Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was ousted from power last year over his government’s mishandling of the cash-strapped country’s economy, has returned here from Dubai, his first foreign trip since returning to Sri Lanka four months ago. Rajapaksa and wife Ioma arrived at Bandaranaike International Airport here from Dubai on Thursday, the Daily Mirror Lanka … Read more
India has handed 125 SUVs to the Sri Lanka Police under a line of credit as part of its ongoing efforts to support the cash-strapped island nation, and address the serious mobility restriction issues faced by the police, due to non-availability of vehicles. As part of its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy, India has extended multi-pronged assistance … Read more
India is ready to support and work with the government of Sri Lanka in upgrading and expanding the facilities at the Palaly international airport in Jaffna, according to Gopal Baglay, Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. In a recorded speech played at an event at the airport on Monday to mark the resumption of flight … Read more
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday requested Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar to take steps for the release of Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on Wednesday night. “The Sri Lankan Navy’s continued acts of infringement upon the traditional rights of our fishermen in the Palk Bay seem to pose a … Read more
Roots of the crisis lie in economic mismanagement by successive governments in Colombo. But the current crisis was accelerated by deep tax cuts promised by Prime Minister Mahindra Rajapaksa during a 2019 election campaign that were enacted months before the pandemic. With the country’s lucrative tourism industry and foreign workers’ remittances sapped by the pandemic, … Read more