SL voting ends with high turn out; Rajapaksa faces tough test

Image: Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa casts his vote for the presidential election, in Medamulana. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters   Sri Lankans on Thursday voted in large......

Tamil party SWEEPS first polls in northern Lanka in 25 years

Sri Lanka's main Tamil party on Sunday secured a landslide win in the historic provincial council polls held after a gap of 25 years in the former Tamil Tigers-ruled northern province, an outcome......

60 pc turnout for polls in Sri Lanka's former LTTE bastion

A turnout of over 60 per cent was recorded on Saturday in the first polls in 25 years in Sri Lanka's Tamil-majority Northern Province, four years after the military defeated the Liberation Tigers......

Sri Lankan navy arrests 65 Indian fishermen

Sixty-five Indian fishermen in nine trawlers have been detained by the Sri Lankan navy for allegedly violating the international maritime border. Naval spokesman Commander Kosala......