A plan to hold a military exercise between the navies of Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the strategic waters of Trincomalee was shelved weeks back after New Delhi conveyed its concerns to Colombo over the ...

A rare exposition of the sacred tooth relic of Lord Buddha began on Friday in Sri Lanka's central town of Kandy after a gap of 16 years, according to an official statement. The event will continue ...

Sri Lanka is one of the world’s most mesmerising destinations. Similar in land area to Ireland and rich in theatrical technicolour, the people are warm, helpful and welcoming, there’s a huge ...

China and Sri Lanka discovered that their interests were closely aligned in the evolving post-war strategic landscape. China served as a vital diplomatic shield for Sri Lanka, particularly in ...

A Catholic organization has urged the Sri Lankan government to launch a fresh probe into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, saying the real perpetrators are yet to be identified. Six years on, and ...

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None of their batters crossed the 40-run mark. Sri Lanka's Tharindu Ratnayake and Dushan Hemantha starred with the ball, picking up four wickets each to bowl them out at 219 in 44.5 overs.

Durham Solicitor Peter Nelson, of Grim, Biehn & Thatcher, delivered some good news to the township supervisors at their April meeting. He told them they may be able to collect more rent for the post ...

“The Ministry of Railways has resolved to name the station after the ‘walking god’, Sri Shivakumara Swamiji, and had written to the Ministry of Home Affairs, which has sought the consent of ...

covered with a plastic bag and refused food at the Vaddukoddai police station in northern Sri Lanka. He later died of his injuries. Rajeev Amasuriya, president of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (right)shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi outside the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo during the latter’s visit to Sri Lanka ...

Credit: CoolKengzz/Shutterstock. Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the Sahasdhanavi power plant, a 350MW combined cycle power plant. The plant ...