Sri Lanka slid deeper into political crisis on Saturday when the president suspended Parliament to block a vote ... Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksha is also in the picture pic.twitter ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Sri Lanka’s opposition political parties will meet to agree on a new government. Via AP news wire. ... Video and pictures showed jubilant crowds splashing in the garden pool, ...

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 ...

NEGOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - An impatient little girl in a pretty dress pulls on the hand of a man, possibly her grandfather, as they cross a brick courtyard outside St. Sebastian’s Church on ...