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A Saudi Arabian Airlines flight from Maldives to Singapore believed to be carrying Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the world’s most-tracked flight on Thursday (July 14), underscoring massive global interest in the troubled island nation’s political affairs. Bloomberg reported yesterday.Saudi flight 788 from Male was being tracked by almost 5,000 users as of 7.43am […]

Lawyers appearing for former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and former Finance Secretary S.R. Attygalle yesterday told the Supreme Court that they would not leave the country until the Fundamental Rights petition filed against them was heard on Friday.Former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal has also said he will be […]

In order to tackle the ongoing political crisis in Sri Lanka, leaders of political parties met and decided that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should resign immediately to resolve the current situation in the country.

Party leaders met to tackle country's ongoing political crisis

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. In order to tackle the ongoing political crisis in Sri Lanka, leaders of political parties met and decided that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should resign immediately to resolve the current situation in the country. World News | Sri Lanka Ministers Hold Party Leaders Meet to Resolve Ongoing Crisis.

Uniindia: Colombo, June 28 (UNI) Sri Lanka has given the nod to begin a freight transportation service between its northern port of Kankesanthurai and Tamil Nadu, which is separated from the island nation by a strip of sea, a Minister said in remarks published on Tuesday.

The visit had nothing to do with helping the island’s masses. Its purpose was to block people from trying to escape the social catastrophe to seek refuge in Australia.

New home affairs minister emphasises Australia maintains hardline Operation Sovereign Borders policy despite change in government

India extended an additional USD 500 million credit line to Sri Lanka last month to help the neighbouring country import fuel as it has been struggling to pay for imports after its foreign exchange reserves plummeted sharply in recent times, causing a devaluation of its currency and spiralling inflation Representative image. Pic/Istock

A consignment of 15,000 litres of kerosene that was handed over by India to Sri Lanka on Friday as a part of humanitarian assistance was distributed among the f