Police Special Task Force officers patrol outside Dawatagaha Jumma Masjid during Friday prayers on April 26, 2019 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Carl Court/Getty Images ...

Sri Lanka’s civil war ended 10 years ago, but memories of urban carnage are still fresh, particularly for residents of the capital. During the conflict, bombings of airports, bus stations, banks ...

The names of the nine people who authorities say detonated suicide bombs in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing 257 people, have been released and their assets will be seized in accordance with ant… ...

Sri Lanka’s police are increasingly killing and abusing people under cover of the Covid-19 pandemic measures and an anti-drug campaign, Human Rights Watch said today.

A wave of attacks in Sri Lanka left more than 250 people dead and hundreds more ... while police officers ... A bombing victim's relative weeps outside a hospital in Batticaloa, eastern Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankan police stand at the site of an explosion in a restaurant area of the luxury Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 21, 2019. Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images ...

“Sri Lanka’s extensive domestic security apparatus routinely uses baseless accusations of ... police in the eastern town of Batticaloa arrested nine people under the law for ...

Would-be illegal asylum seekers from Sri Lanka are seen at a police station in Colombo, ... which Australia said occurred in "mild" conditions off the eastern Sri Lankan port of Batticaloa. ...

File photo of Sri Lanka police special task forces Getty Images Police have detained at least 76 people, including foreigners from Syria and Egypt, in their investigations so far.

Three trucks carrying explosives blew up inside a police compound in eastern Sri Lanka on Friday, killing at least 25 people in what the military called an accident.

Sri Lankan police on Sunday discovered a 10-acre camp in the eastern town of Kattankudy, where terrorists linked to the deadly Easter attacks are believed to have practiced shooting and bombmaking.

Theravada Buddhism is Sri Lanka's biggest religion, accounting for about 70% of the population. Hindus and Muslims make up around 12% and 10% of the population respectively. Image source, Reuters ...