CHAPTER 1 I came from a humble family and did not have any privileges of class or caste. I only had a great longing to study, ...

As students in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad protested the felling of a forested area for development, footage of a ...

China has emerged as Sri Lanka’s leading source of foreign direct investment (FDI), funding large-scale infrastructure projects such as the Hambantota Port, Mattala Airport, the Southern Expressway, ...

The agreements signed during Modi’s visit reflect a shift in India’s focus to the Eastern Province. What underlies the shift? India’s renewed interest in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province is ...

The port in Sri Lanka’s Tamil-dominated northern province is close to the Indian coastline and is being “rehabilitated” with a $61.5 million grant assistance from India. Given its vital ...

There will be mostly sunny skies. The high will reach 33° on this humid day. Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is normalized to the standard atmospheric pressure of 1,013.25 ...

Sri Lankan batsman Dinesh Chandimal dives during the first Twenty20 match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at the Suriyawewa Mahinda Rajapakse stadium in the southern district of Hambantota.

The Western Province, which includes Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara districts, will continue to be urbanised, and intensive urbanisation will occur in parallel with rapid development in the Southern ...

This supports joint exercises, naval interactions, and enhanced maritime surveillance to counter China’s military presence, particularly at Hambantota port. Additionally, India has committed to ...

has strongly denied reports of Chinese militarization of the Chinese funded Hambantota Port, in southern Sri Lanka, and stressed the Sri Lankan Navy was the sole military force responsible for the ...

Held at the Matara District Secretariat, the event marked the initiation of a pilot project in the Southern Province, designed to develop and ... planned to be expanded to the other provinces of Sri ...