Government of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Signs Deal On Port With China
Sri Lanka has signed a $1.1bn (£837m) deal with China for the control and development of the southern deep-sea port of...
Sri Lanka To Sign China Port Deal Despite Protests
Sri Lanka will proceed with the billion-dollar sale of a deep sea port to China despite protests in an effort to slash...
Sri Lanka Finalises $1.12 Bn Port Deal With China
Sri Lanka's government Tuesday approved the sale to China of a majority stake in a loss-making but strategically-sited...
Sri Lanka Opens Landmark Inquiry Into 2012 Jail Massacre
Sri Lanka announced Thursday a long-awaited investigation into the massacre of 27 prisoners that became a symbol of the...
Sri Lanka Vows Tamil Autonomy Despite Buddhist Resistance
Sri Lanka vowed Wednesday to grant greater autonomy to its Tamil minority in a new constitution after an influential...
Sri Lanka Ends Decades-Long Occupation of Tamil Port
Sri Lanka's military said Tuesday it has ended its occupation of a major fishing harbour after 27 years and allowed...
Sri Lanka Eyes Elephant Menace At Cricket Stadium
Sri Lanka is to deploy game wardens to stop wild elephants straying onto the pitch when the country hosts Zimbabwe for...
Sri Lanka Blames Garbage Pile-Up For Record Dengue Toll
Sri Lanka has suffered a record 200 deaths from dengue fever this year, the health minister said Monday, blaming a...
Sri Lanka Vows Tougher Laws After Wave of Hate Crimes
Sri Lanka's prime minister Wednesday promised tougher legislation to deal with hate crimes after an upsurge in attacks...
Sri Lanka Vows Tougher Laws After Wave of Hate Crimes
Sri Lanka's prime minister Wednesday promised tougher legislation to deal with hate crimes after an upsurge in attacks...
Sri Lanka Makes First Arrest Over Hate Crimes Against Muslims
Police in Sri Lanka have arrested a key figure from an extremist Buddhist organisation blamed for a series of hate...
Sri Lanka Pressed Over Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes
Sri Lanka-based Western diplomats Thursday urged Colombo to investigate a wave of anti-Muslim violence in the...
Foreign Aid Arrives In As Sri Lanka Flood Toll Exceeds 200
International aid arrived into Sri Lanka on Wednesday as the death toll from the island's worst floods and landslides...
Sri Lanka Steps Up Relief As Monsoon Toll Exceeds 150
Emergency teams rushed food and water Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced by the island's worst flooding for...
Sri Lanka’s Firebrand Buddhist Monk Goes Into Hiding
A controversial Sri Lankan Buddhist monk linked to a wave of hate attacks targeting the country's Muslim minority has...
Sri Lanka Police ‘failing To Stop Anti-Muslim Attacks’
Rights groups accused Sri Lankan police Wednesday of failing to stop a wave of hate crimes against Muslim businesses...
Sri Lanka Switches Foreign, Finance Ministers In Shake Up
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena announced his first cabinet reshuffle Monday, switching his finance and...
Sri Lanka Offers Fresh Probes Into Missing Thousands
Sri Lanka's President announced Saturday new investigations into alleged secret detention centres as part of a drive to...
India Calls For Deeper Ties With Sri Lanka As China Looms
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared Friday his desire for a "quantum jump" in relations with Sri Lanka, as New...