The ‘Walk for Peace Programme in Sri Lanka’ will be undertaken by twelve monks led by the founder of the American peace walk, ...

Colombo Additional Magistrate D.J. Premaratne ordered the arrest of a young woman who allegedly danced with a protected python during a New Year's event. The order followed a complaint by the ...

Kandy, Sri Lanka – On a sunny March day in the hill city of Kandy in central Sri Lanka, Keerthi Rathna waited in a serpentine queue to buy his share of petrol for his three-wheeler tuk-tuk. The ...

Sri Lanka’s attempt to stay neutral in the U.S-Israel war on Iran has become an important foreign policy test for the National People’s Power government. Addressing parliament last week, President ...

Sri Lanka refused permission for the U.S. to land two of its warplanes in the island’s southeast Mattala International Airport in early March, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told Parliament on ...

Petrol jumps to ₹398/litre, diesel rises to ₹382 amid price hike The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed by Iran in retaliation over the US and Israeli war against it, now entering its fourth ...

COLOMBO, March 20 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka declined permission for two U.S. combat aircraft to land at a civilian airport earlier this month, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told parliament on Friday.

Sri Lanka raised fuel prices by 25% on Sunday (March 22, 2026), the second increase in two weeks, as the country prepared for more impact from the war in West Asia. Regular petrol was increased to 398 ...

Sri Lanka’s president says his government turned down a request from the United States to land two US combat aircraft at a civilian airport earlier this month. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told ...

Colombo said no, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake recently revealed – a decision analysts said reflected the Indian Ocean island nation’s desire to avoid being drawn into a foreign ...

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 ...