The BBC’s Charles Haviland in Colombo says this statement by the prime ... Buddhist monks in central Sri Lanka had threatened to demolish the mosque next week if the authorities did not act first. A ...

A bomb tore through the evangelical Zion Church, 196 miles away from Colombo on Sri Lanka's east coast. A hotel in front of the Dehiwala Zoo was attacked. The final blast occurred at a private ...

The Kingdom donated 200 metric tons of dates to Sri Lanka to be distributed among mosques in the country during the holy month of Ramadan. Abdul Hameed Mohammed Fowzie, senior minister for urban ...

The new Crescent moon of the month of Ramadan has not been sighted in Sri Lanka this evening (22), according to the Colombo Grand Mosque. Hence, the Muslims in Sri Lanka will begin the month of ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); 3,500 Sri Lankan Muslims have been granted permission to undertake the Hajj pilgrimage this year, said Deputy Minister of National Integration, Munir Mullafer. This agreement was ...

Colombo, the executive and judicial capital city of Sri Lanka, is not just the island ... popularly called the Red Mosque, is an architectural delight. Towering over the shops in the busy lane ...