Cabinet spokesperson Rajitha Senaratne last month said the new government was considering the release of political detainees.

Narendra Modi could become the first Indian PM to visit Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Jaffna city when he tours the nation in March.

"They raided our house in Tangalle yesterday looking for a Lamborghini car," said Namal Rajapaksa, the former president's elder son.

Sri Lanka's main Muslim party quit government and decided to support opposition in the polls in a move seen as major setback to President M...

Incumbent President Rajapaksa is seeking a record third-term in the presidential poll scheduled for January 8. He will be challenged by Sir...

Maithripala Sirisena signed a pact with opposition parties and civil society groups to scrap country's "dictatorial" presidential form of g...

Sri Lankas's main opposition party UNP today challenged President Mahinda Rajapaksa's claim of having files of corruption details by his de...