Horror film ‘The Nun’ ruled the international box office for the third consecutive weekend, as its total earning now stands at USD 191.7 million. In its third weekend run, it contributed USD 35.5 million from 80 international markets, reported Variety. The movie is now considered as the biggest movie in the ‘Conjuring’ series from 32 territories and is also the highest grossing in 26 territories, which includes Colombia and Sweden, to name a few. The movie is set in 1952 Romania where a Catholic priest and a novice are sent by the Vatican to investigate a suicide committed by a nunread more

India defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the fourth T20 encounter on Monday and with the second T20 being washed out, India have now taken a 3-0 lead in the five-match series. read more

There had been concerns that Maldives President Abdulla Yameen, who has borrowed hundreds of millions of dollars from China for an infrastructure blitz, might not accept the election outcome. read more

Angelo Mathews has threatened to retire from the two shorter formats of the game after being dumped on Sunday as captain of Sri Lanka’s one-day international and twenty20 teams. read more

The 31-year-old Mathews was renamed as Sri Lanka’s limited-overs skipper in January, six months after he relinquished the captaincy for both red and white-ball formats following a home series defeat to Zimbabwe. read more

Maldives opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who fought a bitter election campaign against President Abdulla Yameen, said that he had won Sunday’s presidential vote read more

India now enjoy an unassailable 2-0 lead in the five-match series with the second encounter being a washout. read more

Facebook’s dating service first rolled out in Colombia. read more

Bal, who had only recently made a timely statement with a sartorial dissing of Article 377 on his back, while taking a bow at a fashion week finale, had some words of wisdom for the LGBTQ community. read more

According to preliminary investigation, the gold was smuggled from Colombo to Madurai in Tamil Nadu, but was left behind by his accomplice in the aircraft which was later operated in the domestic sector to Rajamahendravaram airport via Hyderabad. read more

Sri Lanka Cricket said the 27-year-old left-hand bat will return home from Dubai where he suffered a lower-back injury during practice. read more

Sri Lanka is a Buddhist-majority country with Buddhist Sinhalese making up nearly 75 per cent. Muslims account for 10 per cent of the 21 million population another 13 per cent of the population are Hindus. read more

Sri Lanka’s national airline said Wednesday it has stopped serving cashews after the country’s president flew into a rage over nuts served to him on a flight to Colombo read more

Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina made a fine diving save to tip an Exequiel Palacios shot over the bar after six minutes while his Argentine counterpart Franco Armani was the busier of the two in the second half but neither side looked like breaking... read more

Rumesh Ratnayake and Amal Silva were the stars for Sri Lanka as they defeated India by 149 runs. Ratnayake took nine wickets in the game while Silva scored a brilliant 111 in the first innings as the hosts scripted history. read more