Sushma takes up fishermen issue after Lankan PM warns of shooting them

India on took up with Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe the ‘humanitarian’ issue of fishermen's rights as controversy raged over his remarks that Indian fishermen may be shot if they......

Lankan president in India to make a 'new beginning'

Seeking a 'new beginning' in bilateral ties, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday arrived in New Delhi on a four-day visit, his maiden foreign trip after he assumed charge last......

External Affairs Minister Swaraj in Lanka ahead of Modi visit

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived in Colombo on Friday on a two-day trip to set the stage for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Sri Lanka next week, the first bilateral visit to......

India denies R&AW role in Rajapaksa's poll defeat

India has dismissed reports that the Colombo station chief of the Research and Analysis Wing had been expelled in the run up to this month's Sri Lankan presidential election and maintained that he......

Sri Lankan player banned for inappropriate behavior

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Cricket Victoria  Former Sri Lanka Test batter Dulip Samaraweera has been given a 20-year ban from cricket roles in Australia for engaging in "inappropriate......

Samaraweera scored a patient hundred

Thilan Samaraweera's patient hundred guided Sri Lanka to a comfortable total (425) in their first innings. However, Virender Sehwag led a strong Indian fightback with a blistering unbeaten......

Sri Lanka's Samaraweera mulls retirement

Sri Lanka batsman Thilan Samaraweera wants to retire from all forms of cricket but bosses are trying to persuade him otherwise. Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Nishantha Ranatunga confirmed that......

Sangakkara, Samaraweera punish Pakistan

Kumar Sangakkara and Thilan Samaraweera struck centuries to lead Sri Lanka to 317 for four on the first day of the second Test on Sunday. Pakistan ended their partnersip of 204 with the second new......

Dilshan, Samaraweera hit centuries

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Thilan Samaraweera scored centuries as Sri Lanka piled up 449 runs for seven wickets against Bangladesh at close of play on the opening day of the second and final Test on......