COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's military is teaming with police to invigorate an anti-narcotics drive by its president who has vowed to end a 43-year moratorium on capital punishment and ...

Sri Lanka bombing suspects exchange gunfire with soldiers, 15 found dead, police say. Sri Lankan authorities were conducting an operation in the area.

Sri Lanka's president gave the military sweeping police powers starting Tuesday in the wake of the Easter bombings that killed nearly 300 people.

The Sri Lanka army on Monday said it had deployed the military police at all entry and exit points of capital Colombo, to assist the police in easing traffic congestion in the city. (Photo by Gayan ...

Such is the state of affairs in Sri Lanka on February 4, 2009 as the political establishment in Colombo celebrates 61 years of independence from British colonial rule.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's police announced on Sunday the arrests of nearly 15,000 people during a week-long military-backed anti-narcotics drive, a crackdown denounced by rights activists. Police said ...