Staff at Media Empowerment for a Democratic Sri Lanka never expected their small initiative to become the target of the kind ...

The Human Rights Committee monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), a multilateral treaty that Sri Lanka ratified in 2005.

Jayadeva Uyangoda, emeritus professor of political science at the University of Colombo, spoke to Amit Baruah about the groundbreaking November 14 election results and their implications for Sri ...

By Ifham Nizam In a candid and impassioned address to a group of supporters, a National People’s Power (NPP) National List candidate, Benita Prishanthi Hettithanthri, laid bare Sri Lanka’s political ...

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

Politics; speed read Sri Lanka veers left, elects Marxist. ... (Image credit: Presidency of Sri Lanka / Anadolu via Getty Images) By Peter Weber, The Week US. published 23 September 2024 ...

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.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake won just over 3% of votes in the 2019 presidential poll Under normal circumstances, the victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Sri Lanka's presidential election would have ...

In Sri Lanka’s lush central plains, H.M. Dissanayake, 65, a farmer, and his wife, Malani Mangalika, 64, who runs a corner store, have reduced their consumption of fish and meat from three times ...

Sri Lanka's new president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has always aspired to the pinnacle of power, enduring setback after setback but managing to recover from seemingly impossible defeats ...

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 ...