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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

Members of the Sri Lanka parliament during a parliament session in Colombo. (Photo: AFP)

Sri Lanka President names new cabinet to end political crisis

The forming of the cabinet was delayed because the president wanted to retain media and the police, govt spokesman...

20 Dec 2018 4:26 PM IST

Sri Lankas disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has reportedly resigned from his post. (Photo: AP)

Democracy back in Lanka

As observers, India as well as the United States could only tender well-meaning advice as these were strictly internal...

16 Dec 2018 12:02 AM IST

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa to step down tomorrow

The stepping down of Rajapaksa signals an end to a turbulent seven-week long struggle for power in the island nation.

14 Dec 2018 7:48 PM IST

Maithripala Sirisena said he had ordered Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera to revoke his decision last week to overturn the 1979 law prohibiting the sale of any type of alcohol to women. (Photo: AP)

Tamil separatist-extremists regrouping abroad, warns Sri Lanka...

Maithripala Sirisena said govt forces had failed to quash the Tamil rebels' separatist ideologies despite military...

21 May 2018 11:31 AM IST

Maithripala Sirisena said he had ordered Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera to revoke his decision last week to overturn the 1979 law prohibiting the sale of any type of alcohol to women. (Photo: AP)

Looking for 'dignified exit', Lanka Prez may not dissolve Parliament

Sirisena might rescind order of dissolving Parl, effectively pre-empting a court ruling that they expect to overturn his...

1 Dec 2018 1:14 PM IST

Sirisena said he would hold talks with talks with Pakistans new Prime Minister Imran Khan on repatriating the condemned Pakistanis and having them executed there. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka to end execution moratorium soon: President

The five are among 18 people, including a woman, on death row for drug offences whose execution will go ahead, according...

23 Aug 2018 11:26 AM IST

Maithripala Sirisena said he had ordered Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera to revoke his decision last week to overturn the 1979 law prohibiting the sale of any type of alcohol to women. (Photo: AP)

'Even dog wouldn't eat', airline removes nuts after Sri Lanka Prez's...

'I want to know who authorised the purchase of these nuts,' the President told a meeting of farmers.

12 Sept 2018 3:53 PM IST

Maithripala Sirisena said he had ordered Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera to revoke his decision last week to overturn the 1979 law prohibiting the sale of any type of alcohol to women. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka to urge UN to remove war crime charges against its troops

Sirisena, who will lead a delegation to the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York, will address general...

15 Sept 2018 1:26 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena at Buddhist Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy in Sri Lanka. (Photo: AP)

Wooing Sri Lanka

Bringing Sri Lanka back into India's sphere of influence in the region's geopolitics may be a greater priority.

14 May 2017 12:09 AM IST

The spread of artemisinin resistance in Africa would be a major setback in the fight against malaria (Photo: AFP)

Dengue outbreak in Sri Lanka kills 225

The highest number of cases is in the region around the city of Colombo, though cases were being reported across the...

4 July 2017 2:44 PM IST

Sri Lankas civil service is largely based on traditions inherited from the countrys former British colonial rulers who governed the island nation from 1815 until 1948. (Photo: Pixabay)

Sri Lanka strips suit and tie from official dress code

Unlike bureaucrats, male Sri Lankan politicians have traditionally opted to wear the national dress.

9 Jan 2017 8:49 PM IST