Sri Lanka

India forms air bubble pact with Sri Lanka

India now has such pacts with 28 countries, including Afghanistan, Bahrain, Canada, France, Germany, Iraq, Japan, the Maldives, Nigeria, Qatar, the UAE, the UK and the USA

South Asia & China

Despite setbacks, Bangladesh continues to flourish under Hasina's leadership: Rajapaksa

Mujib Year

Sri Lankan prime minister to arrive in Dhaka on Friday

FILE PHOTO: A Muslim woman wearing a hijab walks through a street near St Anthony's Shrine, days after a string of suicide bomb attacks across the island on Easter Sunday, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 29, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

World

Burqa ban just a 'proposal', Sri Lanka says after criticism from allies

South Asia & China

Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut many Islamic schools, minister says

The Sri Lanka government last month revised a gazette notification issued in April last year. The new notification allowed both burials and cremations.(REUTERS)

Coronavirus chronicle

Sri Lanka buries first Covid-19 victims after long standoff

Coronavirus chronicle

Sri Lanka chooses remote island for burials of Covid dead

Bangladesh