Sri Lankan army soldiers man a checkpoint where screening of body temperature is carried out, during a curfew imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 1, 2020. Credit: ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka said on Monday it had asked China to defer the planned visit of a Chinese ship to the island country after initially approving its arrival this week, yielding to ...

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa ordered a three-day military deployment ahead of the funeral of a protester killed earlier this week when police fired at crowds angry over the country’s ...

In 2021, the Sri Lankan Army became the unlikely vanguard of a supposed green revolution, resulting in a radical redefinition of civil-military relations in farming regions. Members of the Security ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A military helicopter plunged into a reservoir in Sri Lanka on Friday, killing five people. Air force spokesperson Eranda Geeganage said the helicopter was carrying 12 people ...

After candidates in the northern region of Sri Lanka for next month’s general election complained about military harassment, Sri Lankan Army commander Shavendra Silva has reacted by insisting that the ...

Sri Lanka’s military shut down the University of Jaffna, on the country’s northern peninsula, this month and ordered more than 4,000 students to stay home until further notice. The closure came amid ...

Sri Lanka’s outgoing Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was rescued in a pre-dawn military operation Tuesday, hours after his resignation, as violent clashes between pro and anti-government protesters ...