COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a former defence official revered by Sri Lanka's ethnic majority for his role in ending a bloody civil war but feared by minorities for his brutal...
Read moreColombo: Photographers and videographers of print and electronic media outlets will not be permitted to take pictures of top Sri Lankan political leaders when they vote during Saturday's presidential election,...
Read moreCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka: The remains of a suicide bomber who attacked a church in eastern Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday were exhumed on Monday after a court order that they be reburied...
Read moreColombo Over 1,700 houses have been damaged from days of strong winds and heavy rains in Sri Lanka since last Thursday, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said on Monday. The...
Read moreColombo: Sri Lanka on Tuesday backed the Indian government's creation of a new Union Territory of Ladakh, noting it would be the first Indian state with a Buddhist majority. Sri...
Read moreColombo Over 6,000 drunk drivers have been arrested in Sri Lanka over the last three weeks in a special island-wide operation, the police said on Tuesday. A total of 6,315 such...
Read moreColombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has protested a parliamentary investigation into security lapses leading to the Easter suicide bombings which killed over 250 people and injured hundreds, the media...
Read moreColombo: The Sri Lankan government has decided to amend laws regarding the circulation of fake news on the social media, with five-year jail terms for those found guilty, the media...
Read moreHeavy rains are expected in Sri Lanka due to the southwest monsoon forming over the country, the Meteorology Department said on Friday. Fairly heavy falls of about 75 millimetres are...
Read moreAustralia overhauled Sri Lanka and England swatted aside Afghanistan with a clean bill of health in their last Cricket World Cup warmups on Monday. Usman Khawaja, stumped on 89, led...
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