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The Maldives first established a mission in Sri Lanka in July 1965, and today has a High Commission in Colombo. Nepal: 1 July 1957: Foreign relations of Nepal. Nepal and Sri Lanka established diplomatic relations on 1 July 1957. Nepal opened an honorary consulate general in Colombo in 1975 and established its embassy in 1995.
Russia became Sri Lanka’s largest source of tourists after nearby India last year. Nearly 200,000 Russians and 5,000 Ukrainians visited the country of 22 million last year, official Sri Lankan ...
21 April – 2024 Fox Hill Supercross race crash: Seven people are killed and 18 others are injured after a racecar plows into spectators at a racing event organised by the Sri Lanka Military Academy in Diyatalawa. [50] 22 April – The Sri Ramayan Trails project, an Indo-Sri Lankan cultural and religious bond, is officially launched. [51]
The Sri Lankan economic crisis [8] is an ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka that started in 2019. [9] It is the country's worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948. [9] It has led to unprecedented levels of inflation, near-depletion of foreign exchange reserves, shortages of medical supplies, and an increase in prices of basic commodities. [10]
In the past four years, the share of people living below the poverty line in Sri Lanka has risen to 25.9 per cent. The World Bank forecasts the economy to grow by just 2.2 per cent in 2024.
This programme seeks to analyse Sri Lanka’s trade, foreign investment, and tourism, including the potential to reposition Sri Lanka as an economic hub in the Indian Ocean region. The Global Governance programme [15] covers issues relating to Sri Lanka’s international relations, international law, and security. These involve maritime issues ...
This is a list of presidential international trips made by Ranil Wickremesinghe, who served as the 9th President of Sri Lanka from 21 July 2022 to 23 September 2024. Wickremesinghe, then Prime Minister, meets with Narendra Modi in New Delhi, October 2018.
The U.S. offered assistance to help Sri Lanka become an economic and strategic hub in the Indian Ocean region. [11] In February 2020, the U.S. State Department banned Sri Lanka's Army Chief Shavendra Silva from entering the United States for alleged human rights violations during the final phase of the Sri Lankan Civil War. The Sri Lankan ...