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

McDonald's stores in Sri Lanka have closed due to a legal battle with the local franchise holder over hygiene allegations. The Commercial H...

The flight, scheduled to depart from Colombo's Bandaranaike International Airport to Moscow on June 2 with 191 passengers and 13 crew membe...

A statement from the Airport and Aviation Services said the flight, scheduled to depart from the Colombo airport to Moscow on June 2 with 1...

The USD 1.4 billion port city project, which has been exempted from a series of local laws, has come under severe criticism from the Opposi...

Gen Wei, who will arrive here on April 27, would be the second high ranking Chinese official to visit the island nation after the onset of ...

A Sri Lankan court has rejected former army chief Sarath Fonseka's petition seeking his reinstatement as a member of parliament.

24 Indian fishermen are currently under detention or arrest in Sri Lankan jails on the charge of alleged fishery related violation, the gov...

Five fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who were sentenced to death in Sri Lanka for alleged drug trafficking but set free after President Mahinda ...

Families of five Indian fishermen released after commutation of their death penalty were left disappointed after waiting for hours to see t...

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...

The minister said India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives are working together in the spirit of regional cooperation in order to ensure regional ...

India, yesterday, filed an appeal in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against a verdict of the high court awarding death sentence to the five...

The spokesperson in New Delhi had said the government would do everything possible to ensure return of the five Indian fishermen

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

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

The five fishermen, all hailing from TN, were apprehended in 2011 by the Sri Lankan Navy on charges of smuggling of drugs, official sources...