COLOMBO: China's new ambassador to Sri Lanka, Wei Huaxiang, said on Wednesday that the 1952 Rubber-Rice Pact was "a valuable historical legacy for China and Sri Lanka" and should guide relations between the two countries as they prepare to mark 70 years of diplomatic ties next year. "China stands ready to work with Sri Lanka to continue carrying forward the spirit of independence, self-reliance, solidarity and mutual assistance enshrined in the Rubber-Rice Pact," Mr. Wei said at a reception a

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — India has told a Sri Lankan opposition lawmaker that it could act to help Sivarasa Anojan, a Sri Lankan migrant worker sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, once the Sri Lankan government formally approaches Saudi authorities and makes a request on his behalf. Santosh Jha, India’s high commissioner to Sri Lanka, conveyed that position during a meeting with Mano Ganesan, the leader of the Tamil Progressive Alliance, according to Mr. Ganesan. Under the position Mr. Jha describe

KANDY, Sri Lanka — A senior Buddhist leader in Sri Lanka on Wednesday welcomed a United States decision to lower tariffs on Sri Lankan goods, telling the new American ambassador that the country had received favorable treatment at a time when Washington has raised tariffs on many of its trading partners. The Most Venerable Thibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thera, the Mahanayake, or chief prelate, of the Malwathu Chapter, one of the most influential Buddhist orders in the country, spoke duri