Sri Lanka's new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary ...

The Veddas, Sri Lanka's first indigenous tribe and the last to survive on the island, are nearing extinction, but in Gal Oya, ...

As the youngest candidate contesting for the Colombo district on the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) ticket, Dimitra ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party’s power in Thursday’s parliamentary election to help him implement his election pledges to ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country. As the country prepares for its first election since ...

Australia are set to face a trial by spin in Sri Lanka, with both Tests of the looming series to again be played in Galle.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka police have arrested three persons in connection with a possible attack on Israel travellers in the Indian ocean island, a government minister said on ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has closed schools in its capital, Colombo, and its suburbs as heavy rains triggered floods in many parts of the island nation. Heavy downpours over the ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's new President ... comes from a similar background as Dissanayake and both are members of the Marxist-leaning National People’s Power coalition.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A train carrying thousands of gallons of fuel hit a herd of wild elephants in northeast Sri Lanka, killing two of the giant mammals and injuring one other as two of its ...