Last Updated: 16th April, 2022 14:45 IST Colombo, Apr 16 (PTI) Sri Lankan police on Saturday removed several empty trucks parked at a protest site near the presidential secretariat, possibly averting a crackdown on the protesters agitating against the government’s handling of the island nation’s worst economic crisis.A large number of protesters have gathered at…Continue Reading
On March 23 about 13 Indian fishermen from Rameswaram were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for fishing in their waters. IANS India Published: Friday, 08 April 2022 Last updated: 08 April 2022, 01:57 PM IST Photo: IANS/Representative Image OnlySri Lankan Court Fixes Rs 2 Cr Bail Amount For Release Of Indian Fishermen Indian fishermen…Continue Reading
Colombo: Sri Lanka may run out of diesel by the end of this month with the USD 500 million line of credit extended by India for fuel purchase exhausting fast amidst the unprecedented shortage of foreign reserves. Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since gaining independence from the UK in 1948. People have…Continue Reading
The revocation of the gazette assumes significance as the ruling coalition appeared to have lost its majority, The revocation of the gazette assumes significance as the ruling coalition appeared to have lost its majority, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa late Tuesday, April 5, 2022 night revoked the state of Emergency he had declared on April…Continue Reading
India’s southern neighbour Sri Lanka is in a crippling financial crisis, one that it has not seen since its independence. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File PhotoSri Lanka Economic Crisis: Making decisions that threaten India’s own security in the Indian Ocean Region are no precedents to expect relief from New Delhi. Last Updated:April 05, 2022, 18:21 ISTFOLLOW US ON:India’s…Continue Reading
The Sri Lankan Navy has apprehended four Indian fishermen in the wee hours of Tuesday near Katchatheevu for allegedly violating the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL).Fishermen organisations of Tamil Nadu alleged that the Sri Lankan navy also seized one mechanized boat used by the fishermen.Since January, 87 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu were arrested by…Continue Reading
Indian Navy’s five sailing yachts entered the Sri Lankan port city of Trincomalee on Thursday, after completing a 3000-mile voyage. During their week-long stay in the island nation, the Indian Naval officers manning the sailing yachts will offer training to twelve of their Sri Lankan counterparts. This will include a two-day harbour training phase at…Continue Reading
Chandana Hettiarachchi, and Sunil Ratnayake were among several officers from 12 countries who were sanctioned by the U.S. The U.S. has imposed sanctions on two Sri Lankan military officers, including a murder convict pardoned by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, for human rights violations, banning them and their immediate family members from entering America.Chandana Hettiarachchi, a Naval…Continue Reading
According to the Sri Lankan Navy, they rescued two Indian fishermen from a sinking Indian fishing boat that was “poaching” in Sri Lankan waters, across the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL), on Monday. They added the search and rescue operations were underway to find a third fisherman who was on-board the fishing boat. Sri Lankan…Continue Reading