A closer look at what Sri Lanka’s recent election results may mean for ties between New Delhi and Colombo. Rather than a reactionary response to the election of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, India appeared ...

Supporters of Sri Lanka’s main opposition shout slogans during a protest rally against high taxes and increases in electricity and fuel charges, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 30, 2024. Credit: AP ...

A market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, boasts ample displays of produce, July 23, 2022. In its emergency appeal for aid the World Food Program estimates that 3 in 10 Sri Lankan households are experiencing ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The man who is considered the heir apparent to the powerful Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka will contest the presidential election in September, his political party said Wednesday, ...

Social media has usurped the traditional media’s influence in Sri Lankan politics, particularly after the Aragalaya – and ...

A leftist movement in Sri Lanka that took power after an economic collapse is seizing a rare opportunity to rally more women into politics. By Mujib Mashal and Pamodi Waravita Reporting from Colombo, ...

When crowds of irate Sri Lankans stormed the presidential palace in July 2022 demanding the ouster of former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, somebody like Ranil Wickremasinghe likely was not the ...

COLOMBO/MUMBAI (Reuters) - A decision by Sri Lanka's president to fire the prime minister has raised doubts among global investors and credit analysts about the near-term economic health of a country ...

In 2022 Sri Lanka faced its deepest ever economic and political crisis. The country’s descent into chaos accelerated from March, sweeping away high-level bureaucrats and political leaders held ...

Sri Lanka has sworn in 55-year-old leftist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new president. There was no clear winner after the first round of votes from Saturday’s election had been counted.

Last week the national anthem was sung in Tamil for the first time at the official celebration of Sri Lanka’s independence day. Six years ago the government’s own regional director for education in ...

The delegations representing the Sri Lankan state and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) met on 28-29 October in Geneva for talks to thrash out a possible settlement to the civil war that has ...