Sri Lankan ex-convicts in Rajiv Gandhi case, released by the Supreme Court after 30 years, returned to Colombo. The group included Murugan,...

Lanka has sought India's support following the UN report but New Delhi is yet to take a call, ET has learnt. The decision on ECT has been a...

The incident comes as pandemic-related unrest has been growing in Sri Lanka's overcrowded prisons. Inmates have staged protests in recent w...

India-born former Goldman Sachs Director Rajat Gupta served time in federal prison for leaking tips to hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratna...

Mohamed Nasheed, 48, arrived last night in Colombo and will be leaving by a Srilankan Airlines direct flight to London later today for a ba...

"Earlier, 39 suspects, detained on terrorism charges, were released on strong bail conditions," Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said.

The prisoners went on a six-day protest hunger strike demanding swift procedural action including a common amnesty.

The two countries have already launched discussions on repatriation of Tamils of Sri Lankan origin who are staying as refugees in camps in ...

At least 38 Indian fishermen lodged in Sri Lanka's Jaffna prison for alleged poaching are on a fast unto death demanding their early releas...

India on November 11 had filed an appeal in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against a verdict of the high court awarding death sentence to t...

Indian envoy Yash Sinha, who visited Welikada Prison in Colombo this morning, met the five fishermen at the Superintendent's office.

Petitioner S M Anantha Murugan submitted that nine agreements had been signed between the two countries, including on Maritime boundary and...

India today said it has conveyed its "concern" to Sri Lanka over the death sentence given by a court there to five Indian fishermen.

Subramanian Swamy said, as per provisions of the treaty, the fishermen could be allowed to seek "legal remedies" in Indian courts.

The fate of fishermen had been left in a limbo by Central and state governments, says DMK President.

Sri Lanka has started the process of handing over nine Indian prisoners, undergoing life imprisonment, to India.

DMK President M Karunanidhi alleged that Sri Lankan police had prevented hundreds of Tamil protesters from leaving northern Vavuniya town.