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Friday, March 6, 2026
TopicSri Lanka

Topic: Sri Lanka

Why a Sri Lankan Supreme Court judge has moved Karnataka HC over ‘defamatory content’ on Google

Justice AHMD Nawaz has petitioned that online articles and search results published in 2015 and 2020 have caused severe damage to his reputation as a jurist.

EAC-PM paper flags sharp rise in tobacco consumption. India stares at a crisis

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Days after IRIS Dena sinking, Sri Lanka starts evacuating 208 crew members from Iran Navy’s IRIS Bushehr

Colombo mounts rescue op for IRIS Bushehr, whose engine malfunctioned near its Exclusive Economic Zone, while upholding neutrality after US torpedoing of IRIS Dena off Lankan coast.

Another Iranian vessel seeks Sri Lanka’s help, day after US submarine strike sunk IRIS Dena

Local media reported that the vessel is IRIS Bushehr, a replenishment ship of the Iranian Navy, which has around 100 crew members on board.

Sri Lanka’s ex-intelligence chief Sallay arrested for ‘conspiracy’ linked to 2019 Easter Sunday bombings

Retd Major General Suresh Sallay was accused of having prior knowledge of the attacks and allowing it to influence the presidential elections in favour of Rajapakasa.

Work from beach: Sri Lanka woos remote workers with digital nomad visa, extends tourist visa validity

Signalling a shift in how it is positioning itself within the global tourism and remote-work economy, Sri Lanka joins list of countries, led by Estonia, that set up digital nomad visa programmes post COVID-19.

Russia turns to India, Sri Lanka for way out of its labour crisis

Kremlin estimates its economy needs 11 million more labourers by the end of the decade. The issue was high on the agenda during President Putin’s December visit to New Delhi

Global summit in Delhi, now Devnimori relics to Sri Lanka–why India is pushing Buddhist diplomacy

In Sri Lanka, where Buddhism shapes national identity, political culture and daily life, the exposition of holy relics marks a deliberate move of Indian diplomacy.

Op Sagar Bandhu: Indian Army restores vital road link in cyclone-ravaged Sri Lanka using Bailey bridge

The project follows the completion of a larger 120-foot dual-carriageway Bailey bridge on the A-35 highway in northern Jaffna last month.

Op Sindoor, Gen-Z stir & rise of a dictator. 2025 saw old fault lines & new anger collide in South Asia

South Asia had a tumultuous year as old fault-lines & new anger collided. Borders burned, governments fell and alliances shifted.

On Camera

This isn’t an energy crisis— at least not yet

Current oil & gas prices, compared to previous crises, are within ranges that, in the past, had been considered normal.

Maharashtra Budget: Fadnavis hands farmers another loan waiver even as 6 lakh await benefits of 1st one

Other key promises in the budget include AI- and other technology-enabled services for farmers and continuation of the Ladki Bahin Yojana, which will have the same outlay. 

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Pakistan is fighting a two-front war. I saw it coming 15 yrs ago

The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.