Bharti Airtel, Dialog Axiata PLC, Axiata Group Berhad to combine operations in Sri Lanka

[ad_1] Bharti Airtel, Dialog Axiata PLC (Dialog) and Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata) have signed an agreement to combine their operations in Sri Lanka. Under the agreement, Dialog will acquire 100 per cent shares in Airtel Lanka, in consideration of which...

Sri Lanka’s Bentota — a perfect quick getaway from South India

[ad_1] Where can you go for a short, three-day break, say a long weekend that serendipitously pops up on your calendar? You’re in Chennai or somewhere in south India and the question looms: how do you make the most of...

Why a Sri Lankan island is sparking an Indian election controversy

[ad_1] New Delhi, India – Fifty years after India and Sri Lanka settled a long-simmering dispute over a tiny island, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accused a former government of the now-in-opposition Congress Party of gifting Indian territory to...

World Bank projects Indian economy to grow at 7.5% in 2024

[ad_1] The Indian economy is projected to grow at 7.5 per cent in 2024, the World Bank has said, revising its earlier projections for the same period by 1.2 per cent. Overall, growth in South Asia is expected to be...

Economic conditions in debt-stricken Sri Lanka improving, IMF says

[ad_1] IMF says inflation has dropped from 70 percent, economy expanded in the second half of 2023.The economic situation in debt-stricken Sri Lanka has started to gradually improve following its worst economic crisis two years ago, the International Monetary Fund...

With eyes on T20 World Cup, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka resume heated rivalry

[ad_1] Two South Asian nations are set to resume their heated cricket rivalry with a Twenty20 three-match series as they eye the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka – not India and Pakistan – will play...

Are snakebites rising in South Asia — and what’s responsible?

[ad_1] In 1950, Roald Dahl wrote a short story titled Poison. The tale, set in colonial India and often found in deckle-edged children’s anthologies, tells a riveting story about racism. In the story, a striped snake called a common krait...