Colombo: Sri Lanka’s police sought spiritual help from Buddhist clergy Monday to bless an accident-prone highway in a country that has some of the world’s most dangerous roads. Police at Mawathagama, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) north-east of Colombo, directed three saffron-robed monks to bless a spot where there hadContinue Reading

Colombo: All the 126 Indian fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly poaching into the country’s waters were released yesterday by courts in the country. The release came as Sri Lanka and India completed the formalities for the release of fishermen detained in each other’s country for allegedly fishingContinue Reading