Indian PM is first foreign dignitary to visit island since leftist Anura Kumara Dissanayake swept elections last year.
Mehdi Hasan debates Sri Lanka’s Ranil Wickremesinghe on his presidency, Easter bombings and civil war.
For years, relations between residents and Israeli visitors were cordial, but cracks in this dynamic are now visible.
Australia lose by 147-run margin in final Champions Trophy warm-up as Sri Lanka take series 2-0.
Conglomerate founded by billionaire Gautam Adani says it withdrew from the projects as they were ‘financially unviable’.
Bumrah becomes the first Indian to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Cricketer of the Year award since Virat Kohli in 2018.
A record number of Indian fisherfolk were arrested by Sri Lanka in 2024 amid depleting catch in Indian waters.
Memorials were held in several countries across Asia for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
The 2004 tsunami caused devastation across 14 countries, killing 220,000. Asia holds memorials honouring the lives lost.
More than 227,000 people died in the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and experts warn it could happen again.
From Shamar Joseph’s searing spell of pace bowling to New Zealand’s Women’s T20 World Cup win, here are our picks.
The 102 refugees, including 25 children, were taken to Sri Lanka’s eastern port of Trincomalee.
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Maharaj’s five-for helps South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 109 runs and leap ahead of Australia and India on the WTC table.
Global lender says it will release about $333m to crisis-hit nation as signs of economic recovery emerge.
