The move follows a political debate in India over Sri Lanka's bloody civil war. The Two-Way. International. Indian Political Row Over Sri Lanka Spills Over Into Sport. March 26, 2013 5:40 PM ET. By .

Sri Lanka’s political turmoil is prompting some shipping lines to detour to Indian ports instead of calling at Colombo, one of the key supply-chain hubs in Asia.

Observers in Beijing and Delhi are watching events in Sri Lanka closely to see what the country’s constitutional crisis means for a bigger contest: the race for influence in the Indian Ocean region.

Under normal circumstances, the victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Sri Lanka’s presidential election would have been called a political earthquake. But with many having labelled the left ...

Sri Lanka, an island of 22 million people, continues to be in the grip of its worst economic and political crisis since independence on 10 February 1948. Since April there have been protests ...

The difference being that while India pledged a $100 million in aid, China had already transferred a net worth of $1.2 billion in loans and grants in 2009 alone, becoming the biggest donor to Sri ...

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, which intensified to an unprecedented level in early 2022, leading to the eruption of nationwide protests, demonstrations and strikes by workers and peasants over ...

Sri Lanka took to market-oriented economic reforms in 1978 for the same reasons India was forced to 12–13 years later. The reforms, however, proved a bane for the poor and the middle class and a ...

India’s naval visits to Sri Lanka are part of its efforts to bring Colombo firmly into its economic, political, and military embrace. India is now Sri Lanka’s largest investor, economic ...

In Brief. In 2022 Sri Lanka faced its deepest ever economic and political crisis. The country’s descent into chaos accelerated from March, sweeping away high-level bureaucrats and political leaders ...

Sri Lanka’s Splintered Political Scene Explained Sri Lankan politics was largely dominated by one family since 2005. However, this seems to have changed after the economic and national crisis of ...