COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lankan police clamped a fresh curfew on a Colombo neighbourhood Sunday, a day after a Buddhist-led mob vandalised a mosque in an incident that raised religious tensions and US ...

COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka's Muslim leaders closed down a new mosque in Colombo on Monday after attacks by a Buddhist mob revived simmering religious tensions and sparked US concern. The Sri Lanka ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—Three people remained hospitalized Sunday after a Buddhist mob threw rocks and vandalized a mosque during evening prayers Saturday night, leaving 12 people injured, officials said.

On May 1, 2002, the then Editor of The Island newspaper, Gamini Weerakoon, wrote an appreciation on his close friend Ananda Peiris on his third month death anniversary, mentioning among many things ...