The top-order batsman is sitting out Victoria's ongoing Sheffield Shield clash against Western Australia...
Gotabhaya was defence secretary during his brother's rule, when troops were accused of killing up...
The number of candidates tops the previous record of 22 candidates who took part in the 2010...
The eldest of the Rajapakse brothers, Chamal, was a backup candidate in case Gotabhaya was disqualified...
The three-judge panel of the Appeal Court unanimously dismissed the case that challenged the validity...
Investigations into the deaths of seven elephants at a forest reserve in central Sri Lanka showed the...
Rajapaksa is widely seen as the election frontrunner because of his popularity among majority Sinhala...
Nearly 200 elephants are killed every year on the Island
Sirisena, who is also the minister in charge of law and order, has said that all those responsible for...
Fahim Morshed doubled the lead in the 77th minute with a bullet effort from outside the box before Foysal...
Dananjaya, 25, was reported for a suspect action after last month's opening Test against New Zealand...
The tower, overlooking Beira Lake in central Colombo, is expected to become a major tourism...
Wickremesinghe had been the clear frontrunner to be the United National Party candidate until parliament...
Asylum-seekers who reach Australia are sent to Australian-run detention camps in Papua New Guinea and...
Shavendra Silva has been accused by the United Nations of committing war crimes during the final stages...
Major General Shavendra Silva, 55, was elevated to the army's second-highest position of chief of...
Last year, over 50 people had died because of the mosquito-borne virus in the island country
Nearly 100 people linked to a local jihadist group were arrested after the April 21 attacks on three...
President Maithripala Sirisena's government during its 2015 election campaign promised to ensure...
The new countries added to the expanded scheme - which already allows travellers from the European Union,...
Under the law, security forces can interrogate suspects without court orders. More than 100 people have...
