FILE - In this March 4, 2014, file photo, Sri Lankan Buddhist monks walk towards the U.N. office in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Indian Ocean island nation of Sri Lanka, which will elect a new president on ...
Sri Lanka will hold a parliamentary election on November 14, the government announced on Tuesday, less than two months after the island nation elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new President.
Sri Lanka crisis: Protesters are blaming Rajapaksa family for the current situation. Sri Lanka is hit by a crisis, with its economy crumbling under the weight of massive foreign debt and steep ...
Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said the country’s previous administration was “covering up facts” about its crippling financial crisis. Former leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ...
The first Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C. probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at ...
Sri Lanka batter Harshitha Samarawickrama's astounding knock against India helped the team clinch their maiden Women's Asia Cup title on Sunday, July 28, in Dambulla. She remained unbeaten on 69* off ...
Despite the military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which waged an armed struggle for an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka's north-east, life for the Tamil minority remains ...
On April 24, Dinesh Chandimal played a sweep shot in a practice match in Pallekele. It shouldn't have made the news, but that sweep went straight into the back of Kaushal Silva's head. He was taken to ...
COLOMBO, Sri LankaCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Indian Ocean island nation of Sri Lanka, which will elect a new president on Saturday, has had a tumultuous history. Since gaining independence from British ...