Ruined Rice Fields and Broken Rail Lines: Sri Lanka Counts Cost of Cyclone

Officials estimate the damage runs into billions of dollars, a headache for the island nation just recovering from an ...

Cyclone Ditwah: 56 killed in Sri Lanka due to floods; alerts issued in Tamil Nadu and Andhra

The deadly storm, which originated in the Bay of Bengal, is rapidly proceeding towards India. Alerts have been sounded in ...
The Island

Sri Lanka Navy takes delivery of Ex-USCGC DECISIVE

The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) formally took delivery of the EX- United States Coast Guard Cutter, USCGC DECISIVE, provided by the ...
Ada Derana

U.S. transfers fourth former Coast Guard Cutter to Sri Lanka Navy

The United States has transferred a former U.S. Coast Guard cutter, the USCGC EX-DECISIVE, to the Sri Lanka Navy during a ceremony held in Baltimore.
Reuters

United States backs Sri Lanka's debt restructuring effort

COLOMBO, Sept 7 (Reuters) - The United States will support the restructuring of Sri Lanka's debt and extend financing assurances to the crisis-hit island nation, the U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet ...