Sri Lanka

Parliament closed for two days after police officer at the complex tests positive amid new surge in country’s cases.

Beijing says Washington acting with ‘Cold War mentality’ after US official asks Sri Lanka to make ‘difficult choices’.

Legislators approve a constitutional amendment that will concentrate power in the president’s hands.

Vijay Sethupathi withdraws from the project after cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan warns him of...

Hejaaz Hizbullah was arrested under a terrorism law over allegations rights groups say lack ‘any credible evidence’.

Containers were meant to carry used mattresses, carpets and rugs, but had also contained hospital waste, officials said.

The bill would give president Gotabaya Rajapaksa sweeping powers but opposition fears it could be misused.

More than a dozen officers from a key national narcotics unit were recently found to be involved in a drug operation.

Some of the 1,700 tonnes of heavy fuel oil on board the New Diamond poured into the Indian Ocean.

Navy says no crude oil escaped the cargo of the New Diamond, but leaked diesel reached the Indian Ocean.

Salvage operations continue to stop fuel leak from fire-sticken New Diamond oil supertanker off Sri Lanka’s east coast.

Officials warn of massive environmental damage if the ship leaks or explodes.

Sri Lanka’s navy said diesel appears to have leaked from the tanker fuelling fears of an environmental disaster.

Premalal Jayasekara from governing party becomes the first convict facing death sentence to take oath as a legislator.