Sri Lanka

Nuwan Thushara among 46 men's cricketers to be awarded SLC contracts

The list features Dinesh Chandimal and Kasun Rajitha, who primarily play Tests, as well as limited-overs specialist Binura Fernando

Senior Sri Lankan monk arrested for alleged child sex crimes

Pallegama Hemarathana is accused of abusing an 11-year-old girl in a temple.

Sri Lanka discloses another missing payment, days after hackers stole $2.5M from its finance ministry

The government of Sri Lanka has lost more than $3 million in two recent, separate cybersecurity incidents as the country continues to recover from its 2022 debt crisis.

SLC president Shammi Silva, executive committee members resign

The Sri Lankan government is now likely to appoint an interim committee, which is expected to have former cricketers Sidath Wettimuny and Roshan Mahanama in it

Iran war lands 'triple blow' to flood-ravaged Sri Lankans

The Iran war could not have come at a worse time for Sri Lanka, reeling from devastating floods and an economic crisis.

Sri Lanka says it denied US request to land two aircraft at Mattala airport

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says request made on February 26, two days before US and Israel launched war on Iran.