Sri Lanka is looking for a few good hangmen. ... Sri Lanka looking for executioners as death penalty reinstated By . Yaron Steinbuch. Published Feb. 13, 2019. Updated Feb. 13, 2019, 6:12 p.m. ET.

Sri Lanka's president said the government will still end its 42-year moratorium on capital punishment despite requests by the European Union and other diplomatic missions not to do so.

Sri Lanka’s president on Wednesday signed death sentences for four people convicted of drug-related offences in a decision analysts said is aimed at boosting his chances of re-election later ...

Death toll in Sri Lanka Easter attacks lowered by more than 100 By Dakin Andone and Ingrid Formanek, CNN 1 minute read Updated 4:18 PM EDT, Thu April 25, 2019 ...

Sri Lanka closed schools on Monday as the death toll due to floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains in many parts of the island nation, rose to 16 people, officials said.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka closed schools on Monday as the death toll due to floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains in many parts of the island nation, rose to 16 people, officials said.