Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday said that his country has a rich and proud record of safeguarding human rights.

Addressing a public gathering in the central town of Balangoda, Raj

Sri Lankan Minister Mervyn Silva has threatened to 'break the bones' of three rights activists who campaigned for a US resolution at Geneva that was deemed to be anti-Colombo.

Silva's comments were d

Sri Lanka is blowing hot and cold against India following the passage of a resolution in Geneva that raised questions over rights violations during the war on the Tamil Tigers.

While President Mahind

A leading Sri Lankan daily on Saturday urged India to stop the West from enforcing its 'hidden agenda', after a US resolution on rights abuses in the island was passed by a UN body.

"The onus is on I

Sri Lanka on Thursday said its friendly ties with India and the US will not change despite a resolution being moved against it at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

Acting Media Minister Laksman Ya

Iraq has come forward to offer ‘substantial quantities’ of crude oil to Sri Lanka, as the island desperately looks for alternatives to Iranian crude, a news report said on Sunday.

Iran supplies nearl

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has settled in full the outstanding wages of the nation's cricketers after almost an year after.

The SLC on Friday said that it has cleared all outstanding dues of the cricket

Sri Lanka on Thursday rejected a new video aired on Britain's Channel 4 which levelled fresh allegations of war crimes against the country's leadership and military.

In response to the video "Sri Lan

Sri Lanka's military is preparing its own documentary on its final battle with Tamil rebels as a response to allegations of war crimes, army chief Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya said.

In a spee

A large number of Sri Lankans on Tuesday marched through the capital's streets shouting anti-US slogans and protesting a Channel 4 video about the death of LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran and his 12-year-ol