Sri Lanka’s ex-Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga arrested in graft crackdownSri Lanka's former tourism minister was arrested Wednesday over alleged insurance fraud at the start of the country's unprecedented economi...
12 Nov, 2025, 05.21 PM IST
Sanath Jayasuriya named as full-time Sri Lanka cricket head coachSanath Jayasuriya was appointed Sri Lanka cricket head coach on Monday, replacing Chris Silverwood who quit following the country's early e...
07 Oct, 2024, 02.02 PM IST
Who is leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's newly elected presidentAnura Kumara Dissanayaka, a self-declared Marxist and leader of Sri Lanka's People's Liberation Front (JVP), has been elected as the countr...
23 Sep, 2024, 09.38 AM IST
Anura Dissanayake: JVP gets its biggest high with his riseAnura Kumara Dissanayake has been elected president. His anti-corruption stance and promise of political change resonated with young voters...
22 Sep, 2024, 08.28 PM IST
Sri Lanka's former Army chief Sarath Fonseka announces presidential candidacyField Marshal Sarath Fonseka, former Sri Lankan Army chief and key figure in defeating the LTTE, officially announced his candidacy for the...
25 Jul, 2024, 05.11 PM IST
Sri Lanka Cricket: My life at risk, I may be killed today or tomorrow, says Sports MinisterSri Lanka's Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe has claimed that his "life is at risk" for exposing corruption in the country's cricket admin...
27 Nov, 2023, 04.37 PM IST
Sri Lanka court restores sacked cricket boardSri Lanka's Court of Appeal quashed the sports minister's decision to sack the country's crisis-ridden cricket board and restored the expel...
07 Nov, 2023, 02.48 PM IST
Sri Lanka sports minister sacks cricket board; Arjuna Ranatunga to helm new interim boardThe country's 1996 World Cup-winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga was appointed interim chairman of the board, Ranasinghe said in a statement.
06 Nov, 2023, 10.18 AM IST
Anti-corruption activists demand match-fixing probe against Sri Lanka over defeat to IndiaA civil rights organisation, Citizen Power Against Bribery, Corruption and Wastage filed a complaint at the Police Headquarters in Colombo ...
18 Sep, 2023, 07.05 PM IST
Sri Lanka to be first country in Asia to come under IMF's governance diagnostic exerciseThe IMF is conducting an in-depth governance diagnostic exercise, which will assess corruption and governance vulnerabilities in Sri Lanka ...
21 Mar, 2023, 11.04 AM IST
IMF approves Sri Lanka's $2.9 billion bailoutThe IMF's board also confirmed it has signed off on the loan, which clears the way for the release of funds and kicks off a four-year progr...
21 Mar, 2023, 12.23 AM IST
ICC probes Sri Lanka T20 league over alleged match-fixingCricket-crazy Sri Lanka introduced a law against corruption in sport last year after then-sports minister Harin Fernando declared that the ...
25 Nov, 2020, 08.37 PM IST
Most corrupt bookies in international cricket are Indians: ICC officialRecently ICC's ACU shared information about active corruptors with England and Sri Lankan cricketers, currently involved in a limited overs...
18 Oct, 2018, 10.07 PM IST
Colombo project to continue after environmental analysis: Sri LankaSri Lanka said it will continue with the Beijing-funded $1.5 billion Colombo Port City project after the environmental assessments are met.
21 Jan, 2015, 09.23 PM IST
Mahinda Rajapaksa, family reported to Sri Lanka anti-graft watchdogJVP complained about 12 individuals and institutions, which also include two ministers while others are high-ranking officials of the Rajap...
13 Jan, 2015, 08.20 PM IST
Mahinda Rajapaksa, family reported to Sri Lanka anti-graft watchdogThe Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) called on the Bribery and Corruption Commission to probe Rajapaksa and his family members over ...
13 Jan, 2015, 05.01 PM IST
BCCI arm-twisted Sri Lanka to withdraw corruption report in 2010: PCA head I S BindraBindra made three points in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal and recounted an incident involving corruption during India's tour of Sri L...
02 Jun, 2013, 04.40 PM IST