Sri Lanka has refuted recent claims from US intelligence that there are potential plans for a Chinese military base to be established on its soil. State Defence Minister Premitha Bandara Tennakoon ...

They are old, abandoned bases," Tiger military spokesman Rasiah Ilanthiraiyan said by telephone from the rebels' northern stronghold.

Talk of a tie-up with Uncle Sam to host a military base off the tip of southern India is increasingly dragging Sri Lanka into the US-China strategic struggle Officials have vehemently denied ...

As part of a growing US military presence on the Indian subcontinent, the Bush administration is preparing to sign a defence agreement next month with Sri Lanka to provide extensive access to the ...

A Chinese military survey ship that docked at Sri Lanka's Chinese-built port of Hambantota despite opposition from neighboring India left on Monday after a week-long stay, the port company told ...

After all, Sri Lanka’s military, and we’re not just talking about the army, is in desperate need of reform.