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Sri Lankan soldiers dressed in traditional costumes carry national flags during the Independence Day celebration in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. Sri Lanka’s independence process is very ...

The explosions in Sri Lanka on Sunday, which killed more than 200 people and injured hundreds, were the deadliest violence in the country since its civil war ended a decade ago. The Easter Sunday ...

Discover the history and unique architecture behind Colombo’s iconic Red Mosque and its cultural importance in Sri Lanka.

In Sri Lanka, a wave of eight bomb attacks on Easter Sunday sparked a sense of both sickening familiarity and new disquiet. Throughout the morning and afternoon, in and around the capital, Colombo, ...

No matter what happens for the rest of this year, 2023 will go down in the history books of Sri Lanka. This year is like one of those astronomical alignments which only come around once every few ...

AS DARK CLOUDS of economic crisis, political chaos and mass protest loomed over Sri Lanka a year ago, optimists saw one silver lining. So incompetent and corrupt was the soon-to-collapse government of ...

Sri Lanka, an island nation straddling the Indian Ocean’s crucial trading routes, witnessed a substantial expansion of Chinese influence during the tenure of President Rajapaksa from 2005 to 2015.