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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s opposition on Sunday demanded a thorough investigation into a prison shootout that killed 27 inmates. Tissa Attanayake, a leader of United National Party said ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan police are investigating an incident in which the government prisons minister allegedly threatened to kill two ethnic minority detainees inside a prison, an ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s main opposition party described the deaths of 27 inmates after a prison riot as a “cold-blooded massacre” and demanded a parliamentary investigation. Authorities ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – Sri Lanka’s former army chief, who was imprisoned after losing an election to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was released from prison Monday to thousands of cheering supporters ...