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Sangakkara turns SL selector ahead of ICC World Twenty20

The Islanders sacked existing selection panel after national team’s ‘recent failures’.

08 Mar 2016 12:17 PM

Seven years after war, Sri Lanka bans mines

Sri Lanka’s government Thursday announced it would ban landmines and promised to destroy its stockpiles of the explosive devices, nearly seven years after its protracted civil war ended.

04 Mar 2016 3:36 AM

Sri Lanka’s Tamil CM seeks Indian help on federation

India might “intervene” again in Sri Lanka to help the Tamil minority and provide a federal solution to the ethnic reconciliation problem, a media report quoted the country’s Northern Prov-ince chief

01 Mar 2016 6:51 AM

Indian fishermen 'looting' Lanka's fishing resources: JVP

JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said the continuous poaching by Indian fishermen was a violation of Sri Lanka's sovereignty.

16 Feb 2016 4:23 PM

Maithripala Sirisena: Saved Mahinda Rajapaksa from war crimes court

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday claimed that his victory in the elections saved his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa from being hauled before an international war crimes court.

14 Feb 2016 5:40 AM

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Rajpaksa regime’s corrupt officials can’t escape: Sri Lanka PM

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday said the ongoing investigations against “corrupt” members of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa regime will continue without political inter

11 Feb 2016 6:05 AM

Swedish prosecutor still aims to quiz Assange

A Swedish prosecutor said on Tuesday she still aims to question Wi-kiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuad-orian embassy in London over a rape allegation in Sweden, despite a UN report condemning

10 Feb 2016 6:07 AM

‘Lanka must face demons of past’

Sri Lanka must “confront and defeat the demons of its past”, the UN human rights chief said Tuesday at the end of a visit to assess the island’s progress in investigating war crimes.

10 Feb 2016 5:55 AM

Mahinda Rajapaksa brother slams UN probe

Stepping up opposition to a UN-backed probe into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, former defence minister Gotabhaya Rajapaksa Monday denounced the UN human rights chief’s visit to the country as a “bi

09 Feb 2016 2:37 AM

IND vs SL: Dilshan ruled out, Dickwella called as cover

Dilshan is expected to be available for the second match, in Ranchi, on February 12.

07 Feb 2016 10:35 AM

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India, Sri Lanka discuss fishermen

India and Sri Lanka on Friday reviewed the progress made in their bilateral ties discussing various issues including that of fishermen, a major irritant in the relations, as the two countries signed m

06 Feb 2016 5:55 AM

Swaraj, Lanka PM hold talks on investment, SEZ

The two leaders will co-chair the 9th Joint Commission meeting to discuss key bilateral and regional issues.

05 Feb 2016 5:43 PM

Sri Lanka marks Independence Day with Tamil anthem

Sri Lankan schoolchildren sang their national anthem in the island’s minority Tamil language at Independence Day celebrations for the first time in 67 years on Thursday, in a highly symbolic gesture a

05 Feb 2016 6:14 AM

Sri Lanka lifts unofficial ban on Tamil national anthem

Sirisena's hardline predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa had imposed an unofficial ban on the Tamil version of the national anthem.

04 Feb 2016 11:53 AM

Sri Lanka ex-Army Chief joins government

Fonseka ready to face probe into allegations

04 Feb 2016 6:11 AM

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Lanka eyes stake in Google’s Internet balloon venture

Sri Lanka has said it would buy a 25% stake in a joint venture with Google, to deliver a high-speed internet service powered by balloons which will make the country first in the world to have universa

03 Feb 2016 12:26 AM

Rajapaksa wife grilled in fraud case

Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s wife was interrogated on Monday by investigators over allegations of fraud, days after the ex-strongman’s son was remanded in custody on charges of mone

02 Feb 2016 6:36 AM

Sinhalese mustn’t fear Indians: Sri Lanka FM

Sri Lankans, particularly the majority Sinhala community, should not get “paranoid” over unfounded fears of Indians “swarming” their country whenever a bilateral trade agreement is proposed, foreign m

02 Feb 2016 6:32 AM

Mahinda Rajapaksa's son arrested by financial crimes police

Several members of the Rakapaksa family are facing police investigations for alleged financial crimes.

31 Jan 2016 12:28 PM

Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son arrested

Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s 27-year-old son was arrested on Saturday along with four other people over money laundering allegations.

31 Jan 2016 3:45 AM

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