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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicSri Lanka

Topic: Sri Lanka

How an Odia queen became medieval Sri Lanka’s greatest politician

Queen Sundari’s husband had infuriated the Buddhist Sangha by appropriating their properties; she had to find a way to appease them.

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka gets crucial $3 bn bailout from IMF. Deal aims to curb corruption, inflation

The island nation will also be the first in Asia to undergo a 'governance diagnostic exercise' by the International Monetary Fund. First tranche of loan to be released in next few days.

Sri Lanka to get first tranche of about $330 mn from IMF in next 2 days, says agency official

IMF said its executive board approved nearly $3 billion bailout for Sri Lanka. President’s office said the programme will enable it to access up to $7 billion in overall funding.

Buddhists ran sophisticated medieval hospitals in Sri Lanka—heated pool, forceps, acupuncture

Excavation projects in Sri Lanka have come up with the ruins of medieval monastic hospitals of a scale that hasn’t yet been seen anywhere in South Asia.

Writer, LTTE sympathiser — who’s P. Nedumaran, ex-Congress leader claiming Prabhakaran is alive

At press conference Monday, Nedumaran claimed LTTE chief Prabhakaran, killed by Sri Lankan army in 2009, 'is healthy and fine' & will soon 'announce a plan for liberation of Tamils'.

Away from ‘colonial gaze’, new book looks at cricket’s rich, layered history in Sri Lanka

Published by Penguin India, 'An Island's Eleven' will be released on ThePrint's Softcover on 27 January.

Sri Lanka to cut recurrent budget expenditure by 6% in 2023

The cabinet also approved a proposal to delay salaries of some public employees to manage public finances, cabinet spokesman Bandula Gunawardana told reporters.

Sri Lanka to slash military by a third to cut costs, as it battles ‘worst economic crisis’

The aim of the move is to create a 'technically and tactically sound and well-balanced' defence force by 2030, State Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Thennakoon said in a statement.

Cannot get Shanaka out like that, says Captain Rohit Sharma on withdrawing ‘Mankad’ appeal

The 'Mankad' dismissal, named after former India all-rounder Vinoo Mankad, is legal but has fuelled debate as to whether it breaches the spirit of the game.

Dear Sri Lankans, why are you so happy this Christmas? I don’t get it

Weddings at Colombo’s Waters Edge hotel, football fans in Qatar for the FIFA World Cup, Christmas celebrations at Hilton.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.