The Latest Breaking News from Sri Lanka

SYLHET: A ruthless Indian team would look to reassert its supremacy and aim to win an unprecedented seventh Asia Cup title when it clashes with Sri Lanka in the final here on Saturday.

MELBOURNE: Sri Lankan batting legend Mahela Jayawardene is mighty impressed with the rise of Wanindu Hasaranga as he sees traits of pace bowling great Lasith Malinga in the 25-year-old spin allrounder.

International drug smugglers use Indian ports of call as safe houses for concealing heroin sourced from Afghanistan to dodge severe cargo profiling at foreign ports. A shipment from Iran, Pakistan, or Afghanistan will invite a fiercer scrutiny in foreign harbours than cargo from India or Sri Lanka, say officials

MELBOURNE: The men's T20 World Cup 2022 warm-up fixture between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe has been rescheduled, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed. The match will now be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday, 11 October.

The novelist on finding dark farce in his country’s civil war, his grunge band past, and the ‘lottery win’ of the Booker shortlist

NoViolet Bulawayo, Percival Everett, Alan Garner and others reveal the inspiration for the books up for this year’s award

The litigant claims that there is a serious threat from influx of Bangladeshi and Rohingya Muslims settled in the State with a radical mindset

World Bank President David Malpass points to India’s involvement in restructuring debts in Sri Lanka and it being a major creditor to African nations; calls the country a leader in education

UN Human Rights Council renews mandate to collect and preserve evidence of atrocities during the decades-long civil war.