal of Colombo port will be a “wholly-owned container terminal of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority”, thus scrapping the agreement it had with India and Japan for its development.
India says it is holding talks with Sri Lanka after it cancels port project over domestic protests
Feb 05, 2021, at 05:20 am
New Delhi/IBNS: After the Sri Lankan government was forced to renege on a 2019 agreement with India and Japan to develop the strategic East Container Terminal (ECT) at the Colombo Port in the face of domestic protest, India said its high commissioner is in discussion with the island nation's authorities on the issue.
Indian Deputy High Commissioner Vinod K Jacob meets Sri Lankan MPs Ganesan and Palani Thigambaram
Feb 05, 2021, at 01:53 am
Colombo: Indian Deputy High Commissioner Vinod K Jacob recently met Sri Lankan Members of Parliament Mano Ganesan and Palani Thigambaram to discuss bilateral issues between two nations.
Feb 05, 2021, at 01:40 am
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Mahinda Rajapaksa, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on the occasion of 73rd Anniversary of the Independence Day of Sri Lanka.
India sends COVID-19 vaccines to Bahrain, Sri Lanka
Jan 29, 2021, at 10:55 pm
New Delhi: India on Thursday sent 6 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Sri Lanka and Bahrain under the "Vaccine Maitri" initiative, adding a new chapter to the country's vaccine diplomacy.
Jan 18, 2021, at 10:13 pm
A fast-unto-death protest started by five undergraduates of the Jaffna University came to an end soon after Vice Chancellor of the University S. Srisatkunarajah laid the foundation stone for the reconstruction of the Mullivaikkal Memorial within the university premises on January 11, 2021.
Jan 09, 2021, at 06:31 am
Colombo: India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and the two leaders discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation on various issues.
India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal to discuss tourism revival; EAM meets Lankan business leaders
Jan 08, 2021, at 02:27 am
New Delhi/UNI: India, Sri Lanka, The Maldives and Nepal will hold a joint discussion as soon as possible, to determine the possible course of action for the revival of Tourism industry in the region.
India, Sri Lanka, Maldives up maritime security; EAM stresses strategic partnership with Seychelles
Nov 29, 2020, at 10:02 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India, Sri Lanka and The Maldives have decided to enhance mutual security cooperation in the Indian Ocean region with sharing of intelligence in newer areas such as terrorism, money laundering, and cyber security.
Nov 29, 2020, at 05:31 am
Delhi/UNI: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met the Defence Secretary of Sri Lanka Major Gen(Retd.)Kamal Gunaratne, ahead of the trilateral maritime and security conference which got underway in Colombo on Saturday.