Sri Lanka

S’pore appoints Sitoh Yih Pin, Patrick Daniel as non-resident envoys to Maldives, Sri Lanka

Sitoh Yih Pin and Patrick Daniel receiving their letter of credence from President Tharman Shanmugaratnam.

Sri Lanka uses air force drones to help tackle rapidly spreading dengue outbreak

Public health workers are “stretched to their limit”, said Kapila Kannangara, acting director general of the National Dengue Control Unit.

Sri Lanka expands anti-dengue drive as deaths mount

A worker fumigating a residential area during a mosquito control programme in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 19.

Call for Sri Lanka to reduce prison overcrowding after riot kills 28

A deadly riot at a prison in the coastal town of Negombo on the outskirts of Colombo left 28 people dead.

Sri Lanka’s spy-thriller probe into deadly 2019 ‘Easter bombings’

(FILES) Sri Lanka's opposition activists take part in a sit-in protest to demand the release of detained former intelligence chief Suresh Sallay, outside a railway station in Colombo on June 10, 2026. Retired Sri Lankan major general and counterterrorism expert Suresh Sallay has addressed the Pentagon and the United Nations on subjects including social media's role in "radicalisation, extremism, and terrorism". But the island's former spy chief was himself arrested under anti-terrorism laws in February 2026 and accused by the government of masterminding the 2019 Easter bombings, the deadliest attack against civilians in Sri Lanka's history. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Sri Lanka to convert hospital into prison to ease overcrowding after deadly riot

Prisoners boarding a bus to be transferred to another prison following clashes between two groups of inmates at Negombo Prison, in the coastal town of Negombo, Sri Lanka, on July 6.

Windies win series against Sri Lanka after North Sound run-fest ends in draw

Families mourn 26 killed in deadly Sri Lanka prison riot

The seven prison officials and 19 prisoners died in two days of fighting between two groups of inmates at the prison in the coastal town of Negombo.

Drug smuggling caused deadly Sri Lanka prison riot, says minister

Prisoners board a bus to be transferred to another prison following clashes between two groups of inmates at Negombo Prison, in the coastal town of Negombo, Sri Lanka, July 6, 2026. REUTERS/Lahiru Harshana

Sri Lanka opens prison riot probe as toll rises to 27

A relative of a victim killed in clashes between inmates of two drug gangs grieves in front of the Negombo prison on the outskirts of Colombo on July 7.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.