The debate over genocide in Sri Lanka has become increasingly entangled with politics, selective outrage and competing historical narratives. From British atrocities in Uva-Wellassa and LTTE massacres and expulsions to the unresolved
Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has pledged to move swiftly to pass the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution once the Supreme Court delivers its ruling, saying the proposed amendment is essential
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Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has accused the Sri Lankan government of pursuing a campaign to suppress the country’s democratic system and weaken the political opposition, warning that recent actions against political parties,
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Sri Lanka is not a country to be rushed, particularly in its southern reaches. That is the central impression conveyed by El País in its latest travel feature on the region: beyond
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Sri Lanka police have requested the Department of Fisheries to prevent fishing boats arriving from the outer sea from entering Beruwala Harbor for two hours on 6 September, citing a potential security
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Nearly 30 officers and officials have reportedly left Sri Lanka’s Parliament in recent months to take up employment elsewhere, with most of those departing said to have moved to the private sector.
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Former Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera is emerging in internal political discussions as a possible common candidate for Sri Lanka’s next presidential election, according to
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Iran International reported on August 31 that its sources had provided information about three alleged recruits and an operation being developed by Unit 4000, the Special Operations Division of the Islamic Revolutionary
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Sri Lanka’s Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption has disclosed new details of the financial trail behind its investigation into allegations that Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa received a Rs.100 million bribe
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Sri Lankan parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa was arrested on Friday morning by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption while appearing before the commission to provide a statement concerning the purchase
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Sri Lanka has taken part in high-level discussions on regional and international security at the 28th Annual Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence (CHOD) Conference, held in Victoria, Canada, from 31 August to 2
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U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Chairman Laura DiBella and FMC Commissioner Robert J. Harvey will visit Sri Lanka from September 6–10, in a move aimed at advancing U.S.-Sri Lanka cooperation on maritime
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The month of August lived up to the caption of “the living, dead and disappeared.” The month saw the end of the 10-day Kandy Esala Perahera festival in all its glory. The
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In any democratic country, a constitution is more than a book of laws. It is the supreme social contract between the rulers and the ruled. Yet Sri Lanka’s political history presents a
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The Indian Grant Housing Programme, implemented with the aim of providing permanent shelter and land ownership to the estate community in Sri Lanka who have lived extremely difficult and challenging lives in
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Editor’s Note: The following excerpts have been adapted from the author’s speech delivered at the Colombo South Rotary Club at the Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo. Cyclone Ditwah made landfall on the eastern coast
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