DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (AP) — After leaving school, Jeewanthi Adikari was determined to pursue her studies in accounting. But her life took a different path when she began a three-month training program ...

Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Defense Premitha Bandara Tennakoon told Parliament on December 4 that the government is planning to enable women to rise in the military hierarchy and in time, to head ...

Sri Lanka is gearing up for its ninth presidential election on September 21, but notably no women candidates are running for the highest office in the country. While having a woman candidate does not ...

(Adds details, byline) by C. Bryson Hull COLOMBO, Oct 22 (Reuters) -- Sri Lanka's Navy said it destroyed two Tamil Tiger suicide boats that tried to ram a pair of freighters full of aid supplies on ...

* Two rebel planes attack capital Colombo * One hits tax headquarters, 2 dead, 40 wounded * One shot down at Colombo international airport (Recasts, adds analyst comment) By Ranga Sirilal and C.