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Heart-wrenching images of revered elephants and cattle eating plastic in Sri Lanka have prompted politicians to toughen pollution laws, but sceptical conservationists warn past bans were ...
Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is unable to attend court due to health issues, as he remains in ICU. He was ...
In Sri Lanka, where the social divisions that spurred the country’s 26-year civil war loom large online and in the press, the end of programs like MEND threatens to fuel violence offline.
Sri Lankan police officers belonging to the narcotics unit, in green jackets, stand next to a seized haul of narcotics at a fishery harbor in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 3, 2020.
In the bustling streets of Colombo, a small garment manufacturer still conducts most transactions in cash, despite owning a ...
At the heart of India’s Sri Lanka problem lies the thuggish regime of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. For many Sinhalese, Sri Lanka’s dominant ethnic group, Mr. Rajapaksa is a hero for ending a ...
Sri Lanka’s Problem With Women in Power The first woman to be appointed as a deputy inspector general of police was removed from office just six months later. By Lihini Ratwatte May 26, 2021 ...
The terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka on Sunday evidence two truths: Salafi jihad is a despicable ideology that values human life only as a slave to theological absolutism, and Salafi jihadis must be ...
Sri Lanka is no stranger to arbitrary laws that are prone to misuse. For the past 40 years, it has had the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act on the statute books, which has been used to target ...
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country earlier this week, has formally resigned, the parliamentary speaker confirmed Friday, capping off a chaotic 72-hours in the crisis ...
Heart-wrenching images of revered elephants and cattle eating plastic in Sri Lanka have prompted politicians to toughen pollution laws, but sceptical conservationists warn past bans were ...
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country earlier this week, has formally resigned, the parliamentary speaker confirmed Friday, capping off a chaotic 72-hours in the crisis ...