Colombo: – Sri Lanka, trapped in an economic crisis, has demanded additional assistance of $1 billion from India. The demand coming from this country just after the visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister to the country becomes significant. China has expressed willingness to extend major economic assistance to Sri Lanka. But the Sri Lankan leadership […]
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Colombo – Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa demanded that if China intends to assist Sri Lanka, it should give certain facilities to Sri Lanka to repay the debt. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi I am currently on a visit to Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan President presented this demand during the discussions with Wang Yi. […]
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Colombo/Islamabad: – Sri Lanka has expressed anger over the brutal killing of one of its citizens, by extremists, at Sialkot in Pakistan in broad daylight. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has demanded that the Pakistan government take stern action against those involved in this killing. Although the Pakistan government has assured the Sri Lankan […]
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New Delhi – Flights on the route of Srinagar-Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had begun about two months back. However, in the last two days, Pakistan abruptly refused its airspace for the flights from Srinagar to Sharjah. India has raised this issue on the diplomatic level. As per information received, India is planning […]
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Colombo – The Sri Lankan government has declared a food emergency due to the unavailability of foreign exchange for food imports. The Sri Lankan government has blamed the Coronavirus pandemic for the shortage of foreign currency reserves. However, analysts and media are claiming that a large amount of foreign exchange is being spent on the […]
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Colombo – Sri Lanka, which has borrowed heavily from China, faces a massive financial crisis. Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange reserves have fallen sharply, with only three months’ worth of foreign reserves remaining. This has led Sri Lanka to impose restrictions on imports of various commodities. According to some reports, Sri Lanka also has no money […]
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New Delhi: – Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Mansukh Madaviya, informed that the Sittwe Port, a part of the Kaladan Multi-modal Project implemented by India in Myanmar, is ready for commissioning. Known as the ‘Eastern Chabahar’ of India, this port is crucial from a strategic perspective. This port will end the Indian […]
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Colombo: – India has started opening fronts on different levels, to counter the increasing Chinese activities in the Indo-Pacific region. Cooperation is being solicited from the neighbouring countries for this purpose. The meeting held on Saturday, between Indian National Security Advisor (NSA), Ajit Doval, and Sri Lanka and the Maldives, clearly point to that. Sources […]
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Colombo: Afghanistan Ambassador to Sri Lanka, M. Ashraf Haidari accused that the narcotics coming from the Taliban are being smuggled into Sri Lanka, via Pakistan. Sri Lanka has declared a war against narcotic substances, for the last two years. Last year, a series of blasts were carried out in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Preliminary […]
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Colombo: – Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that Sri Lanka is against any country’s domination in the Indian Ocean region. Henceforth, the Sri Lankan foreign policy will not have any preferences. Moreover, it will have a non-aligned foreign policy. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa drew attention to the changed Sri Lankan foreign policy in the UN […]
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