Since the beginning of 2022, Sri Lanka has experienced an escalating economic crisis and the government has defaulted on its foreign loans....

Earlier this month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it remains committed to assisting Sri Lanka in line with its policies, the C...

On May 9, violence erupted in Sri Lanka after supporters of former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa attacked peaceful anti-government prote...

The Prime Minister said that the Police can use their discretion and open fire if there is a need to do so but there are procedures to foll...

Prime Minister Rajapaksa will brief the local council members of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and then, later on, he will announc...

The services of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, TokTok, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram, and Facebook Messenger were restored af...

The internal travel restrictions, which allow only essential services, have been in effect from mid-May and due to be lifted on June 7.

INS Ranvijay, the fifth of the Rajput Class Destroyer, is the Anti Submarine Warfare capable Guided Missile Destroyer is equipped with the ...

Dawn newspaper quoting Sri Lankan media reports that there were elements within the Sri Lankan government, who did not want the speech to t...

Over 1,000 have been arrested since the attacks. Sri Lanka's police say they have either killed or arrested all those responsible for the b...

The US Embassy here has said US security experts were working closely with their Sri Lankan partners on "fulfilling short term, specific ob...

The Appeal Court issued notice and an interim order against Rajapaksa and his Government, preventing them from acting as Prime Minister, Ca...

The president said everyone must understand that strengthening the Indo-Lanka ties does not mean that Lanka is bowing down to India.

Sirisena has ordered the army to protect all installations linked to the national power grid, Power and Energy Ministry Ranjith Siyambalapi...

Maithripala Sirisena has significantly scaled back a ban imposed by the previous regime on several Tamil diaspora groups and individuals th...

The president's decision to dissolve parliament came shortly after a spokesman for the UNP said it had formally requested him to do so.

Sri Lanka said it was ready to probe allegations by UN human rights chief Navi Pillay that people she met during her mission were threatene...