Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the frontrunner in Sri Lanka’s ...
WEB2 hours ago · The 2024 presidential election, held on September 21, marks a pivotal moment for Sri Lanka as it seeks to navigate the aftermath of widespread protests and a severe economic downturn that began in 2022.The elections where approximately 17 million voters are eligible to vote are the first since the nationwide protests — commonly known as Aragalaya (The Struggle) — which led to the ...
Sri Lankan president's visit to India signals growing economic and ...
WEBJul 21, 2023 · NEW DELHI (AP) — Sri Lanka and India signed a series of energy, development and trade agreements on Friday, signaling growing economic ties between the neighboring countries.
India, Sri Lanka agree to boost economic and energy ties
WEBJul 21, 2023 · The leaders of India and Sri Lanka have agreed to improve their countries’ economic and energy ties, as well as consider building a land link between them.
India backs Sri Lanka to secure IMF bailout plan amid crisis
WEBJan 20, 2023 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — India’s foreign minister said Friday his country has given financial assurances to the International Monetary Fund to facilitate a bailout plan to help neighboring Sri Lanka emerge from its worst economic crisis, in a first formal announcement from one of the island nation’s creditors.
India, Sri Lanka agree to boost ties through energy, power and …
WEBNEW DELHI, July 21 (Reuters) - India and Sri Lanka said on Friday that they had agreed to improve economic ties by increasing cooperation in renewable energy and studying the feasibility of...
Why a Sri Lankan island is sparking an Indian election controversy
WEB9 Apr 2024. New Delhi, India – Fifty years after India and Sri Lanka settled a long-simmering dispute over a tiny island, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accused a former government...
India beats Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in rain-reduced game to clinch …
WEBJul 28, 2024 · PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Wrist spinner Ravi Bishnoi claimed 3-26 as India beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets with nine balls of the rain-reduced second T20 game remaining to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
India seeks to win public trust in crisis-hit Sri Lanka - BBC
WEBIndia is emerging as one of the biggest providers of aid to cash-strapped Sri Lanka. For the past 15 years, India and China have vied for favourable diplomatic and trade relations with Sri...
India to support crisis-hit Sri Lanka's economic recovery
WEBJun 23, 2022 · India has been the principal source of foreign assistance to Sri Lanka this year, supplying more than $4 billion, Wickremesinghe told parliament this week.
Insight: India makes inroads into Sri Lanka under China's long …
WEBDec 28, 2022 · Now, as Sri Lanka closes in on a $2.9 billion loan deal from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its economy stabilises, India is seeking to land ambitious long-term investments, with...