Sri Lanka began advertising for hangmen this week after the country reinstated capital punishment, inspired by the Philippines’ hard-line approach to drug trafficking.. The last execution in Sri ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka authorities publicly destroyed 770 kilograms (1,695 pounds) of cocaine on Monday as the president announced that dates have been set for the country's first ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan prison authorities are recruiting two hangmen after the president pledged to end a 43-year moratorium on capital punishment and execute condemned drug traffickers ...

All Presidents of Sri Lanka have seemingly expressed hesitancy to reintroduce the capital punishment which was rescinded by late S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike. This dillydallying indicate the apparent ...

A condemned inmate sits in a cell at the Welikada Prisons complex in Colombo, Sri Lanka on July 26, 2018. The country's president said Wednesday he will end a 43-year moratorium on capital punishment.

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the stay order till November 10 against a move by President Maithripala Sirisena to reinstate capital punishment in the country for the first time ...

Sri Lanka had stopped hangings since 1976 and death row prisoners spend life terms in jail. June 10, 2025 e-Paper. ... Sri Lanka to restore capital punishment for drug offences ...

Capital punishment is legal in Sri Lanka but no executions have taken place since 1976. The country has struggled to find a permanent executioner after its last hangman resigned five years ago.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is reinstating capital punishment, with those convicted of drug-related crimes the first to be hanged. President Maithripala Sirisena told Parliament this week that the country’s ...

Ambassadors from the European Union (EU) warned Sri Lanka on Monday against ending its 42-year moratorium on capital punishment and said that the island risked losing trade concessions if it went ...

Sri Lanka’s Justice Minister Thalatha Atukorale informed the parliament on Tuesday that her ministry had complied with the ... Although capital punishment is a legal penalty in Sri Lanka, ...