The Latest Breaking News from Sri Lanka

‘Sri Lankan Tamil outfits abroad have planned attacks to mark Mullivaikal anniversary’

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Sri Lanka, which is facing the biggest economic crisis in its post-independence history, is aiming to boost its agriculture sector

Australia captain Pat Cummins has left his IPL stint early and returned home to recuperate from a minor hip injury ahead of the tour to Sri Lanka next month.

Protesters attacked earlier this week by supporters of Sri Lanka’s government are demanding that the newly appointed prime minister arrest his predecessor for allegedly instigating the attack against them as they called for his resignation

The Department of Foreign Affairs says there is a shortage of basic goods, including food, fuel and medicines

With one brother president, another prime minister and three more family members cabinet ministers, it appeared that the Rajapaksa clan had consolidated its grip on power in Sri Lanka after decades in and out of government

Australia captain Pat Cummins has departed the IPL to return home and recuperate from a minor hip injury ahead of the tour to Sri Lanka next month.

India has committed more than $3 billion to debt-ridden Sri Lanka in loans, credit lines, and credit swaps since January 2022

Sri Lanka's main opposition party joined anti-government protesters on Friday in rejecting the appointment of a new prime minister and insisted the president resign to take responsibility for the country's disastrous economic crisis.

The year 2022 received its first cyclone, Asani, formed in the North Indian Ocean region. The cyclone named by Sri Lanka meaning “wrath” in Sinhala, made landfall on May 11, 40km south-east of Machilipatnam and 50km south-west of Narsapur in Andhra Pradesh.