Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump wrote to his Sri Lankan counterpart, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, informing him that the United States will impose a 30 percent tariff on all Sri Lankan exports ...

On Sri Lanka's southern coastline, Relais & Chateaux Cape Weligama has been welcoming guests for more than a decade and ...

Minister Jayakody said in a tv interview on Thursday, ‘They should have handled it more diplomatically instead of going public.’ India (& its south in particular) has indeed deeply sought to play an ...

MIRISSA, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan waters are considered a haven for the largest creatures ever to have lived, the blue whale, a rare place for a resident, year-round population to thrive. In 2021 ...

Beijing's rising influence in Sri Lanka and the wider Indian Ocean region has been a major source of concern for New Delhi.

March 25, 2025 This March marks the mid-point of Sri Lanka’s four-year economic reform program supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In the two years since its inception difficult but ...

It had been built by a retired Dutch admiral in the early 18th century and was run by Australian boutique-hotelier Geoffrey Dobbs.

As Sri Lanka emerges from its worst economic crisis, the new government faces the challenge of balancing recovery with sustainable growth.

Dutch Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Bonnie Horbach emphasized that gender equality is not just a moral imperative but also an economic one. With women comprising 50% of the world’s ...

The Dutch also imposed restrictions on fishermen from southern India in Ceylonese waters, an issue that continues to have an impact on India-Sri Lanka ties in the 21st century.

At the launch of the Sri Lankan edition of “Lawmaking in Dutch Sri Lanka: Navigating Pluralities in a Colonial Society”, with (from left) Prof Nira Wickramasinghe (addressing the gathering), the ...