Sri Lanka aims to boost its tourism efforts by giving away free visas to travelers from more than 30 countries. The small island nation off southern India will offer the promotion starting May 1 ...

(New York) – Human Rights Watch joined 10 other organizations on July 28, 2021, in issuing the following statement seeking the release of the lawyer and activist Hejaaz Hizbullah and others held ...

I do not know if the French geographer, Jacques Nicolas Bellin, who died 300 years ago – on March 31, 1772 – ever visited Sri Lanka. But his printed maps and copper engraved prints depicting the ...

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will hold dual charge as finance minister, the president’s office announced on Wednesday, and will lead talks with the International Monetary ...

Researchers have produced the first ever data-based distribution map of Asian elephants for Sri Lanka. This is also the first evidence-based distribution map of Asian elephants for any of the 13 ...

GENEVA, August 18 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency on Friday called on the Sri Lankan government and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to urgently allow humanitarian aid workers free ...

Thailand and Sri Lanka plan to conclude negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) by the end of this year, with the pact scheduled for signature in early February 2024, says the ...

Sri Lanka and Thailand could sign a free trade agreement (FTA) by March, a top official of the Indian Ocean nation told Reuters on Wednesday, as it attempts to rebuild its crisis-stricken economy.