Sri Lanka

It would be an “enormous challenge” for Sri Lanka to hold local polls in March as the country is facing a dire economic situation, a senior government official said on Tuesday.Cabinet spokesman Bandula Gunawardena told reporters here the government...

After suffering jolt from Australia, India women rode on Parshavi Chopra’s incredible spell to bulldoze Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the Under-19 T20 World Cup match on Sunday. With this victory, Shafali Verma-led India are still alive in...

China on Tuesday opposed a suggested visit by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to Sri Lanka, saying the bankrupt island nation must safeguard the bilateral relationship.A top Chinese embassy official here met the powerful Buddhist prelates in the...

Virat Kohli dished out another batting masterclass with his 46th ODI century while Shubman Gill notched up his second hundred and Mohammed Siraj picked a four-fer to give India a 3-0 series victory with a 317-run thrashing of Sri...

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Friday announced plans to reduce the current strength of its military to half by 2030 to build a technically and tactically sound and well-balanced defence force, amid criticism that military expenditure was more than the...

Wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul stepped up when it mattered the most to pull India out of a tricky stage by slamming his 12th ODI fifty and carry them to a hard-fought four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the second ODI...

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Canada’s top diplomat here and expressed its displeasure over his country’s decision to impose “unilateral sanctions” on its four citizens, including two former presidents.Canada on Tuesday imposed sanctions on four Sri Lankans,...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed his ministries to slash five per cent of their estimated expenditure allocated in this year’s Budget as Sri Lanka’s Treasury was facing an acute shortage of funds, exacerbating fears that the cash-strapped country’s economic...

Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka slammed a valiant unbeaten 102 but that only reduced the margin of defeat for the visitors as India won the first ODI by 67 runs to take 1-0 lead in the three-match series at...

The reconstruction work of a century-old railway track in northern Sri Lanka began under India’s assistance here on Monday, in a move aimed at enhancing mobility of goods and services and boosting economic activity in the cash-strapped island nation....