You are here

Sri Lanka

Special Western Province Governor Hanif Yusuf and community leaders inaugurate the Salam Ramadan festival in Colombo on March 21, 2025. video

Ramadan festival promotes heritage of Sri Lanka’s Muslim communities

  • Sri Lanka’s diverse Muslim groups include Moors, Memons, Malays and Dawoodi Bohras
  • The Salam Ramadan festival opened on Friday and will run until March 31 in the Sri Lankan capital
By Mohammed Rasooldeen ·
Special Female medics at the Wathupitiwela Base hospital, some 110 km from Colombo, join a nationwide strike of Sri Lankan doctors.

Sri Lankan doctors on nationwide strike to demand safety after rape of woman medic

By Mohammed Rasooldeen ·
A resort entirely staffed and run by women in Sri Lanka seeks to break gender barriers

A resort entirely staffed and run by women in Sri Lanka seeks to break gender barriers

By AP ·
Sri Lanka hunts for police chief over deadly raid

Sri Lanka hunts for police chief over deadly raid

By AFP ·
Special Sri Lanka, UAE agree to boost economic ties, investment during Dissanayake visit

Sri Lanka, UAE agree to boost economic ties, investment during Dissanayake visit

By Mohammed Rasooldeen ·
Special Sri Lankan president makes first Middle East trip for World Governments Summit

Sri Lankan president makes first Middle East trip for World Governments Summit

By Mohammed Rasooldeen ·
Sri Lankan envoy celebrates diplomacy, independence

Sri Lankan envoy celebrates diplomacy, independence

By Arab News ·
Special Saudi Arabia set to finance bridge construction in eastern Sri Lanka

Saudi Arabia set to finance bridge construction in eastern Sri Lanka

By Mohammed Rasooldeen ·
Special Sri Lankan rights activists demonstrate in front of the president’s office in Colombo on Jan. 10, 2025. (AFP)

Sri Lankans rally to stop deportation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar

By Mohammed Rasooldeen ·
Special People enjoy the beach in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (File/AFP)

Sri Lanka vows crackdown on illegal activities by Israeli tourists

By Mohammed Rasooldeen ·
Sri Lankan Embassy in Riyadh recently held a cricket tournament to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia.

Sri Lankan Embassy holds cricket tournament to mark ties with Saudi Arabia

By Rashid Hassan ·
Special Sri Lanka launches nationwide program to become ‘cleanest country in Asia’

Sri Lanka launches nationwide program to become ‘cleanest country in Asia’

By Mohammed Rasooldeen ·
Moves afoot for Saudi cricketers to host Sri Lanka’s stars

Moves afoot for Saudi cricketers to host Sri Lanka’s stars

By Rashid Hassan ·

Opinion

Arnab Neil Sengupta
The future of jobs is too uncertain to make wrong bets
Author
Dr. Ramzy Baroud
Ben-Gvir, Netanyahu and Israel’s deadly dance of power
Author
Ghassan Charbel
‘Planes, planes, planes’
Author
Chris Doyle
Israel making yet more enemies with Syria intervention
Author
Hani Hazaimeh
Brick by brick, Palestine’s future is being stolen
Author
More in Opinion

Latest updates

Where We Are Going Today: ‘Kaia’ at Shangri-La Jeddah
AN photo
Saudi Arabia condemns new Israeli agency for displacing Palestinians from Gaza Strip
Saudi Arabia condemns new Israeli agency for displacing Palestinians from Gaza Strip
UN to reduce staff in Gaza and blames Israel for a strike that killed its employee
UN to reduce staff in Gaza and blames Israel for a strike that killed its employee
Two journalists killed in separate Israeli strikes in Gaza
Two journalists killed in separate Israeli strikes in Gaza
Oman to take part in London Design Biennale for first time
Oman to take part in London Design Biennale for first time

Recommended

Middle-East
Why efforts to protect children from early marriage have faltered in the Middle East
Why efforts to protect children from early marriage have faltered in the Middle East
Saudi Arabia
How Saudi Arabia is pioneering soil quality and water conservation solutions
How Saudi Arabia is pioneering soil quality and water conservation solutions
Saudi Arabia
How AI is transforming music discovery and production in Saudi Arabia
How AI is transforming music discovery and production in Saudi Arabia

Search form

Print Edition
Read pdf version Subscribe now
© 2025 SAUDI RESEARCH & PUBLISHING COMPANY, All Rights Reserved And subject to Terms of Use Agreement.