The Latest Breaking News from Mahinda Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka's government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that Sri Lankan intelligence had complicity in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings

This chilling Dispatches documentary reports on the aftermath of 2019’s apparently random terrorist attack, and alleges unpalatable truths

Starting around 2016, Sri Lanka's economy was beset by a series of fiscal and economic policy missteps. The COVID-19 pandemic only worsened an economy plagued by mismanagement, trade deficits, and weak foreign reserves. By September 2022, Sri Lanka turned to the International Monetary Fund for ...

A  journalist’s job — to present the first draft of history — is incomplete if it only presents one state-approved view

The issues that led Sri Lanka to become an economic basket case in 2022 serve as a warning for other nations.

When nations get caught in spiralling debt, it’s future generations who will end up paying the price.

Colombo (AFP) - Canada has issued a travel ban on former Sri Lankan presidents -- and brothers -- Mahinda and Gotabaya Rajapaksa for human rights abuses committed during the island nation's civil war.

Sanctions are over human rights violations committed during armed conflict in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009, Canada says.

India on Thursday called on Pakistan to protect its minorities after the killing of a Hindu woman Daya Bheel in Sindh province. Read on for details:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben Modi's health condition is recovering, said the hospital authorities on Thursday. Read on for details:

Where Is Sri Lanka? What Are Its DemographicsSri Lanka is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, and it’s off the southeastern coast of the Indian subcontinent. In an area of about 25,000 square miles (slightly larger than West Virginia), its main sources of income from exports are textiles, ...