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Colombo, March 29 Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake expressed gratitude to India on Sunday for its swift support after 38,000 metric tons of fuel shipped by New Delhi arrived in Colombo.President Dissanayake noted that India's prompt response came after he had discussed with Prime...

Colombo, March 14 A top official of Lanka Indian Oil Corporation, the company's Sri Lanka operation, assured continued fuel supplies on Saturday amidst the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.The statement from Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC) comes after Sri Lanka's foreign minister...

Colombo, March 13 Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath met with Russian Ambassador Levan S Dzhagaryan on Friday and discussed the possibility of purchasing Russian fuel.This development comes a day after the Trump administration announced a temporary authorization for several countries...

Colombo, March 8 Sri Lanka will grant free one-month visas to a group rescued from Iranian vessels, allowing them to remain in Sri Lanka under humanitarian protection, a senior minister said on Sunday.Speaking on the matter, Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala said similar decisions...

Colombo, March 8 At least 22 Iranian sailors from the IRIS Dena, the Iranian ship that was torpedoed by the US, have been discharged, hospital authorities said on Sunday.“They were transported by ambulance to the Sri Lanka Air Force facility at Koggala, outside Galle, under heavy security,”...

External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar met with leaders from various countries on the sidelines of the Raisina Dialogue 2026 in New Delhi. In a social media post, Dr. Jaishankar announced that he had meetings with the Foreign Minister of Malta, Ian Borg, as well as the Foreign Minister of...

Colombo, March 5 Sri Lanka said on Thursday that it is considering appropriate action after a second Iranian ship has sought entry to its territorial waters, a day after a frigate belonging to the Islamic country was attacked near the island nation.However, no decision was announced by 6 pm...

March 5, New Delhi: Vijitha Herath, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism, arrived in New Delhi to attend the Raisina Dialogue 2026.India welcomed the visiting minister to the dialogue.India and Sri Lanka share a close and multifaceted partnership...

New Delhi, March 5 – Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, Vijitha Herath, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday to attend the Raisina Dialogue 2026.In a post on X, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Randhir Jaiswal, stated, "Warm welcome to...

New Delhi/Colombo, March 4 In a significant escalation of the West Asia crisis, a US submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship in international waters off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, while it was returning after participating in the Milan naval exercise, a multilateral wargame...