The Chamara Kala Nikethanaya, a pioneering institution that has preserved and promoted Sri Lanka’s traditional dance heritage for over five decades, recently celebrated another historic milestone with ...

Melantha Perera is well known as a very versatile musician. He was involved with the band Mirage, as their keyboardist/vocalist, and was also seen in action with other outfits, as well, before ...

RR vs MI, IPL 2026: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi faces his biggest challenge yet as he comes up against Jasprit Bumrah for the first ...

The Japan Premier League (JPL) is cricket's unlikely outpost - a self-sustaining though struggling-to-survive tournament far away from cricket's traditional centres, and on a growth path just over a ...

Explore the winning images from the Sony World Photography Awards 2026, showcasing life, culture and landscapes of ...

Drivers wait in a queue to refuel their auto rickshaws at a fuel station in Biyagama on the outskirts of Colombo on 15 March (AFP via Getty Images) Sri Lanka’s government said that it is limiting fuel ...

Sri Lanka on Sunday (March 15, 2026) switched to a digital QR code-based system to ration fuel sales, a move authorities described as a “precautionary measure” amid persisting uncertainty in West Asia ...

Colombo (AFP) – Sri Lanka and India are providing sanctuary to 434 sailors from three Iranian naval vessels targeted or threatened by the United States, a diplomatic conundrum as the war spills into ...

Days after the US sunk Iranian warship Iris Dena in international waters off Sri Lankan coast, Washington is reportedly asking the Sri Lankan government not to repatriate the survivors from the ...

Colombo (AFP) – Sri Lanka denounced the toll of Middle East fighting on Friday as it gave refuge to more than 250 Iranian sailors two days after a deadly torpedo strike on another of Iran's ships. The ...

Sri Lanka has taken control of an Iranian naval vessel off its coast, a day after the US sank an Iranian warship in the same waters, in an attack that killed at least 87 people. The vessel, the Irins ...

Thousands of miles from Iran's capital, Tehran, the war in the Middle East reached Sri Lanka's southern coast Wednesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles ...