Sri Lanka navy plugs fuel leak on fire-stricken tanker
Sri Lanka's environmental authorities still fear a marine disaster - Sri Lanka Navy/AFP Sri Lankan military divers fixed a fuel leak from the engine of...
Sri Lankan navy tows fire-stricken tanker to sea as wind strengthens
The Sri Lankan navy has towed a fire-stricken supertanker further out to sea to keep it off the coast of the Indian Ocean island after...
Lawmakers stage a walkout after convicted murderer on death row is sworn in by Sri Lankan Parliament
Lawmakers from the United People's Force, the largest opposition grouping in Sri Lanka's Parliament, staged a walkout on Wednesday, September 9, when Premlal Jayasekera, a...
Sri Lanka towing stricken ship to deep sea, douses another fire
FILE PHOTO: A Sri Lankan Navy boat sprays water on the New Diamond, a very large crude carrier (VLCC) chartered by Indian Oil Corp (IOC),...
Convicted murderer sworn in as Sri Lankan member of parliament
A Sri Lankan politician sentenced to death for murder was escorted out of prison on Tuesday to become the first convict to be sworn in...
Sri Lanka says has ‘better control’ over new fire in oil tanker
FILE PHOTO: A Sri Lankan Navy boat sprays water on the New Diamond, a very large crude carrier (VLCC) chartered by Indian Oil Corp (IOC),...
Sri Lanka navy holds blazing supertanker off east coast
Surviving crew members of the New Diamond, a very large crude carrier (VLCC) chartered by Indian Oil Corp (IOC), are seen on a navy rescue...
Fire rages on supertanker off Sri Lanka, one crew presumed dead
A Philippine crew member missing from a supertanker hit by fire off the Sri Lankan coast is presumed dead, a spokesman for the navy of...
Sri Lanka casts its vote under shadow of virus
Election officials transfer ballot boxes to a main counting center after the parliamentary election voting centers closed in Colombo on Wednesday. (AFP) COLOMBO: Sri Lanka went...
Sri Lankans vote for new parliament, shrugging off coronavirus fear
Sri Lankans shrugged off fears of the novel coronavirus and streamed into polling centres on Wednesday to elect a new parliament that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa...
Rajapaksa brothers look to tighten grip in Sri Lanka polls
Mahinda Rajapaksa (left) and Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (right) are looking to strengthen their grip on Sri Lankan politics Ishara S. KODIKARA AFP Sri Lankans head to...
Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksas hope to tighten grip on power in election
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa hopes to tighten his hold on the nation’s fractious politics in an election on Wednesday that could elevate his brother...
Woman who spent £100,000 on Sri Lankan toyboy bigamist launches bid to get her life savings back after his murder
A jilted woman, Diane Peebles, 61, from Edinburgh, UK, who spent over £100,000 on her Sri Lankan boyfriend turned husband, now wants her money back...