COLOMBO - Sri Lanka freed over 1,600 convicts on Friday to mark the 63rd anniversary of independence from Britain, but the jailed opposition leader received no reprieve.

The Suraksha Insurance scheme, which was launched by the Ministry of Education in October last year, has already proved to be extremely beneficial for the children of Sri Lanka with over 1,600 ...

Sri Lanka braced for more rainy weather on Tuesday due to a storm off the Bay of Bengal that has affected over 1,600 people and killed two, an official said here.

The Sri Lankan Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Consulate General in Dubai have so far issued approximately 1,600 outpasses. The embassy had earlier set a deadline for issuing outpasses for amnesty ...