COLOMBO: Three months after the Sri Lankan government flagged infections in at least 50 patients linked to an eye drop made in Gujarat, it is yet to receive a response from Indian drug regulators. But Sri Lankan health officials have confirmed that they have stopped procuring
COLOMBO: At least 300,000 Sri Lankans will leave their crisis-hit country for overseas jobs this year, with most of them choosing to work in Gulf countries, the Bureau of Foreign Employment said on Tuesday. More than 152,000 Sri Lankan workers have left the country since the
Colombo: After Gambia and Uzbekistan, now Indian drugs have started wreaking havoc in neighbouring Sri Lanka in form of death and serious ailments. Imported Indian drugs are at the centre of a medical storm in Sri Lanka, following cases of medical complications and fatalities, reportedly after
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government has asked New Delhi to issue a clarification about the mural of the Indian subcontinent in the new Parliament building, The Hindu reported on Wednesday. Dhaka’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has said that his government has asked its
New Delhi: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation has launched an investigation into an eye drop manufactured in Gujarat has been linked with an infection in more than 30 patients in Sri Lankan hospitals. The patients developed complications after prednisolone eye drops were administered to them
Colombo: The discovery came a day after a preliminary probe by the Chinese transport ministry concluded that all those on board had died. The Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028 overturned on May 16, with 17 Chinese, 17 Indonesians and five Filipinos on board within Australia's vast
United Nations: The world economy faces the risk of a prolonged period of low growth amid lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as also because the challenges of the ever-worsening impact of climate change, stubborn inflation, rising interest rates and heightened uncertainties remain unaddressed, according
Colombo: India has told Sri Lanka it is committed to boost investment in its debt-ridden neighbour, to help pull the island nation from its worst economic crisis in seven decades, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said during a visit to Colombo. The country of 22 million has
Hanoi: More than 300 migrants belonged to Sri Lanka were rescued off the coast of Vietnam after their boat began taking on water.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka are two important countries of the region and quite appreciably enjoy very cordial and friendly relations, and extending cooperation to each other in different sectors. Both the countries are keen to further strengthen existing relations through frequent exchange of delegations at