At least six people died Friday in a military helicopter crash in central Sri Lanka. Photo courtesy of Sri Lanka Air Force/X May 9 (UPI) --A military helicopter crashed in central Sri Lanka on Friday, ...

Sri Lanka's customs authorities arrested on Friday a woman and seized the largest haul of cocaine ever detected at the country's main international airport, an official said. The unnamed 38-year-old ...

People across Sri Lanka have supported a call to protect elephants, a revered animal in Buddhist culture, after an increasing number of them died in the wild, struck by passenger trains. Media in the ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday called upon the Sri Lankan authorities to put an immediate end to what it called the government’s harassment of photojournalist Kanapathipillai ...

Sri Lanka’s former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was remanded in custody after being arrested earlier Friday on allegations he misused government funds while head of state in 2023. Local TV showed ...

Sri Lanka will continue talks with Washington for further reduction in tariffs, after US President Donald Trump imposed a lower-than-proposed 30% levy on the South Asian nation. The new tariff rate is ...

Sri Lankan Christians and people of other faiths have paid homage to Pope Francis, recalling his 2015 visit to the island nation and his compassion and support for the poor and marginalized ...