Sri Lanka, India ink deal to jointly redevelop strategic oil tank complex

Sri Lanka on Thursday signed an agreement with India to jointly redevelop the strategic World War II-era oil tank farm in the island nation's eastern port district of Trincomalee, in a new......

Gotabaya: Controversial 'war hero' who finished LTTE

  IMAGE: Sri Lanka People's Front party presidential election candidate and former wartime defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa waves to his supporters during an election campaign rally in......

'Britain created Pakistan'

'The creation of Pakistan was integral to Britain's grand strategy.''If they were to ever leave India, Britain's military planners had made it clear that they needed to retain a foothold in the......

Sri Lanka scraps 2nd deal, to re-acquire IOC's oil tanks

Sri Lanka will re-acquire 99 World War II-era oil storage tanks leased to Indian Oil Corporation in the eastern port district of Trincomalee, Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila announced on......

Global confidence in India has been restored, says Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said global confidence in India has been restored and the world's engagement with the country is at a "new level" even as he assured Sri Lanka that steps would be......

Lanka has potential to be India's strongest economic partner: Modi

Image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing Sri Lanka's business community at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. Photograph, Courtesy: PIB   Asking Sri Lanka not to worry about India's......

IndianOil to set up refinery in Sri Lanka for Rs 20,000 cr

Indian Oil Corporation will set up its first refinery outside India with an investment of up to Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) in Sri Lanka.It will thus become the second Indian company to have a......