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.

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Environment has decided to conduct a fresh study on the country’s elephant corridors, according to ...

Sri Lanka’s legislators named Ranil Wickremesinghe to complete the term of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa after protesters stormed the presidential palace last week.

Sri Lanka's President-Elect Breaks a Tradition of Political Lineage By Sudipto Ganguly, Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his ...

Chanu Nimesha is contesting Sri Lanka's parliamentary election on Thursday as the first openly transgender candidate, hoping to forge a more inclusive and tolerant political culture on the South ...

Sri Lanka, an island of 22 million people, continues to be in the grip of its worst economic and political crisis since independence on 10 February 1948. Since April there have been protests ...

Sri Lanka has regained political stability after a prolonged period of uncertainty, the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), Dr Nandalal Weerasinghe, stated on Thursday evening (28) at ...

Sri Lanka defaulted on its debt last year and recently secured a $3 billion bailout from the IMF. Fred de Sam Lazaro traveled to the island nation of 23 million people to see how the country is ...

A longtime ally of the Rajapaksa political family has been appointed as Sri Lanka’s prime minister.