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Sri Lanka says Adani Port Project to continue despite US charges
Indian conglomerate Adani Group’s port project in Sri Lanka will go ahead despite US charges against its founder and sudden changes to its financing, the island nation said Friday.
A bombshell indictment in New York last month accused…
Former Sri Lankan diplomat in Australia fined more than $100,000 for ‘entrapping’ domestic worker
A diplomat who “entrapped” a domestic worker in her Canberra home, forcing her to work 14 hours, seven days a week, for less than a dollar an hour, has been fined more than $100,000 in the Australian federal court.
The fine is in…
Adani Ports withdraws DFC funding request for Colombo port project
India’s Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd said on Tuesday it would finance its Colombo port terminal project through internal accruals and a capital management plan, withdrawing its request for funding from the US International…
US sanctions Two Sri Lankan Nationals over corruption
The United States has imposed sanctions on the former CEO of SriLankan Airlines Kapila Chandrasena and former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga, along with their immediate family members, for their involvement in…
Rameswaram fishermen protest seeking fishers’ release from Sri Lankan custody
Hundreds of fishermen went on a strike in Rameshwaram on Saturday condemning the arrests of 14 Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy and the seizure of their boats.
More than 500 boats have been docked at the Rameshwaram harbour.…
55 vulnerable Sri Lankans evacuated from Lebanon
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Lebanon in association with the International Organization of Migration (IOM) has arranged to evacuate a total number of 55 vulnerable Sri Lankan workers from Lebanon on group basis.
Accordingly, the latest…
Sri Lanka to ink debt deals by year’s end – Minister
Sri Lanka vowed Thursday to complete its long-delayed foreign debt restructure within the month before a 2025 budget adhering to strict revenue targets set by the International Monetary Fund.
The island nation defaulted on its $46…
US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu visits Sri Lanka
The United States Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu, has arrived in Sri Lanka today (05) as part of an official delegation.
Accompanied by another senior official from the U.S.…
Sri Lankan migrants brought to UK from Diego Garcia
Migrants stranded for more than three years on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia have been brought to the UK.
The Sri Lankan Tamils are permitted to remain in the country for six months, with financial support from the…
Sri Lankan fishing boats seized with ‘Ice’ in Indian waters escorted to Colombo Port
Two Sri Lankan fishing vessels that were recently apprehended in Indian waters while transporting a large consignment of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as ‘Ice’, along with the suspects on board, were escorted ashore to the Colombo…