Sri Lanka

A passenger train derailed after striking a herd of elephants near a wildlife reserve in central Sri Lanka in the early hours of Thursday. While no injuries were reported among…

More than 100 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar have been rescued while adrift on a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation by Sri Lanka’s navy, bringing them safely…

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake vowed to bolster ties with India on Monday during his first overseas visit as head of state, with a red carpet welcome by Prime…

Cyclone Fengal killed at least 19 people in India and Sri Lanka and caused flooding in Tamil Nadu state and the Puducherry region after crossing India’s southern coast from the…

Sri Lankan rescue teams said they had recovered four drowned children killed in a flash flood, with four other people missing, after torrential rains from a powerful but slow-moving storm…

  Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition won a thumping victory in a snap general election, gaining the power to push through his plans to fight poverty and…

Green shirts were outclassed as The Lions chased a modest 73-run target Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by three wickets claiming their victory over the Hong Kong Super Sixes 2024 title.…

Sri Lanka’s new leftist president Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved parliament on Tuesday and called a snap election as he prepares to renegotiate the bankrupt nation’s unpopular International Monetary Fund bailout…

Sri Lanka elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new president. Dissanayake, who does not possess political lineage like some of his rivals in the presidential election, led from start…

Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa headed to a run-off for Sri Lanka’s presidency on Sunday, the election body said, with a second round of counting to…