The Latest Breaking News from Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka tops league of countries unable to respond to crises at home due to crippling payments, as campaigners call for action to cancel debt

NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka's sports minister Roshan Ranasinghe appointed a technical committee headed by the legendary Sanath Jayasuriya to probe the reasons behind Sri Lanka's failure to win direct qualification for the ODI World Cup to be held in India later this year.

NEW DELHI: Ravi Shastri’s fervent commentary from 2011 - "Dhoni, finishes it off in style, India lifts the World Cup after 28 years" still reverberates in every Indian cricket fan’s ears. Dhoni's six over mid-on off Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Kulasekara, which sealed the deal for the Men in Blue in…

Other lives: Sri Lankan artist who moved to London but whose subject remained his homeland

Sri Lanka has a rich cultural and historical connection with the Indian epic, Ramayana. According to Hindu mythology, Sri Lanka was the kingdom of Ravana, the ten-headed demon king who abducted Sita, the wife of Lord Rama, the hero of the Ramayana.

In a thrilling finish to the first T20 international in Auckland on Sunday, Sri Lanka edged out hosts New Zealand in the Super Over after the two teams ended up with tied scores at the end of regulation period of the match.

Sri Lanka's key inflation rate eased to 50.3% in March from 50.6% in February, the statistics department said on Friday. The Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) reflected a reduction in food inflation to 47.6% in March from 54.4% in February, but non-food inflation reached 51.7%, the Census and Statistics Department…

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Sri Lanka will kick off a reworking of part of its domestic debt next month and aims to finalise it by May, central bank and treasury officials told creditors during a virtual presentation on Thursday.