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An overcrowded bus carrying dozens of Buddhist pilgrims crashed into a precipice in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing 15 and injuring at least 30, local police said. Among the worst road accidents in the country in decades, the state-owned bus was travelling through the central hilly region of Kotmale when …

Colombo/New Delhi: India and the United Arab Emirates agreed to develop an energy hub in Sri Lanka, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Saturday, as New Delhi’s competition with China grows in the Indian Ocean island nation. The three nations signed the pact for the hub during Prime Minister …

India and Sri Lanka signed a major defence cooperation pact for the first time ever after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Anura Kumara Dissanayake spoke. The two countries signed a few more pacts, including one to develop Trincomalee as an energy hub. Another agreement was signed to provide India’s multi-sectoral …