Colombo - Sri Lanka's police on Wednesday arrested a high-profile monk for keeping an illegally captured baby elephant, in violation of strict laws protecting the animal in the mainly Buddhist nation.

A Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka has been removed from his post after he permitted a Catholic musician to perform a show on the grounds of a historic temple during the week-long celebration of Vesak, a ...

Sri Lanka on Wednesday summoned the Canadian high commissioner in Colombo to express "strong objections" to the genocide allegations and the monument erected in the east-central Ontario province.

Dry rations, hygiene kits and financial aid have been provided to Myanmar monks who have been studying in Sri Lanka for years. Venerable Kithalagama Hemasara Thero said that more than 400 monks ...

Sri Lanka’s first home Test match against Bangladesh, starting in June, will be the last Test match of Mathews’ career. Mathews began his Test career at Galle against Pakistan in 2009 ...

China and Sri Lanka have taken steps to deepen economic and trade cooperation, signing key agreements and exploring additional investment opportunities during the 8th meeting of the China-Sri ...

Sri Lanka has conveyed its “strong objections” to the opening of a “Tamil genocide monument” in Brampton in Ontario, Canada, saying such actions “complicate and undermine” the ...

Says companies operating in Sri Lanka are against Sinopec entering the market Sri Lanka signed MoU with Sinopec for US $ 3.7 billion refinery in Hambantota If a Chinese oil company comes here ...

Street shows meant for profit-making and entertainment overshadow the sacred meaning of the festival, they say ...

Due to decades of impunity in Sri Lanka, Tamil victims and advocates have lost faith in the domestic justice system and started looking for justice elsewhere. The United Nations human rights chief ...

Sri Lanka is attempting to sustain economic growth while maintaining macroeconomic stability under the IMF program it began in 2016. The government's high debt payments and bloated civil service ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's customs authorities arrested on Friday (May 30) a woman and seized the largest haul of cocaine ever detected at the country's main international airport, an official said.