The second cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka ended in a draw with the hosts declaring their second innings at 129 for three on the final day at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground here on Friday.

Sri Lanka’s former Army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka was brought before the Colombo High Court on Thursday to answer charges of provoking violence.

Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan, the world’s leading wicket taker and one of the finest exponents of spin bowling, on Tuesday announced his retirement from Test cricket, bringing an end to a glittering career spanning 18 years.

Sri Lanka’s world bowling record holder Muttiah Muralitharan will retire from Test cricket later this month, but may play one-day matches until the World Cup, officials said on Tuesday.

The Maldives was without an effective government on Wednesday, after the Cabinet resigned en masse amid a power struggle between President Mohammed Nasheed and the Opposition-controlled Parliament.

In a defiant stance, Sri Lanka on Thursday said it will not allow a UN panel to enter the country to investigate alleged human rights abuses during the last stages of the country’s civil war, which co

Nearly three decades after the world famous Jaffna library was burnt, a Sri Lankan minister has apologised for the incident which destroyed around 97,000 books and manuscripts, including many on Tamil

As many as 400 former female LTTE cadres who gave up guns have taken up new vocations after receiving training in search of new life.

A cinema hall planning to screen Raavanan was torched here amidst protests against the film owing to it’s star Aishwarya Rai Bac-hchan and director Mani Ratnam’s decision to stay away from the IIFA aw

A senior leader of Sri Lanka’s defeated Tamil Tiger rebels has agreed to help the government in its post-war reconstruction efforts, a state-run newspaper reported Sunday.