Amid a leadership battle within Sri Lanka’s main opposition UNP, President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday said he favoured Sajith Premadasa, son of his slain predecessor Ranasinghe Premadasa, to be at the helm of the party.

A British channel has broadcast a video of alleged massacre in Sri Lanka during the Eelam war showing women's dead bodies in a muddy field, a footage dismissed by Colombo as “unauthentic”. The Channel

Amid India's call for a political settlement to the Tamil issue in Sri Lanka, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has met representatives of the minority community's political parties, barring pro-LTTE Tamil

A new 49-member Sri Lankan Cabinet was sworn on Monday, heralding the second six-year term of President Mahinda Rajapaksa who retained the key portfolios of defence and finance.

Colombo: Sri Lanka's powerful President Mahinda Rajapaksa today unveiled an expanded 59-member Cabinet for his second six-year term as he kept with himself the key Defence and Finance portfolios and r