Sri Lanka court revokes monk's pardon, orders return to prison
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's Supreme Court overturned Thursday (Sept 10) a presidential pardon granted to a hardline Buddhist monk and ordered him to serve the remainder of a six-year prison sentence for intimidating the wife of a missing cartoonist.
Tourists barred from heart of drought-hit park
Mugger crocodiles bask along the edge of the shrinking reservoir, waiting like everything else in Sri Lanka's drought-hit Yala National Park for the green tankers that come every day to pump in water.
Former leader’s son arrested over Airbus deal
Anti-graft authorities arrested lawmaker Namal Rajapaksa, the son of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, accusing him of receiving US$800,000 (RM3.2mil) linked to a 2013 Airbus deal.
Sri Lanka arrests ex-president's son over Airbus deal
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's main anti-graft body arrested lawmaker Namal Rajapaksa, the son of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Friday (Sept 4) in connection with a corruption probe into a 2013 Airbus aircraft purchase.
Sri Lanka-US agents bust Pakistan drug network
COLOMBO: Anti-narcotics agents from the United States and Sri Lanka seized almost half a ton of crystal methamphetamine following a joint operation targeting a Pakistani drug network, police said Wednesday (Sept 2).
Sri Lanka police seize 463 kg of suspected crystal meth at Colombo Port
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police seized about 463 kilograms of suspected crystal methamphetamine, or "ice," from two containers at Colombo Port on Monday.
Sri Lanka tracks 11 US-sanctioned Iranian tankers off coast
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's maritime authorities were monitoring a fleet of 11 US-sanctioned Iranian oil tankers just off the island's southern coast, the foreign minister said Wednesday (Aug 26)
Sri Lanka opens offshore oil and gas blocks to global bidders
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is seeking international bids for offshore oil and gas exploration, authorities announced Tuesday (Aug 25), more than a decade after an Indian firm abandoned commercial drilling citing high costs.
Sri Lanka's major reservoir storage falls amid dry condition
COLOMBO: Water storage in Sri Lanka's 74 major reservoirs has fallen to 36 per cent of capacity as dry weather and El Nino conditions intensify pressure on water resources, L. S. Sooriyabandara, Director of the Hydrology and Disaster Management Division of the Irrigation Department, said Monday (Aug 24).
Cricket - India seize control of Colombo test after Dhruv Jurel's brilliant century on Day Two
Jurel's unbeaten 115 includes nine fours and two sixes but India's Jaiswal and Sri Lanka's Fernando fined for altercation
