COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka announced using a controversial anti-terror law to deal with religious extremism and gave itself sweeping powers to detain suspects for up to two years for “deradicalisation”.

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a government minister said on Saturday, the latest actions affecting the country's minority Muslim population.

COLOMBO (92 News) - Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Pakistan is standing side by side with Sri Lanka as partner for the development of human resources, security cooperation, fighting terrorism, development and prosperity.

COLOMBO (92 News) - Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan and his Sri Lankan counterpart, Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Tuesday held a one-on-one meeting and discussed issues of bilateral and regional importance.

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan arrived in Colombo a short while ago where he was received by his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa at the airport.

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Sri Lanka on a two-day visit next week.