Lanka ruling party MP's death during violence not a suicide, but murder: Police

A former Sri Lankan ruling party legislator who died in a violent clash in the western town of Nittambuwa was beaten to death by a mob and it was not a suicide as reported earlier, police said on......

After Mahinda's exit, Gotabaya talks to dissidents to end impasse

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will have talks on Wednesday with the ruling party dissidents and the main Opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) to end the political impasse after the......

India denies reports of sending troops to Sri Lanka

The Indian High Commission in Colombo on Wednesday categorically dismissed speculative media reports about New Delhi sending its troops to Colombo, saying India is fully supportive of Sri Lanka's......

High Commission rejects reports of Mahinda, family fleeing to India

The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka on Tuesday refuted as 'fake and blatantly false' local social media speculation that former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family members have fled......