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Sri Lanka confirms communication with China over deferring visit of spy sh
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 8 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Monday confirmed that it has communicated to China to defer the visit of Chinese vessel Yuang Wang 5 to Hambantota port.
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Newly-appointed Sri Lankan tourism brand ambassador meets Indian High Comm
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 8 (ANI): The newly-appointed brand ambassador for tourism promotions in Sri Lanka and ex-cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya met with the Indian High Commissioner in Colombo Gopal Baglay on Monday.
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Is Pakistan going the Sri Lanka way?
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 8 (ANI): Seventy-five years of the independent polity have been tumultuous and turbulent for the state of Pakistan.
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Chinese oil giant Sinopec likely to enter Lankan fuel market amid Beijing'
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 8 (ANI): As Sri Lanka continues to remain in the Chinese debt trap, the biggest petrochemical company in China, Sinopec, is likely to start retail operations in the Lankan fuel market, local media said citing sources.
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Sri Lanka: Top monk condemns arrival of Chinese ship at Hambantota port
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 7 (ANI): Sri Lanka's top monk, the General Secretary of Amarapura Maha Sangha Sabha, Pallekande Rathanasara Thero has condemned the controversial arrival of a Chinese ship on August 10 at the Hambantota port.
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Alarm bells in Sri Lanka over China's surveillance ship en route Hambantot
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 7 (ANI): Yuan Wang 5, the Chinese research and Survey vessel, en route to the Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka has sent alarm bells to Colombo as country's Sri Lanka's Defence Ministry said that China has informed of "sending ship for surveillance".
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Sri Lanka asks China to defer visit of spy ship Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 6 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Friday asked China to defer the visit of the spy ship Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota.
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UN chief extends support to Sri Lanka amid crisis
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 6 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has extended support to the Sri Lankan government and the people to meet their immediate and long-term needs.
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Rights bodies condemn Sri Lanka's violent crackdown on protesters
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 6 (ANI): As many as 13 organizations have condemned the Sri Lankan authorities' violent crackdown and increasing reprisals against peaceful protesters in the island country.
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Sri Lanka: Former Prez Gotabaya to stay in Singapore for two more weeks
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 6 (ANI): The Sri Lanka government has requested Singapore authorities to allow former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to stay in the country for another 14 days, local media reported on Saturday citing sources.
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Sri Lankan PM Gunawardena thanks PM Modi for humanitarian assistance to hi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 6 (ANI): Newly-elected Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on Saturday thanked PM Narendra Modi and Indians for the generous humanitarian assistance extended to the country.
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Zambia calls off Chinese loans, saves itself from falling in Beijing's deb
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Lusaka [Zambia], August 6 (ANI): Southern African nation, Zambia, seems to have understood China's debt-diplomacy, which only reaps profits to Beijing while countries are pushed towards an economic crisis, as Lusaka cancelled USD 1.6 billion Chinese loans.
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