Colombo: Suicide bomber jackets have been discovered in an abandoned house in Sri Lanka, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday. Spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said that besides the ...

Sri Lanka, which carved a global niche with its exotic lingerie, has penetrated an even more lucrative market - body armour, flak jackets and bullet-proof vests for foreign troops. AIRLINK 142.83 ...

Sri Lanka will slash its army by a third to 135,000 personnel by next year and to 100,000 by 2030, the state minister of defence said on Friday, as the country tries to cut costs in the face of ...

Sri Lanka’s outgoing Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was rescued in a pre-dawn military operation Tuesday, hours after his resignation, as violent clashes between pro and anti-government ...

Sri Lankan army soldiers man a checkpoint where screening of body temperature is carried out, during a curfew imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 1, 2020.

Sri Lanka to slash size of its military by a third by 2024 on whatsapp (opens in a new window) Save Benjamin Parkin in New Delhi and Mahendra Ratnaweera in Colombo. Published January 13 2023.

“Sri Lanka’s new government has promised genuine accountability for wartime abuses, but naming the general of an abusive unit the army chief of staff is a slap in the face for victims,” said ...

Sri Lanka to slash military by a third to cut costs. The bankrupt country says it will reduce number of army personnel to 135,000 by next year and 100,000 by 2030 as it grapples with an economic ...