A 53-year-old man committed suicide in front of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's house in Mirihana. He had climbed on a live transformer after calling for an immediate end to the power ...

An underworld character, known as ‘Army Upul’, a close associate of late notorious gang leader Ganemulle Sanjeewa, was ...

Protesters in Sri Lanka who spent the weekend occupying the president's palace have now entered and torched the prime minister's private mansion as well.

Sri Lankan Muslims protest Israeli airstrikes in Gaza in the immediate wake of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack — Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 13, 2023. (AP Photo) ...

Later in 1954, Sir Oliver Goonetilleke took up residence at Queen’s House as the first Sri Lankan to be appointed to the post of governor-general.