Textile Industry Significance The textile and apparel sector holds outsised importance in Sri Lanka’s economy. It accounts for approximately 40% of the country’s total exports and directly employs ...

Gigalingua Lanka, a premier German language institute, officially launched in Colombo with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by distinguished guests, including Dr. Felix Neumann, German ambassador to ...

Prime Minister Modi’s three-day visit to Sri Lanka fostered stronger bilateral ties with President Dissanayake. Seven MoUs were signed in key sectors including defence, energy, and trade.

Mr. Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka — on the invitation of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake — marks the first visit by a foreign leader to Sri Lanka after the island nation witnessed ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Sri Lanka to expand defence and energy ties as Colombo balances relations with its powerful neighbour and biggest lender, China. Sri Lankan President ...

The port in Sri Lanka’s Tamil-dominated northern province is close to the Indian coastline and is being “rehabilitated” with a $61.5 million grant assistance from India.

Two weeks after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed its third review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility, unlocking millions in critical funding, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake ...

Both projects were completed with Indian assistance and aim to improve railway connectivity and safety in the northern part of Sri Lanka. The Maho-Omanthai railway line, supported by India with 91 ...

The Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU) has two main aims. First, it reports on key developments over the past 12 months in Sri Lanka’s economy, places these in longer term and global contexts, and ...

Signalling an upswing in their strategic ties nearly four decades after the Indian Peace Keeping Force episode, India and Sri Lanka on Saturday inked a defence pact to institutionalise military ...

COLOMBO/NEW DELHI, April 5 (Reuters) - India and the United Arab Emirates agreed to develop an energy hub in Sri Lanka, India's foreign ministry said on Saturday, as New Delhi's competition with ...