Sri Lanka has introduced a four-day work week to conserve fuel to prepare for a prolonged war in the Middle East. The government is also suspending all public ceremonies and asking civil servants to ...

Sri Lanka on Sunday (March 15, 2026) switched to a digital QR code-based system to ration fuel sales, a move authorities described as a “precautionary measure” amid persisting uncertainty in West Asia ...

Sri Lanka is repatriating the remains of 84 Iranian sailors who died when their frigate was sunk nine days ago by a United States submarine torpedo attack, as it sailed in international waters far ...

Colombo (AFP) – Sri Lanka and India are providing sanctuary to 434 sailors from three Iranian naval vessels targeted or threatened by the United States, a diplomatic conundrum as the war spills into ...

This handout photograph taken on Mar 5, 2026, shows the Iranian ship IRIS Bushehr off the coast of Colombo. (Photo: Sri Lankan Navy/AFP COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Friday (Mar 6) denounced the toll of the ...

A second Iranian ship is in international waters near Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka cabinet spokesman Nalinda Jayatissa said, a day after the U.S. torpedoed an Iranian naval ship off the Sri Lankan coast. Sri ...

Sri Lanka began offloading 208 crew members from a second Iranian vessel a day after 87 people were killed and several others were still missing following a U.S. submarine strike on an Iranian warship ...

Thousands of miles from Iran's capital, Tehran, the war in the Middle East reached Sri Lanka's southern coast Wednesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles ...

Sri Lanka rescued 32 “critically wounded” sailors aboard the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena, which sank Wednesday (March 4, 2026) just outside the island’s territorial waters, Foreign Minister Vijitha ...

A day after rescuing Iranian sailors from the wreckage of a warship sunk by a U.S. submarine, Sri Lanka’s neutrality is being tested. By Anupreeta Das and Pamodi Waravita Pamodi Waravita reported from ...

Over 140 people were reported missing and 78 were injured on Wednesday in an 180-crew Iranian naval ship which made a distress off Sri Lanka's coast following what was reported as an explosion. Sri ...

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka T20 World Cup 2026 LIVE Score: Sahibzada Farhan struck a stunning century while his opening partner Fakhar Zaman made 84 to take Pakistan to a formidable 212/8 against Sri Lanka ...