President Rajapaksa on Friday had expanded his Cabinet to include nine more ministers in an effort to ensure stability until a full Cabinet...

"We will be going for the meeting but under one condition that it has to be without the presence of the prime minister (Mahinda Rajapaksa) ...

Briefing on the damage to aquatic life in the aftermath of 'X-Press Pearl' container ship sinking, the attorney general's office told the m...

People in the know told ET that Sri Lanka is set to add dynamism to the equation by deputing Asoka Milinda Moragoda, politician-cum-busines...

In a telephonic conversation with a TV station, Ranil Wickremesinghe said "I will continue to be the Prime Minister. Mahinda Rajapaksa's ap...

Fisheries Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said he had spoken with Indian High Commissioner Taranjit Singh Sandhu on the situation.

The Sri Lankan navy, however, denied the allegation, saying it does not open fire at poaching fishermen and only arrests them.

Sri Lanka government spokesman Gayantha Karunathilake said that the Indian government has agreed to provide the grant for livelihood develo...

"We have not given consent to any of the proposals although there have been many" Minister of Fisheries Mahinda Amaraweera told reporters.

Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Mahinda Amaraweera presided over the ceremony at the Ministry of Fisheries and Aqua...

Sri Lankan fisheries minister Mahinda Amaraweera said that although the fishermen will be released their equipment will remain confiscated.

Days after rejecting India's proposal to allow its fishermen to catch fish in Lankan waters, Sri Lanka has said it will continue to engage ...

Sri Lankan and Indian fishing organisations have held several rounds of discussions to sort out the vexed issue of fishermen.

During Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the island nation in March, he had discussed the fishermen's issue with Lankan President Sir...

Meanwhile, authorities warned of landslides in six other mountainous districts as heavy rain continued to lash most parts of the Island nat...

The landslide struck yesterday and wiped out 120 workers' homes at the Meeriabedda tea estate in the central Badulla district.