Country: Sri Lanka

India and Sri Lanka have revived talks on a cross-border oil pipeline as New Delhi tries to counter China’s growing energy presence on the island. The plan is tied to a broader India-Sri Lanka-UAE energy hub at Trincomalee and would deepen India’s ...

Sri Lankan police repatriated 125 people to China suspected to be involved in telecom fraud, China's Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday, adding that the move comes after deepening law enforcement cooperation between the two countries. The suspects were repatriated to China on March 29 ...

Police in Sri Lanka arrested 152 foreign nationals, mostly Chinese, on Friday for allegedly running a cyberscam operation out of a hotel in the island's northwest, officials said. The raid took place in the coastal town of Chilaw, 80 kilometers north ...

Sri Lanka's immigration authorities raided an alleged Chinese-run online scam operation, officials said on Tuesday, arresting 135 suspects. Most of the detainees were Chinese men and women, an official involved in the raid told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Sri Lanka asked China to help rebuild key infrastructure damaged by Cyclone Ditwah, which killed at least 641 people and caused extensive damage, the island's foreign minister said on Monday. Vijitha Herath said he made the request during talks with his ...

By Rebecca Ray In the last few years, China’s net debt transfers (new disbursements minus repayments) to low-income countries have turned negative. This trend means that poor countries are now repaying China more each year for past years’ lending than they ...

Wang Wentao, China’s Minister of Commerce led a large business delegation to Sri Lanka. Speaking at the Sri Lanka-China Trade and Investment Forum in Colombo during the weekend, Wang promoted a three-pronged strategy to strengthen ties: increased trade, expanded industrial investment and strengthening global multilateralism in ...

Sri Lanka's government pledged closer ties on Thursday with Communist parties in China and India, two regional powers competing for influence in the small but strategically important nation. The leftist government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake held its first May Day ...

By Amal Jaysinghe India secured defense and energy deals with neighboring Sri Lanka on Saturday during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, seen as a move to counter rival China's growing influence in the region. Sri ...

China’s state-owned oil company Sinopec signed an agreement with the Sri Lankan government to accelerate the building of a $3.7 billion oil refinery in the port city of Hambantota. The agreement includes fast-tracking unresolved issues around water access, land allocation, and taxes. The deal will be the largest single ...