Victims with cuts and gunshot injuries have been rushed to hospital near the capital Colombo following the country's ...

Victims with cuts and gunshot injuries rushed to hospital after fighting between prisoners from two drug gangs ...

By IntelliNews Chronic overcrowding and the entrenchment of drug-trafficking networks within Sri Lanka's prison system have ...

The fight started when prisoners leaked information on efforts to smuggle drugs into the prison. Read more at ...

‘I accept responsibility’: Sri Lankan minister says situation under control after nation’s deadliest prison riot kills 26 - Families of inmates protested as they sought updates on relatives caught in ...

Sri Lanka launched an investigation on Tuesday into its deadliest prison riot in years, as the death toll from clashes ...

Clashes in a Sri Lankan jail have killed at least 23 people, including four guards, and wounded more than 100 in the worst ...

THE nation's efforts to reduce prison overcrowding by reopening a colonial jail and recruiting more staff after a deadly riot left 28 people dead need to be underpinned by a commitment to ...