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Sri Lanka’s civil war ended 10 years ago, but memories of urban carnage are still fresh, particularly for residents of the capital. During the conflict, bombings of airports, bus stations, banks ...
Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala informed Parliament yesterday that Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, also known as ...
Police Special Task Force officers patrol outside Dawatagaha Jumma Masjid during Friday prayers on April 26, 2019 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Carl Court/Getty Images ...
The names of the nine people who authorities say detonated suicide bombs in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing 257 people, have been released and their assets will be seized in accordance with ant… ...
Three children, two girls and one boy, between the ages of 10 and 11, have reportedly drowned in a lake in Vakarai, ...
A wave of attacks in Sri Lanka left more than 250 people dead and hundreds more ... while police officers ... A bombing victim's relative weeps outside a hospital in Batticaloa, eastern Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka’s police are increasingly killing and abusing people under cover of the Covid-19 pandemic measures and an anti-drug campaign, Human Rights Watch said today.
“Sri Lanka’s extensive domestic security apparatus routinely uses baseless accusations of ... police in the eastern town of Batticaloa arrested nine people under the law for ...
Sri Lankan police stand at the site of an explosion in a restaurant area of the luxury Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 21, 2019. Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images ...