Sri Lanka's former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has faced a major setback as the Supreme Court dismissed his petition seeking ...

Colombo: Sri Lanka s long delayed local council polls will be held in May, the election commission announced Thursday, ...

COLOMBO, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The Election Commission of Sri Lanka announced on Thursday that local government elections will be held on May 6. The announcement came after the commission completed the ...

COLOMBO, March 20, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Sri Lanka's police chief was denied bail Thursday after going on the run over a deadly illegal raid and facing accusations of being a crime boss. Deshabandu ...

Sri Lanka’s local council elections will be held on May 6, the country’s election commission announced on Thursday.   The ...

Deshabandu Tennakoon, Sri Lanka's suspended inspector general of police, was denied bail in a case linked to a 2023 shooting. After evading arrest, he surrendered and remains in remand custody.

Suspended police chief Deshabandu Tennakoon surrenders after evading arrest for two weeks in shooting incident case.

COLOMBO : Sri Lanka’s fugitive police chief surrendered to authorities and was remanded in custody today, weeks after his ...

The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed a fundamental rights (FR) petition filed by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa ...

A Sri Lankan court refused on Monday to quash an arrest warrant for the island nation's fugitive police chief who is wanted ...

Tennakoon, who had been on a run since February 28, turned himself in at the magistrate’s court at the southern town of ...

Sri Lanka's local council elections set for May 6, 2025 after delays due to political unrest and legal challenges.