At least 26 people have been killed and a dozen injured in a suspected terror attack in the disputed Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir, authorities said Tuesday.

The attack, described by the region’s chief minister Omar Abdullah as “much larger than anything we’ve seen directed at civilians in recent years,” took place in a popular tourist desti...

The convenor of the “Nawa Sinhale National Movement”, social activist Dan Priyasad, has been injured in a shooting incident in Wellampitiya a short while ago.

According to reports, he was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital with gunshot wounds and is receiving treatment in the intensive care unit. 

The incident had occurred at the ‘Laksanda S...

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UPDATE (12.06 a.m.) - Sri Lanka Police says that the clash between two groups of inmates in the Matara Prison is still continuing with tear gas fired to control the situation.

Tear gas has been used and the Police Special Task Force (STF) has also been called in to help bring the situation under control, police said. 

Prison officials have fired...