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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicSri Lanka

Topic: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka objects to US travel ban on its Army chief over alleged human rights violation

Sri Lanka said the travel ban amounted to the US questioning the prerogative of the president's appointment of Lt Gen Shavendra Silva as Army Commander.

Sri Lanka wants ‘cooperation & progress’ in SAARC, India’s focus still on BIMSTEC

Sri Lanka is keen to move ahead in the SAARC process as it wants greater connectivity with other countries and seamless trading between the member-countries.

India is a relation. China just helped us develop after the war: PM Rajapaksa

India & China have both said they will protect us. Ultimately, Sri Lankans have to decide what is interference and what is not, says Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Rajapaksa to meet PM Modi tomorrow, visit to focus on security in Indian Ocean region

Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa is set to begin his four-day visit to India Friday as the two neighbours look to refresh ties.

Superheroes: Four-part web series on trials of urban Pakistani women to release soon

The series is produced by Teeli, a YouTube channel that calls itself an "alternative source" of entertainment in Pakistan.

Sri Lanka drops Tamil national anthem from I-Day event 3 years after being introduced

The Sri Lankan government in 2015 had started including the Tamil national anthem as a way of reconciliating with the country's Tamil minority community.

New York Times & Sri Lankan paper caught in row over ‘incorrect’ identification of source

Sri Lanka’s ‘Sunday Times’ identified a police officer as a source for NYT’s 2018 investigation into Hambantota port, but US paper said it was ‘incorrect’.

Sri Lanka doesn’t want to hurt India or get into world power rivalries: Gotabaya Rajapaksa

On his recent visit to India, newly-elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said his country is committed to keeping Indian Ocean a peace zone.

Sticky issues sidestepped, but Modi and Rajapaksa vow to reset India-Sri Lanka ties

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was sworn in as President this month, is visiting India on his first foreign tour as the leader of Sri Lanka.

Modi announces $450 million line of credit to Sri Lanka after meeting President Rajapaksa

PM Modi called his talks with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa 'fruitful', and also extended a $50 million fund to the island country to fight terrorism.

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.