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A joint commission established to strengthen bilateral connectivity has held “productive discussions” on the resumption of ferry services between India and Sri Lanka to boost regional trade and tourism and promote stronger people-to-people…

A group of religious leaders, educationists, and professionals from Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority north and east have written to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to “persuade” President Ranil Wickremesinghe to call for…

Ahead of his first official visit to India this week, Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe will hold talks with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) on Tuesday in Parliament in a bid to settle the long-standing Tamil minority demand for…

Chandrayaan-3 is now well on its way to the moon. It is to be a 42-day odyssey. The spacecraft is in an elliptical orbit, going as far as 41,762 km from Earth and coming as close as 173 km. This height will increase to about 220 km in the…

The Chandrayaan missions represent a major triumph for India and its space agency.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s upcoming visit to New Delhi is expected to be “a point of positive transformation” in the relations between the two countries, Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said on Tuesday (July 11).…

India’s Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra called on Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday (July 11). The meeting took place at the Ministry of Defence.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin Monday wrote to Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar asking for his immediate intervention in getting 15 Tamil Nadu fishermen released from Sri Lanka. “Through diplomatic channels we can…

Sri Lanka is likely to discuss energy, power and port projects during a presidential visit to New Delhi next week, the foreign minister said on Monday, as India tries to push forward stalled initiatives with its crisis-hit neighbour.…

A new project to launch transport services, for both passengers and cargo, to India via the Kankesanthurai (KKS) Port was recently approved by the Government of Sri Lanka. Speaking in this regard at a media briefing on Monday (10 July),…