Sri Lanka evacuates northern coast before cyclone hits

Sri Lanka is evacuating people from its northern coast as a cyclone threatened to hit the region. The meteorological department said that a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal was developing into......

Lanka arrests 5 for 'stealing' Indian tsunami buoy

Five Sri Lankan fishermen have been arrested on charges of stealing an Indian tsunami warning equipment, police said on Tuesday. The arrested men were produced before the chief magistrate in the......

Fonseka's court martial to begin on March 16

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed a three-member court martial panel to try detained ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka on treason charges and the proceedings against him would be launched......

SL: Fonseka challenges Rajapaksa's victory

Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka on Tuesday filed a petition in the supreme court in Colombo challenging the results of the January 26 polls and accused President Mahinda......