COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Debt-stricken Sri Lanka marked its 77th independence anniversary on Tuesday with a military parade, while the country’s newly elected president, Anura Kumara ...

We are the only Centre in a Higher Education institution anywhere in the world to have published a series of 12 special blogposts to mark the 75 th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s independence (February ...

The independence of Sri Lanka in February 1948 came, uniquely, through a peaceful transfer of power from the British Empire to the Sinhala people. Unlike other countries in the region, Sri Lanka is ...

On Sri Lanka's 77th Independence Day, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa paid tribute to the individuals who sacrificed their lives for the "unparalleled journey toward unity and freedom." ...

Socialist to lead Sri Lanka in major shake-up amid financial crisis. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, known as AKD, leads a leftist coalition that is promising to renegotiate a bailout program with the IMF.

Debt-stricken Sri Lanka has marked its 77th independence anniversary with a military parade, while the country’s newly elected president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, pledged to heal Sri Lanka's ...

Debt-stricken Sri Lanka has marked its 77th independence anniversary with a military parade, while the country’s newly elected president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, pledged to heal Sri Lanka's ...