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Topic: Sri Lanka

RBI signs documents to extend $400 million currency swap facility to Sri Lanka

The currency swap arrangement put in place due to the ongoing Covid crisis will remain available till November 2022, said the Indian mission in a press release.

Sri Lanka ‘assures’ India on Colombo Port project despite opposition pressure ahead of polls

Sri Lanka wants India to 'expedite' the project once it gets the go-ahead. Opposition there feels after the Chinese, 'India and Japan are trying to spread their tentacles in Colombo’s strategic assets'.

Beijing’s outbreak, Russia’s communal living crisis, Sri Lanka mock polls & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Afghans face a choice between dying from poverty or from Covid, says MP Fawzia Koofi

Speaking at a virtual conference, the Afghan MP said people were frustrated with years of war and would find it difficult to take Covid-19 seriously.

Why Sri Lanka’s economy faces a painful ‘reset’ in the coming months

Sri Lanka is locked in talks with IMF for emergency-financing aid, after its second longer-term programme with the fund in less than a decade expired.

Sri Lanka holds mock poll to test Covid guidelines, preparedness for parliamentary polls

Some 200 voters were chosen to vote and attention was given to the time it takes to cast a vote while sticking to the health guidelines.

PM Modi congratulates Mahinda Rajapaksa on completing 50 years in Sri Lankan parliament

PM Modi and Mahinda Rajapaksa discussed the health and economic impact of the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic and the measures being taken to counter it.

Facebook apologises for its role in Sri Lanka’s 2018 anti-Muslim riots

A viral video falsely purporting to show a Muslim restaurateur admitting to mixing ‘sterilization pills’ into food of Sinhala-Buddhists was blamed for the 2018 riots.

Covid has brought back Chinese whispers in Sri Lanka, Nepal. Is India listening?

South Asia has for long witnessed a see-saw diplomatic battle between India and China, but Covid is adding fresh dimensions to this engagement.

Sri Lanka to lift nationwide curfew on 27 April

Sri Lanka reported its highest one-day infection total, 49, Friday. It has so far recorded 414 cases, of whom over 100 have fully recovered.

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.