Sri Lankan

South African writer Damon Galgut wins Booker Prize for 'The Promise'

He is the third South African novelist to win the Booker Prize, after Nadine Gordimer in 1974 and JM Coetzee, who won twice, in 1983 and 1999

Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan, about Sri Lankan Tamils in France, is a story of immigration in more ways than one

Dheepan won the Palme d’Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

Muttiah Muralitharan appointed governor of Sri Lanka's Northern Province on President's special invitation

The 47-year-old Muralitharan, the record holder for highest wickets in Test cricket (800), is among the three new governors tipped to be appointed by Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Toll in Bangladesh fire rises to 25; over 76 hurt in blaze at 22-storey building in Dhaka's upscale Banani

A massive fire engulfed a 22-storey building in Dhaka's posh Banani area on Thursday, killing at least 25 people, including a Sri Lankan national, and injuring 76 others, in the second major blaze to hit the Bangladeshi capital since last month

Sri Lanka warns of resurgence of demand for Tamil Eelam; President Maithiripala Sirisena says separatists regrouping abroad

Sirisena came to power in January 2015 on the back of strong support from the minority Tamil community after pledging reparations for war victims and accountability for rights abuses.

Rajiv Gandhi assasination: Madras HC pulls up Tamil Nadu govt for fresh counter affidavit against premature release of convicts

The Madras High Court pulled up the Tamil Nadu government after it wanted to file a fresh counter affidavit on a plea by two lifers in Rajiv Gandhi assassination

Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswamy seeks Centre's help in Sri Lankan 'attacks' against fishermen

The Tamil Nadu government on Monday expressed concern over the "alarming increase" in number of "attacks" on Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy and sought the Centre's intervention for release of 42 of them.

Mamta Kulkarni drug racket case: Police probing links to Pakistan, Sri Lankan nationals

The case, of which Mamta Kulkarni and Vicky Goswami are the key accused, came to light when police seized around 18.5 tonne of ephedrine, in a raid.

Jayalalithaa to meet PM Modi on Tuesday; Cauvery dispute, TN fishermen, GST on agenda

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday in Delhi to discuss with him a host of state-related issues. 

Sri lanka set to move resolution in parliament to turn house into Constitutional Assembly

The Sri Lankan Government is set to move a resolution in Parliament next month to convert the House into a Constitutional Assembly which will initiate the process of drafting a new Constitution and abolishing the executive presidential system