Sri Lanka

  • Feb 12, 2018
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Sri Lanka poll result may prompt government schism

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s party has surprisingly swept to victory in local elections

Sri Lanka
  • Jan 23, 2018
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Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition may be close to fracture

The National Unity Government has been under pressure since the release of a report into irregular bond issues

Sri Lanka
  • Jan 22, 2018
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Indian investment in Sri Lanka will proceed slowly

Delhi is keen to counter Beijing’s rising influence over Colombo but faces political risks to its plans

India
  • Nov 6, 2017
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Sri Lanka fuel woe will raise hostility to India deal

The Indian Oil Corporation has an agreement with the Sri Lankan government to lease oil-storage tanks in Trincomalee

Sri Lanka
  • Oct 20, 2017
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Reforms will not ease Sri Lanka’s ethnic rifts

The country’s politics is currently dominated by proposals for constitutional change

Sri Lanka
  • Oct 13, 2017
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India-Sri Lanka airport deal would incite protests

Delhi plans to invest in an airport near Hambantota in southern Sri Lanka

India
  • Sep 18, 2017
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Port deal with China may not ease Sri Lanka’s debt

Sri Lanka on July 29 signed an agreement for a Chinese firm to acquire a stake in the Hambantota port

Sri Lanka
  • Sep 8, 2017
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Sri Lanka verdict may split the president’s party

Anti-corruption investigations threaten to drive a wedge between rival factions of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party

Sri Lanka