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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicSri Lanka

Topic: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka finalises key debt restructuring deal with bilateral lenders, India plays critical role

Sri Lanka owes over $10 billion to its bilateral lenders, shows govt data. China, though not part of Official Creditors Committee, agrees to 'same terms' for debt it's owed by Colombo.

Sri Lanka on the brink of early T20 World Cup exit after Florida washout

Heavy rain washed out Sri Lanka’s Group D match against Nepal. The 2014 champions badly needed a win to keep their tournament hopes alive after defeats by South Africa, Bangladesh.

Indian Ocean has suddenly become ‘Indo-Pacific’ due to geopolitics, says Sri Lanka President

In video address at roundtable discussion in Colombo, Ranil Wickremesinghe said 'maps are now drawn not according to geography, but geopolitics'.

NCGG’s conducts capacity-building programme for senior civil servants of Sri Lanka

The National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) was established in 2013 to promote good governance and sustainable development in India.

Sri Lanka’s PM calls for envoys to boost tourism & investment

Nine newly appointed ambassadors & high commissioner asked to promote economic diplomacy & Buddhist tourism

India’s neighbourhood policy must look beyond Pakistan—Smaller nations are bigger trouble

It should be no surprise that Beijing seeks to contain India by balancing it within South Asia by using some of the latter’s smaller neighbours.

Rameswaram’s fisherfolk furious with Katchatheevu politics. ‘Don’t want island, just fishing rights’

Situation worsened after 2014 as Colombo started to auction seized boats, say fishermen. Risk is taken as catch in Indian waters is just not enough, they explain.

India, Sri Lanka paid heavy price for Katchatheevu claims. Tiny island not worth obsessing over

India’s strategic interests don’t lie in securing control of a tiny island. Instead, the real challenge India faces is containing China’s growing influence in Sri Lanka.

India wants to dig deep into metal-rich Indian Ocean seabed. All about deep-sea mining

Carlsberg Ridge & Afanasy-Nikitin Seamount in Indian Ocean are of New Delhi's interest for which it has submitted applications for exploration to International Seabed Authority.

IMF nears deal with Sri Lanka on debt restructuring

The 2024 Article IV consultation discussions have now ended with the signing of a staff-level agreement between the IMF senior mission chief and the deputy mission chief.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.