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Tensions between Muslim groups and the majority Sinhalese Buddhist community in the country have escalated since the end of the civil war in May 2009. (Photo: File)

Sri Lankan Prez Sirisena to appoint committee to probe anti-Muslim...

Anti-Muslim riots, since Monday, have left two persons dead and damaged several homes, businesses and mosques in the...

10 March 2018 5:26 PM IST

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. (Photo: AP)

Prez Sirisena India bound amid Sri Lanka state emergency, violence

Mr Sirisena will be in India to attend the first conference of the founding members of the International Solar Alliance...

10 March 2018 4:25 PM IST

Muslim-owned businesses and religious sites came under attack from majority Sinhala mobs, forcing the government to enforce curfew. (Photo: AP/ Representational)

Sri Lanka president removes Prime Minister after communal riots

Mr Wickremesinghe's 11-day tenure as the law and order minister was marred by racial tension in the central district of...

8 March 2018 6:23 PM IST

Buddhist-Muslim relations have worsened in recent years amid the rise of hard-line Buddhist groups, which accuse Muslims of forcing people to convert and destroying sacred Buddhist sites. (Photo: AP/ Representational)

Sri Lanka emergency: Buddhists continue attack on Muslims despite...

At least 20 Muslim homes appeared badly damaged and flames engulfed one two-story home.

8 March 2018 1:36 PM IST

Sri Lankan police commandos patrol the streets of Pallekele, a suburb of Kandy, on Tuesday following anti-Muslim riots that have prompted the government to declare a state of emergency. (Photo: AFP)

Emergency declared in Sri Lanka to quell riots

Anti-Muslim riots have left two people dead and more than 100 homes and shops ablaze in the popular hill resort of...

7 March 2018 1:22 AM IST