A year after the leftist National People’s Power (NPP) coalition won an unprecedented supermajority in Sri Lanka’s November 2024 parliamentary elections—with support from both the majority Sinhala ...

In a gripping showdown on Sunday, Sri Lanka's spinner Jeffrey Vandersay showcased his bowling prowess with a remarkable three-wicket haul against Pakistan in the 3rd and final ODI held in Rawalpindi.

COLOMBO, March 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's key inflation rate fell to 0.9% year-on-year in March from 5.9% in February, the statistics department said on Thursday. The Colombo Consumer Price Index ...

COLOMBO, May 2 (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan rupee fell for the sixth consecutive session on Thursday on dollar demand from banks amid security alerts on possible further attacks after the Easter Sunday ...

At least 15 people were killed and another 16 were injured in a tragic bus accident on Thursday night in the mountainous Badulla District of Sri Lanka's Uva Province. The fatal crash occurred around 9 ...

Sri Lanka fell silent for three minutes Tuesday on a day of national mourning to honour more than 300 people killed in suicide bomb blasts that have been blamed on a local Islamist group. The Sri ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — 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 ...

Sri Lanka's central bank raised interest rates for the first time in nearly three years Thursday as the rupee hit a record low amid a crippling foreign... Already a Barron's subscriber? Sign In ...

COLOMBO, April 26 (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan rupee closed 0.2 percent weaker on Friday as worries about more bomb attacks after the Easter Sunday attacks weighed, while stocks edged up for the third ...

President Gotabaya, who is the last Rajapaksa still clinging to national office, has not been seen outside his heavily guarded compound. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (left) with his brother ...