Lanka names officer accused of human rights abuse as Army chief

IMAGE: Lt Gen Shavendra Silva headed the Army's 58th Division in the final battle against the LTTE in the final stages of the civil war in 2009. Photograph: Stringer/ Reuters A controversial Sri......

NIA team in Lanka to help in Easter bombings case

IMAGE: Sri Lankan army soldiers patrol on a road during a special cordon and search operation in Colombo and suburbs, in Mattegoda, last week. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters A......

1 killed in anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka

A Muslim man has been killed in northwestern Sri Lanka as majority Sinhalese mobs set fire to shops and vehicles as communal violence broke out in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday attacks, a......

Nationwide curfew in Lanka after communal violence

The Sri Lankan government on Monday enforced a countrywide curfew and blocked social media platforms to stop people inciting violence as communal violence spread to new areas in the island nation......

'India's gain, Sri Lanka's loss': Meet Seneviratne - India's left-arm throwdown specialist

IMAGE: Nuwan’s journey to India’s nets hasn’t been an easy one. Photograph: Kind courtesy Nuwan Seneviratne/Facebook As Rohit Sharma effortlessly flicked left-arm pacer......

Former Sri Lanka spinner arrested for match-fixing!

IMAGE: Former Sri Lanka spinner Sachithra Senanayake was accused of trying to fix the matches in the 2020 edition of the Lanka Premier League. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters Former Sri......

Christian sect Born Again behind Sri Lanka's T20 WC failure?

The report added that cult members had approached certain members of the cricket team, who are Buddhists, to influence them.  The panel, constituted in November last year to assess the......

Surprising facts about Buttler, Ashwin and Mankading

Jos Buttler has been 'Mankaded' twice Ravichandran Ashwin hit the 'Bull's Eye' in his second attempt after an aborted one seven years back IMAGE: Sachithra Senanayake of Sri Lanka appeals to the......

How 'Mankaded' came into being

When Vinoo Mankad ran out Bill Brown, he created cricketing history -- and eternal controversy. IMAGE: The great Vinoo Mankad. 1947. Vinoo Mankad had warned Australian batsman Bill Brown for......