The Latest Breaking News from Sri Lanka

Kayleigh Fraser, 34, has been on the run after judges rejected her bid to stay in the country.

All the ingredients are in place for a spicy tournament as the battle to qualify for the Super 12 stage kicks off

International drug smugglers use Indian ports of call as safe houses for concealing heroin sourced from Afghanistan to dodge severe cargo profiling at foreign ports. A shipment from Iran, Pakistan, or Afghanistan will invite a fiercer scrutiny in foreign harbours than cargo from India or Sri Lanka, say officials

The novelist on finding dark farce in his country’s civil war, his grunge band past, and the ‘lottery win’ of the Booker shortlist

NoViolet Bulawayo, Percival Everett, Alan Garner and others reveal the inspiration for the books up for this year’s award

The litigant claims that there is a serious threat from influx of Bangladeshi and Rohingya Muslims settled in the State with a radical mindset

World Bank President David Malpass points to India’s involvement in restructuring debts in Sri Lanka and it being a major creditor to African nations; calls the country a leader in education

UN Human Rights Council renews mandate to collect and preserve evidence of atrocities during the decades-long civil war.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s top court has granted permission for proceedings against former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, according to the rights group that filed the case against him.