Flights will be suspended until at least Saturday afternoon, leaving hundreds of travellers stranded.
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Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage is favourite ahead of rivalry between India’s Neeraj Chopra and Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem.
Inmates and guards killed in deadly fighting at Sri Lanka prison
More than 100 people wounded after violence broke out at a prison in Negombo on Sunday and continued on Monday.
In rural Sri Lanka, families face deadly human-elephant conflict while seeking a fragile path to co-existence.
WFP warns that the war is causing substantial increases in food prices in a number of countries.
Pallegama Hemarathana is accused of abusing an 11-year-old girl in a Buddhist temple in 2022.
The International Monetary Fund warns that Iran war could trigger a spike in global debt levels.
Pallegama Hemarathana is accused of abusing an 11-year-old girl in a temple.
Government says it will oversee the administrative functions of Sri Lanka Cricket until reforms are implemented.
