Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country. As the country prepares for its first election since then, many say they're still ...

The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) in Sri Lanka are holding a public lecture titled, “Two years since the 2022 mass uprising: The ...

THE election on Wednesday of Ranil Wickremesinghe as the President of Sri Lanka offers scant hope of dousing the five-month-old unrest rocking the country or ending the economic crisis that triggered ...

The Sri Lankan Parliament announced that it would hold a vote on July 20 to elect a successor to outgoing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. On Monday, the Sri Lankan Parliament announced that it would ...

This month marks the 70th anniversary of the island-wide eruption of social unrest in Sri Lanka, popularly known as the Hartal. We are republishing here an article posted on September 2, 2020 on the ...

It was an economic crisis that escalated into a dramatic popular uprising. Thousands of Sri Lankans took to the street, storming president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s palace and looting treasures. Citizens ...

Sri Lanka’s Defense Ministry ordered security forces to shoot protesters on sight Tuesday after the country’s prime minister was ousted amid a national uprising that has left at least eight dead and ...

Since the Gota Go Gama (Gota Go Village) protests started in April demanding Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign, the ruling regime has made several changes in an attempt to remain in power ...

This post was first published by Sri Lankan jurist, author, poet, and activist Basil Fernando in Groundviews, an award-winning citizen media website. An edited version is published here as part of a ...

The mass movement in Sri Lanka mobilised more than a million people in revolt against the corrupt government of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Green Left and Socialist Alliance hosted a ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Security forces on Friday raided the protest camp at the heart of the uprising that toppled Sri Lanka’s president, breaking down tents and cordoning off large stretches of the ...