A Colombo court ordered legislator Sarath Fonseka to appear before it next week in connection with an arms deal awarded during his term as the Army Chief to a company headed by his son-in-law.

As many as 53 former LTTE combatants tied the nuptial knot in a mass wedding ceremony witnessed by Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi, and several Sri Lankan leaders in Vavuniya on Sunday.

The Sri Lankan government has approved lifting the two-term limit for Presidents in a move that would allow incumbent Mahinda Rajapakse to run for office again, an official said on Friday.

Sri Lanka’s new cricket selection panel on Thursday left Sanath Jayasuriya out of the 15-man squad for next week’s Asia Cup.

BOLLYWOOD’S BIGGIES may have given the IIFA Awards at Colombo a miss, but the show ended with much fanfare on Saturday night.
Salman Khan, Hrithik-Suzanne Roshan, Shatrughan Sinha, Govinda, Bipasha Basu, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Dia Mirza, Viveik Oberoi et al walked the green carpet to the IIFA award ceremony held at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium held in the city. The Aamir Khan-starrer 3 Idiots swept the show this year by bagging 17 trophies.

THE SECOND day of IIFA was filled with “Crickentertainment” with cricket match and fashion shows clubbed with seminars on investments and acting workshops.
Interestingly, stars played cricket and cricketers walked the ramp on the second day of IIFA in Colombo.

Recovering from the scars left by its long ethnic conflict, Sri Lanka is making the most of the three-day International Indian Film Academy awards-2010 that began in Colombo on Thursday.

India has sought permission from Sri Lanka to open a mission in former LTTE stronghold of Jaffna, even as a media report here claimed that New Delhi has also requested for a similar facility in Hamban

Sri Lanka’s court of appeal on Friday allowed authorities to resume the court martial against former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka on charges of indulging in politics while in uniform, nearly three weeks

The detained Sri Lankan general who led soldiers to victory over Tamil Tiger rebels one year ago accused the government on Thursday of failing to convert his success into a new era of peace.