Sri Lanka

Johannesburg:  Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Friday that former South Africa cricketer J.P. Duminy and Justin Sammons would be joining the management team as specialist consultants for the men's T20 World Cup in Oman and the UAE…

Hyderabad: After a gap of over one and a half years, Sri Lankan Airlines on Friday resumed its direct flight service from Hyderabad to Colombo. The flights will operate twice a week - Monday and Friday. The aircraft took off at 9.55…

Colombo: Sri Lanka's Defence authorities on Saturday received a batch of 300,000 doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, donated by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China. The vaccines which arrived at Bandaranaike International…

Colombo:  Amid an unabated increase of new Covid-19 cases and deaths, Sri Lanka has decided to extend the lockdown for another week till September 6. The Covid-19 Task Force met with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday after which it…

Colombo:  Sri Lanka's former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera passed away after being infected with the coronavirus, local media reported. Samaraweera had been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of a private hospital in capital…

Colombo:  Sri Lanka has urged India's assistance to evacuate nationals held up in Afghanistan after country was taken over by the Taliban. The Foreign Ministry stated Sri Lanka was deeply concerned about the situation in Afghanistan and…

Colombo: A 10-day nationwide quarantine curfew has been imposed in Sri Lanka in order to prevent the further spread of Covid-19, the country's Army Commander General Shavendra Silva announced. Silva, also Head of the National Operations…

Colombo:  After recording its highest single-day Covid death toll of 186, Sri Lanka has announced a 10-day lockdown starting Friday night. Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella announced that the island-wide lockdown will come into effect…

Colombo: A below-strength India, who were forced to make seven changes in the XI after nine players were ruled out due to Covid-related issues, stretched Sri Lanka before losing by four wickets in the last over of the second T20…

Colombo: Over 50,000 people have been arrested in Sri Lanka since last October for violating the government-imposed quarantine laws amid the Covid-19 pandemic which has infected 298,181 people to date in the island nation, police said. In…