Lankan president's party sweeps parliamentary polls

Sri Lanka's National People's Power of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Friday swept the parliamentary elections by winning a two-thirds majority, and also dominating the Jaffna electoral......

Rajiv Gandhi: 'I Trust Prabhakaran'

As Prabhakaran was leaving his house, Rajiv Gandhi called his son Rahul and asked him to fetch his (Gandhi's) bulletproof jacket.He put the jacket on Prabhakaran's back and remarked with his usual......

The World's First Suicide Bomber

On the night of July 5, the Tigers launched their first kamikaze operation.Miller took the wheels of the explosive-packed truck, smiled at everyone as he turned the ignition key and drove it slowly......

India's Kachchatheevu claim has no ground: Lanka minister

The statements coming out of India on 'reclaiming' Kachchatheevu island from Sri Lanka have 'no ground', the Sri Lankan Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devananda has said. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

Dom's Take: Politics scores over Sports again

Muttiah Muralitharan has taken the most number of Test wickets -- an incredible 800! Murali's iconic status in world cricket has stopped the potshots hurled at him ever since a biopic on his life......