Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

People wade through a flooded street, following Cyclone Ditwah in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, November 30, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Thilina Kaluthotage

Death toll hits 212 as Sri Lanka struggles with Cyclone Ditwah impact

Nearly a million people are impacted by heavy rains and floods that swept through large parts of the south Asian island nation forcing nearly 200,000 people into 1,275 shelters

People gather at an area affected by floods, following heavy rainfall in Malwana, Sri Lanka, November 29, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Sri Lanka declares emergency as cyclone death toll rises to 153

People and vehicles wade through a waterlogged street following heavy rainfall in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, November 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Thilina Kaluthotage

Sri Lanka braces for more flooding as Cyclone Ditwah claims 46 lives

Photo: Collected via BSS

Sri Lanka banks on IMF cash as car imports top estimates

Photo: collected

Low pressure over Southwest Bay of Bengal intensifies into well-marked low

Pakistan's captain Nimra Rafique (3R) shakes hands with India's players at the end of the Women’s Blind Twenty20 World Cup 2025 match between India and Pakistan at the BOI Cricket Stadium in Katunayake on November 16, 2025. Photo: AFP via BSS

India and Pakistan blind women show spirit of cricket with handshakes

A tourist rests on top of a rock as the Sigiriya Rock Fortress is seen in front of him, in Sigiriya, Sri Lanka July 30, 2018. REUTERS

Sri Lanka makes Electronic Travel Authorisation mandatory for Bangladeshi, foreign tourists 

Trade ministers attend the 3rd Inter-sessional Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam 22 May , 2017. Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Chile and Bangladesh seeking to join RCEP trade bloc

A protester waves a national flag as vehicles burn during a protest against a social media ban and corruption in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Public fury and political fallout: Inside the protest movements that reshaped South Asia

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa reacts during his swearing in ceremony as the new Prime Minister, at Kelaniya Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo

Sri Lanka votes to eject former leader Rajapaksa from state mansion

A moment from bangladesh-Sri Lanka match on 5 July 2025. Photo: BSS

Bangladesh opt to bat first to level series against Sri Lanka

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Dhaka wants to strengthen economic cooperation with Colombo

Deputy Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka Arun Hemachandra held a meeting with a business delegation of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) at his office in Colombo. Photo: DCCI

Sri Lanka keen to strengthen relations with Bangladesh's private sector