Sri Lanka has ordered its military to post soldiers at hundreds of petrol stations to help distribute fuel after a sudden rise in prices of key commodities and the accompanying shortages forced tens ...

Sri Lankan troops were racing to rescue hundreds of people marooned by rising floodwaters on Friday as weather-related deaths rose to 69, with another 34 people declared missing. Helicopters and navy ...

Sri Lanka's president named war veteran Shavendra Silva as the country's army chief Monday, drawing sharp criticism from the United States and the United Nations over the appointment of an officer who ...

Sri Lanka has almost doubled its military deployment to regions struck by a cyclone that has killed 627, sending tens of thousands of troops to help areas hit by a wave of destruction, the army said ...

Sri Lanka is currently experiencing the northeast monsoon season but rainfall has intensified due to a cyclone More rain is forecast in Sri Lanka, where floods and landslides have already killed ...

More than two million people -- nearly 10 percent of the population -- have been affected by the disaster caused by Cyclone Ditwah, the worst on the island this century The army has said it is ...