Tamils, who live predominantly in the north and east of Sri Lanka, form the largest minority group in the country constituting for 11.1 per...

"Investigations are nearing end. All will be arrested and taken to court," said Rajitha Senaratne, Minister of Health and government spokes...

Rajapaksa will not be given party ticket from either the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) or its broader United People's Freedom Alliance (UP...

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

“The Lankan cabinet has decided to temporarily suspend with immediate effect the work in the port city project," Cabinet spokesman Rajith S...

Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa's government had been contemplating to introduce the bill under international pressure.

This was decided during a meeting between the Union Health Minister J P Nadda and Rajitha Senaratne, Minister of Health and Indigenous Medi...

The LTTE, based in north and east of Sri Lanka, were fighting for an independent state for the country's 12 per cent minority Tamils.

Peiris, who was appointed 44th Chief Justice by Rajapaksa after the impeachmenet of Shirani Bandaranayake, is one of the suspects in the in...

The new government was aware that people who held high positions had hidden "billions of dollars" in foreign accounts, he said.

Rajapaksa, 69, was widely lauded for conceding defeat in the presidential election on Friday, even before the last votes had been counted.

Senaratne said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and British PM David Cameron were among the first to congratulate Sirisena.

Maithripala Sirisena's top aide and spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said they were also trying to locate KP and investigating reports that he h...

Sri Lanka cautioned against anyone "exploiting" its fisheries resources saying it could take the matter to international forums.

"If anyone tried to exploit Sri Lanka's fishing resources, we will resort to international mechanisms," Lankan minister Rajitha Senaratne s...

Asked about the key issues likely to figure in the meeting, Senaratne said his country would raise the issue of bottom trawling by Indian f...

India is becoming multi-billion dollar construction equipment and component sourcing base and this will be highly beneficial for Sri Lanka,...