The end of the region’s bloodiest civil war has paved the way for a new Indo-Sri Lankan equation. However, Colombo’s refusal to close a political deal with its Tamil minority has begun muddying the waters. Sutirtho Patranobis & Pramit Pal Chaudhuri report.
The Sri Lankan government has ordered an investigation into the vandalisation of some statues, including that of Mahatma Gandhi, in Batticaloa town.
India has taken up with Sri Lanka the issue of vandalism of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the eastern town of Batticaloa and offered assistance in rebuilding it.
Concerned over nuclear power plants located in south India, the Sri Lankan government plans to raise the issue before the IAEA.
In the event of a nuclear disaster in India, the Sri Lankan authorities feel the northern town of Mannar will be the hardest hit. Sri Lanka's power and energy minister said the issue will be raised at the next International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting in September.
Sri Lanka today expressed concern over possible impact of radiation from India's nuclear power plants located in the southern region, as it prepares to raise the issue with global atomic watchdog IAEA.
Sri Lanka's Meteorological Department issued a tsunami warning on Wednesday following an 8.7 magnitude earthquake near Banda Aceh in Indonesia.
A top Sri Lankan Army commander has warned the Tamil people in the country's north to be wary of elements attempting to undermine the hard-earned peace.
Here to assess the condition of ethnic Tamils post-war, an Indian parliamentary delegation today nudged Sri Lanka to quickly resolve the decades-old conflict by devolving powers to areas dominated by minority Tamils envisaged under a Constitutional amendment.
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that he did not want lessons on human rights from outside, days after the UN Human Rights Council adopted a US-sponsored resolution censuring Colombo.
Sri Lanka is ready to walk an extra mile to establish permanent peace in the country through reconciliation and does not need any external guidance, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said today.
Maldivian and Indian forces were on Tuesday shadowing a hijacked Iranian-owned cargo ship drifting in the Indian Ocean, but were holding off boarding the vessel, a defence spokesman in Male said.
A spokesman says a Sri Lankan air force fighter jet has crashed during a training exercise. The pilot ejected before impact today and is safe.
Nearly 8,000 people were killed in Sri Lanka's war-torn north during the government's final offensive to crush the Tamil Tiger rebels, Colombo's census department said today.
Three Sri Lankan soldiers have been shot dead in the Tamil-majority northern Jaffna peninsula's Chavakachcheri town, military said today.