In the misty highlands near Nuwara Eliya and Ella, waterfalls tumble through green tea valleys — a peaceful scene in the heart of Sri Lanka. No vote chori: Woman named in Rahul Gandhi's presser with ...

In the misty highlands near Nuwara Eliya and Ella, waterfalls tumble through green tea valleys — a peaceful scene in the heart of Sri Lanka. A Republican senator has a new idea to end the shutdown. It ...

A Buddhist monk injured in a cable car crash in Sri Lanka died on Sunday, raising the death toll to eight in the worst accident of its kind, police said. Seven monks, including three foreigners, were ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka--(BUSINESS WIRE)--His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of the Sharjah Media Council, visited Al Rahma Women’s Village in Puttalam, ...

A global rights group has criticized continued rights violations in Sri Lanka under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and urged his government to halt harassment of activists, journalists, and a ...

Tens of thousands of civilians died amid Sri Lanka’s defeat of separatists in 2009. Some Israeli military strategists see it as a campaign to be emulated. For many people around the world, the memory ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- A passenger bus veered off a road and plunged into a precipice in a mountainous region in Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and injuring 16 others, a police spokesman said Friday. The ...

Sri Lanka’s former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was remanded in custody after being arrested earlier Friday on allegations he misused government funds while head of state in 2023. Local TV showed ...

Aug. 22 (UPI) --Sri Lanka's former president was arrested Friday for the alleged misuse of public funds, police said. Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capitol, while giving ...

Amid mounting protests from locals and environmentalists, Sri Lanka’s president has suspended a proposed wind farm in Mannar, in the island’s north for a month, pending a review of ecological concerns ...

X-Press Feeders has hit back at the Sri Lankan Supreme Court over a judgment on the catastrophic sinking of the X-Press Pearl. The 2,756-teu, 2021-built boxship sank off the coast of Colombo in June ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concern on Friday over accusations of human rights abuses in Sri Lanka, stating that a recent report by the UN Human Rights Office highlights the need for ...