The Sri Lankan government issued a circular last week, announcing an end to the restrictive practice of preventing the issuance of passports to Sri Lankan citizens residing abroad, who were compelled to leave Sri Lanka due to political persecution.
Sri Lanka’s new president endorsed amending the constitution to reduce the power of minority political parties, saying the country wasn’t suited to a system that creates unstable governments “constantly under the influence of extremism”.
Weeks after the election of hardliner Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the president of Sri Lanka, the prospects for justice and reconciliation between the different communities on the island lie in tatters.
The Sri Lankan government issued a circular last week, announcing an end to the restrictive practice of preventing the issuance of passports to Sri Lankan citizens residing abroad, who were compelled to leave Sri Lanka due to political persecution.
Three Indians (including two women), two Sri Lankans, a Pakistani and a Bangladeshi will be presented the inaugural Queen's Young Leader awards by Her...
The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday said it has refused to agree to a proposal from India to allow Indian fishermen to catch fish in Sri Lankan waters.
A decision by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena to allow the singing of the national anthem in Tamil has sparked a row, with the move coming under attack from his own Sri Lankan Freedom Party (SLFP)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a forceful pitch for devolution of powers and resources to provinces in Sri Lanka, a key demand of the island’s...
A Sri Lankan court has banned the feared brother of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa from foreign travel, police said on Tuesday, over allegations he used a commercial floating armoury as weaponry for a "private army"
. The recovery of a weapons cache in central Colombo has added fuel to allegations that former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa had planned a coup to maintain his grip on power when he realised that he was about to lose the recent election
The Sri Lankan Foreign Minister has already visited New Delhi and spoken to the External Affairs Minister and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who expressed...
Hahinda Rajapaksa's defeat in the Presidential elections was followed by the news that he had attempted a coup as the results poured in, predicting his...
In a stunning election result that was unthinkable just weeks ago, Sri Lanka's longtime president Mahinda Rajapaska has been defeated by his onetime political...