Sri Lankans on edge ahead of President's promised resignation

Sri Lankans were on the edge on Tuesday as they waited whether embattled Gotabaya Rajapaksa will honour his offer to resign as president, amid signs that key members of the erstwhile powerful......

Sri Lankan national lynched over blasphemy in Pak buried near Colombo

Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, who was lynched by a mob in Pakistan's Punjab province over allegations of blasphemy last week, was buried according to Buddhist and Catholic rites......

When Will Sri Lanka's Fuel Shortage End?

Sri Lanka watchers were startled on Tuesday evening to see an anti-government protestor being dragged off a Sri Lankan Airlines flight by police personnel at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike airport. And......

Prabhakaran shot dead, says Sri Lankan army

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran was on Monday shot dead by Sri Lankan special forces as he tried to stage a dramatic breakout from the army encirclement, a military......

SriLankan Air starts cargo service to Coimbatore

Sri Lanka's national carrier, SriLankan Airlines, will launch a freighter service to Coimbatore from Wednesday, the airline announced on Monday. The service will operate twice a week, on Wednesdays......

More Sri Lankan flights to India

Sri Lanka will permit three domestic airlines to launch flights to India before they are allowed to operate on other international routes, the Civil Aviation Authority said on Tuesday.The CAA gave......

SriLankan Air ups flights to India by 19

"We are also adding additional frequencies to Kochi from 6 to 12, Kozikode from 6 to 9, Tiruchirapally from 7 to 10, Thiruvananthapuram from 9 to 11 and Hyderabad from 5 to 7 services per week.......

Lankan Airlines slashes airfares by 50%

Sri Lankan Airlines has slashed its airfares by half for passengers travelling from Chennai to London, Paris, Zurich, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Tokyo, Maldives and Malaysia.According to a......

Flight delay frustrates Sri Lankans

The Sri Lankan team's preparations for the upcoming first one-day international against India at Nagpur hit a snag on Sunday, when they were left stranded at the Mumbai domestic airport for two......

Pakistan blind cricketers stranded in Lanka

The Pakistan blind cricket team, which is on a tour of Sri Lanka, has been stranded in the island nation due to the closure of Lahore airport in the wake of escalating tension with India. "They......

Team India leaves for Colombo tomorrow

The Indian cricket team, sans newly-married skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, will leave for Sri Lanka from ChennaionFridayto play three Tests and a tri-nation ODI series starting July 18. Pacer duo of......

'Nothing could satisfy me more than saving lives'

Mehar Mohammad Khalil, the Pakistani bus driver whose timely action saved the lives of Sri Lankan cricketers during a terror attack in Lahore, on Friday said no financial rewards or gifts could......

India can win next World Cup: Ranatunga

Rating India and Australia as the two best one-day cricket teams in the world, former Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga said India could win the 2007 World Cup if it continued to maintain its......