Sri Lanka will hold presidential election on September 21 and current incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to contest as an independent. This is the first election since the turbulent years of economic instability, nationwide protests, and ouster of the Rajapaksa clan's government.

Sri Lanka presidential election on Sep 21: Ranil Wickremesinghe to fight as independent. What we know

A Sri Lankan police officer on Tuesday defied President Maithripala Sirisena and testified before a parliamentary investigation into the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 258 people.

Sri Lanka policeman defies president Maithripala Sirisena to testify at attack probe

India has lifted the advisory for Indians to reconsider non-essential travel to Sri Lanka in the aftermath of 21st April terror attacks that killed more than 250 people.

India relaxes travel advisory for Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's army on Thursday denied allegations that its troops colluded with anti-Muslim mobs and failed to contain widespread riots that killed one man in a backlash against the Easter terror attacks.

Troops did not connive with rioters: Sri Lanka Army chief Mahesh Senanayake

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena Tuesday appealed to the international community, including India, to lift travel the warnings issued after the Easter Sunday terror attacks, as the country's tourist arrivals dipped 7.

Sri Lanka President Sirisena appeals to international community to lift travel warnings

Sri Lanka's $4.4 billion tourism industry is reeling from cancellations as travellers shun the Indian Ocean island, popular for its pristine beaches, after multiple suicide bombings that killed over 250 two weeks ago.

Sri Lanka resort town hit hard by tourism slowdown following attacks

A dozen rifle-toting soldiers guarded a small community hall as day broke in the eastern Sri Lankan town of Batticaloa on Sunday morning. Around 9 am local time - roughly the same time a suicide bomber killed 29 of their fellow parishioners at the evangelical Zion Church two weeks ago - worshippers streamed silently into the hall.

'Save us from the Satans': Sri Lanka Christians pray after surviving attacks

Terrorists in Sri Lanka are believed to be planning attacks on bridges in Colombo, authorities said, as they warned several conspirators in the Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 250 people still at large.

Terrorists planning attacks on bridges in Colombo: Police

By Greg Barton In the wake of any tragedy, it should be enough to grieve and stand in solidarity with those who mourn. With a massive toll – about 250 dead, according to revised government figures – it feels disrespectful to the people of Sri Lanka to be dissecting what went wrong even as the dead are being buried.

Sri Lanka attacks serve as a reminder that Islamic State is very far from being a spent force

The Palm Sunday serial suicide attacks are the worst in Sri Lanka’s history, shattering its ten-year long tryst with freedom from terrorism following a 30-year civil war which ended in May 2009.

ISIS-linked attacks in Sri Lanka will have a long term impact on politics and society

At least six Indians were killed in the serial bomb blasts that ravaged Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday in the island country's bloodiest day since the civil war ended a decade ago.

Six Indians among 35 foreigners killed in Sri Lanka mayhem: Report

Authorities lifted a curfew in Sri Lanka on Monday, a day after 290 people were killed and about 500 wounded by a string of bombings that tore through churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday.

Sri Lanka bombings: Death toll from terror attack rises to 290, curfew lifted