Sri Lanka’s president on Monday sacked a dozen senior military officers whom the Defence Ministry said were a "direct threat to national security".

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse won a bruising re-election battle on Wednesday that left his main rival in apparent fear of assassination.

Sri Lankan troops on Friday captured more Tamil Tiger bases, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon raised fresh concerns for civilians trapped in the war zone.

International rights groups pressed for urgent action to save up to 250 000 civilians trapped in northern Sri Lanka.

The death toll from a bomb that ripped through a bus outside the Sri Lankan capital rose to 26 on Saturday after two more passengers died of their injuries, police said. The bomb…

England and Sri Lanka will mark one of cricket’s most poignant moments when they contest the third Test at the previously tsunami-ravaged Galle International Stadium from…