The Latest Breaking News from Sri Lanka

Karachi (AFP) - Pakistan selectors Wednesday recalled fit-again Yasir Shah for the two Test match series against Sri Lanka next month, after the leg-spinner's career was put on hold by nagging injuries last year.

Sri Lanka’s economy has “completely collapsed” and an agreement with the International Monetary Fund is the only path to revival, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told the parliament on Wednesday.

Several new Saudi ambassadors and a member of the Shura council were sworn in before Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Tuesday. The ceremony was held at the al-Salam palace in Jeddah. The new ambassadors include the Kingdom’s envoys to China, Nepal, Peru, Georgia, Sri…

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, the worst in its history, has completely recast the lives of the country’s once galloping middle class

Colombo (AFP) - Skipper Dasun Shanaka dedicated Sri Lanka's sensational series victory over Australia to the country's people as the island nation suffers its worst-ever economic crisis.

New home affairs minister emphasises Australia maintains hardline Operation Sovereign Borders policy despite change in government

In the middle of a crippling economic crisis, demonstrating is a luxury the country’s Tamil minority cannot afford

Sri Lanka’s government finally began bailout talks with IMF officials this week after a crippling delay exacerbated a longstanding economic crisis. But as food prices soar amid an impending global food shortage sparked by the Ukraine conflict, Sri Lankans are paying a heavy price for the government’s mismanagement, nepotism and…

It was the first time Sri Lanka had beaten Australia in a five-match series. The fifth ODI is on Friday.