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

Dinesh Chandimal had injured a finger during a domestic Twenty20 match and needed more time to recover, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said in a statement ahead of Asia Cup 2018. read more

Detectives from the police Criminal Investigation Department went to the offices of the Sri Lanka Cricket in Colombo to begin a probe, a police source said. read more

While ordering the ban to travel overseas, the court granted bail to Gotabhaya, a former defence secretary, and the six others on a cash bond of Rs 100,000 and two personal bonds of Rs 1 million each. read more

Maldives said it views the US statement as “as an act of intimidation, imposing undue influence on the democratic processes of a sovereign state.” read more

Vijeyakala Maheswaran had said a pubic gathering in Jaffna that due to the deteriorating law and order situation coupled with rising crime graph, people were wishing for the LTTE’s revival and return. read more

The men were apprehended after officials spotted them behaving suspiciously and making repeated calls on their mobile phones during the match between Galle and Dambulla at Pallekele, in the island’s central hills. read more

China’s latest push in the Indian Ocean island nation comes despite criticism that a big Chinese port project and related infrastructure in the south are dragging the country of 21 million people deep into debt. read more

Damage in Caracas was limited, but the quake did tilt the top five floors of an abandoned 45-story skyscraper known as the ‘Tower of David’, Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said. read more