Male body found floating in the Beira Lake

Crew from Sri Lanka on detained ship in Nigeria in good health

A Sri Lankan crew on a ship detained in Nigeria are in good health, the Foreign Ministry said today. The High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in Kenya, Velupillai Kananathan joined a consular visit to the vessel M/T Heroic IDUN along with the High Commissioners/ Diplomats of India, Poland and the Philippines on 27 November, 2022. Following the visit, High Commissioner confirmed the Sri Lankan crew members are in excellent health, a statement issued today said. The Nigerian Navy is providing adequat

02 Dec, 2022

Blinken and Sabry discuss debt restructuring and IMF deal

US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry had talks in Washington on debt restructuring and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal. Speaking to reporters ahead of his meeting with Sabry, Blinken noted that Sri Lanka and the US had almost 75 years of partnership with Sri Lanka. “We?ll celebrate that next year, and of course we are working very closely together on issues of global import, including the climate crisis, where Sri Lanka has been taking so

03 Dec, 2022

Adani’s Kerala port to grab business from Sri Lanka

A port project in India’s Kerala state by the Adani Group, once completed, is looking to grab business from Sri Lanka. India’s Kerala state will proceed “no matter what” with a $900 million port project and is open to deploying federal police if needed to protect it from protesters blocking construction, a government minister told Reuters on Saturday. The local fishing community, led by Catholic priests, has blocked construction of Vizhinjam port by Adani Group for almost four months, erecting

03 Dec, 2022