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

According to Daily Mirror, a personal complaint has been lodged before the Colombo Magistrate's Court by a lawyer requesting to direct the ...

The move comes as Sri Lanka's main Opposition party SJB on Friday announced that it will move a no-confidence motion against the government...

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa imposed a state of emergency on Friday, the day after a crowd attempted to storm his home in the capital Colom...

Late Thursday hundreds of people tried to storm the home of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the current president and one of four politically active br...

A mob of over 800 men dragged Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, beat him severely to death and then they set his body on fir...

Sirisena's security was beefed up after the disclosure of the plot.

Namal Rajapaksa was arrested last week and kept under remand custody till today, becoming the second son of the former president to be rema...

Sri Lankan police today arrested former president Mahinda Rajapaksa's younger brother Basil in connection with an alleged land transaction ...

Nalaka Godahewa was arrested for criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of state funds, said police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera.

Police will now be in control of the presidential security division, Police spokesman Assistant Superintendent Ruwan Gunasekera said today.

Former Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa expressed fears that the new government led by Maithripala Sirisena might end up prosecuting his ...