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Govt's big push to attract tourists: One-month e-visa at flexible charges

High visa charges is one reason that makes India less attractive to tourists and so the fee is being reduced to increase footfalls and foreign exchange receipts

Sri Lankan tourism industry begins to recover after Easter attacks

The island nation's tourism sector, one of the country's top revenue streams, suffered a massive blow following April 21 Islamist militant bombings of churches and luxury hotels

India stays lower-middle-income nation while Sri Lanka gets richer: Report

Maldives ($9,310 or Rs 6,36,432) and Sri Lanka ($4,060 or Rs 2,77,542) are the only two countries in South Asia in the upper-middle-income group

Sri Lanka extends emergency for third month after Easter Day blasts

Allowed to detain and interrogate suspects without court orders, Sri Lanka's police and military have arrested more than 100 suspects in the crackdown after the Islamist militant attacks

Rooms at 50% off to ads in Russia: Lanka woos tourists after attacks

To lure tourists back, Sri Lanka is hosting international sporting events and has mothballed a rule on minimum rates for hotel stays

Sri Lankan presidential polls to be held between Nov 15 and Dec 7

Although Sirisena has not so far declared his intention for a re-run, his souring of relationship with the Prime Minister, Wickremesinghe, has indicated that the UNP will be fielding its own candidate

Beleaguered Sri Lanka gets $164 million IMF cash after long delay

Sri Lanka estimates that it will lose about $1.5 million in revenue this year as a result of a sharp dip in tourist arrivals following the April 21 suicide bombings

Man slashed to death in Sri Lanka during anti-Muslim riots; curfew imposed

Homes and mosques were also vandalised by large groups of people armed with sticks and blunt weapons

Scholar's arrest throws spotlight on radicalism among Sri Lanka's Muslims

Mohamed Aliyar, 60, is the founder of the Centre for Islamic Guidance, which boasts a mosque, a religious school and a library in Zahran's hometown of Kattankudy, a Muslim-dominated city on Sri Lanka

Indian among 13 foreigners arrested without valid visa in Sri Lanka

The arrests have come after the Sri Lankan government beefed up security measures following the country's worst terror attacks on Easter Sunday

Lanka revises Easter blasts toll from 359 to 253; cites calculation error

Defence Secretary Fernando handed over his resignation letter to President Maithripala Sirisena Thursday

How Sri Lanka is putting its troubled past behind with warm hospitality

'When in Sri Lanka, choose trains', says the author

Sri Lanka working with India for repatriation of Tamil refugees: Envoy

The envoy said that there are also logistical issues like what all and how much the refugees can take along with them, and how they will be taken back

Lanka Parliament convenes 1st time after PM Wickremesinghe's reinstatement

Reinstatement of Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister ended the 51-day political standoff in the country

Sri Lanka crisis: Ranil Wickremesinghe to take oath as PM on Sunday

Ranil Wickremesinghe is all set to regain his Prime Ministerial powers and will be taking oath on Sunday, a senior minister from the United National Party (UNP) confirmed on Friday.The UNP minister also said President Maithripala Sirisena has settled for the decision to announce Wickremesinghe as the new Prime Minister of the island nation, Colombo Page reported.The decision to reinstate Wickremesinghe was reportedly taken after a meeting held by Sirisena with Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and Wickremesinghe on Thursday.Meanwhile, Mahinda Rajapaksa's son Namal confirmed on Friday that the former President would step down as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka "to ensure the stability of the nation"."To ensure stability of the nation, Former President @PresRajapaksa has decided to resign from the Premiership tomorrow after an address to the nation. The SLPP with Frm President, SLFP & others will now work to form a broader political coalition with President Sirisena," Namal had ...

Dissolution of Sri Lankan Parliament by President 'unconstitutional': SC

The apex court's decision has come as a serious blow to Sirisena after he had failed in his attempt to see Rajapaksa gaining majority in the assembly to oust Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka court temporarily bars Rajapaksa from acting as prime minister

Lanka is witnessing a political crisis since October 26 when President Sirisena sacked Wickeremesinghe and replaced him with Rajapaksa

Failing to prove his majority twice, Rajapaksa calls for fresh Lanka polls

In a statement, Rajapaksa slammed Wickremesinghe's UNP of feeling shy of contesting a fresh poll

Amid political crisis, Sri Lanka's largest party flags risk of debt default

The political unrest also saw the IMF suspend a tranche of a $1.5-bn bailout loan agreed to in 2016

Sirisena's all-party meeting ends with no hope for Lanka's political crisis

Sri Lanka tumbled into a constitutional crisis after President Sirisena ousted then-Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and named Rajapaksa as the Prime Minister