Since independence—actually since 1931 when we got the universal adult franchise—political power through elections has always been the monopolistic privilege of Sri Lanka’s elite social classes.

Two of the front-runners in Sri Lanka’s presidential election were the sons of former presidents. A third contender, the incumbent, was the nephew and political heir of yet another president.

Sri Lanka has made a truly remarkable turnaround since an uprising in 2022, but if the island nation is to achieve sustained and equitable growth, its new government has no room for mistakes, says ...

Staff at Media Empowerment for a Democratic Sri Lanka never expected their small initiative to become the target of the kind of fake news it had actively worked to fight against.

COLOMBO/NEW DELHI -- India's quest for energy stakes in Sri Lanka has exposed a foreign policy litmus test for President ...

Food, Offering, Medicine, Political Symbol: What the Lotus Means in Sri Lanka The flower has developed a deep national importance, but what exactly it signifies depends on whom you ask.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of a Marxist party and leftist coalition, was sworn in as Sri Lanka's president Monday after being declared election winner Sunday. Voters elected Dissanayake ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 4 -- Two men who snatched a gold chain from a woman struggling in the waves of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami will be tried for murder, Sri Lanka's solicitor general said ...

What happened The party of Sri Lanka's newly elected Marxist-leaning president won a two-thirds majority in parliamentary elections Thursday, the country's election commission said today.

The myth of a Tamil homeland collapses under scrutiny of historical records, colonial chronicles, and demographic facts. The ...

NAVALADY, Sri Lanka -- A prosperous fisherman, T. Maheswaran counted himself a lucky man. He had a big brick house, a devoted wife and four strapping sons, the eldest of whom wanted to be an engineer.

When Richard Murcott, 42, moved to Germany, he believed his days on the rugby sidelines were behind him. Having previously coached in Sri Lanka and Dubai, the veteran coach was ready to step away from ...