Sri Lankan middle-order batsman Thilan Samaraweera, who was earlier overlooked by the selectors for the upcoming tour to South Africa, has been reinstated in the squad, sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said on Tuesday.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday opened Sri Lanka's first expressway, a 160 kms stretch running between Colombo and a coastal town, which is being built at a whopping cost of USD 77 billion with

Sri Lanka said on Thursday it was counting on its own how many civilians were slain at the end of its bloody civil war to counter claims that tens of thousands were killed and fend off international c

Sri Lanka's cash-strapped cricket board has asked the military to take over and maintain multi-million dollar Test venues that were set up for this year's World Cup, an official said on Thursday.

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At least five noted underworld criminals have been arrested in connection with the killing of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, President Mahinda Rajapaksa's advisor on trade union affairs, police spokesman Maxi Procter said on Tuesday .

Sri Lanka's ruling UPFA won a landslide securing 21 of 23 seats in local elections marred by violence that killed at least four people, including an adviser to President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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A presidential aide and his bodyguard were shot dead in a gunbattle involving opposing factions of the Sri Lankan ruling party during Saturday's local council elections in the capital, police said.

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The Sri Lankan military has stepped up its operation to arrest thousands of army deserters, many of whom have been linked to criminal activities in the country.

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Indian origin billionaire investor Raj Rajaratnam, founder of Galleon Group who was arrested over an alleged 20 million dollars insider trading scheme, openly gave chunks of money to the Tamil Tigers

The government on Friday released the last batch of some 1,800 former LTTE guerrillas who underwent rehabilitation after the end of a three-decade ethnic conflict in May 2009, officials said.

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