Everything to know before you go - Sri Lanka lures travellers with an impressive array: wildlife, history, exceptional food, surfing hotspots and beaches ...

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka -- At dawn, the sun slowly appears like a golden globe through the mist-shrouded landscape in Jaffna, Sri Lanka's northernmost peninsula, just across the Palk Strait from India ...

Tomorrow, for the first time in 25 years, Sri Lanka will hold elections to its Northern Provincial Council, a step that could facilitate reconciliation between the country’s majority (mostly ...

The road from Colombo, Sri Lanka's graceful seaside capital in the south, to the northern town of Jaffna has rarely been a straight shot.

JAFFNA: With a crucial presidential election just days away, Jaffna, Sri Lanka’s northern capital does not reflect South’s political frenzy. A record number of candidates have joined the fray ...

A significant event took place earlier this week in Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka: President Mahinda Rajapaksa flagged off the first train in that region in 25 years, the Yal Devi Express. A new ...

Challenge At the end of Sri Lanka’s 30-year civil war in 2009, the country faced a huge task to restore damaged infrastructure in the conflict-affected North and East, while quickly delivering better ...

To restate the obvious, Sri Lanka isn’t North Korea. The call for an immediate ICC referral on Sri Lanka is disingenuous and misleading.

14 October 2020 The entire North and East of Sri Lanka was paralysed by a mass protest campaign (hartal) on September 28, against the right-wing government of President Gotabhaya Rajapakse.

UNHCR is deeply concerned over the safety of thousands of families fleeing fierce fighting in the north of Sri Lanka as the conflict between government forces and the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam ...

VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka, October 2 (UNHCR) - More than 300 displaced families have been given new homes in northern Sri Lanka after spending a decade in overcrowded welfare centres for internally ...

After an economic collapse and political upheaval, Sri Lankans have become resigned to leaner meals and reduced horizons.