A Sri Lankan MP has called for India's larger role in South Asia amid the ongoing turmoil in Bangladesh and Nepal. Namal Rajapaksa, who is an MP from the Hambantota district, said countries such as ...

The National People’s Power (NPP) party led by Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has received much publicity for its anti-corruption drive since it came to power just over a year ago. The ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Thousands of opposition activists rallied near Sri Lanka’s capital Friday to demand that the government fulfill pledges to ease taxes and restore order, in the first major protest ...

Church officials in Sri Lanka have dismissed allegations by a section of politicians, media, and Buddhist monks that the country's only cardinal influenced the government’s reinstatement of two ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake speaks during a public rally ahead of parliamentary election, in Gampaha, Sri Lanka, Nov. 11, 2024 (AP photo by Eranga Jayawardena). Click to share on ...

This speech was given by Deepal Jayasekera, General Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), and M. Thevarajah, Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) Central Committee member, at the ...

President Trump issued a partial, temporary reprieve on tariffs that had sent the stock market tumbling. He did so only after U.S. government bonds showed signs of distress. By Amanda Taub The ...

Supporters of Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, celebrate near the Presidential Secretariat after Dissanayake's swearing-in ceremony in Colombo on September 23, 2024. On ...

Your favorite song sounds better in the car. Nevertheless, there’s an art to making the perfect mix for a road trip: You want some songs that are all about forward motion, propelling you down the road ...

Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s second son, Yoshitha Rajapaksa, was arrested Saturday on corruption charges, according to local media. He was arrested on the advice of the Attorney ...

If you were hoping for the pop madness of 2024 to slow down and start making sense: good luck, babe! Because there has never, ever, been a pop year like the hot-not-pretty mess that was 2024. Week to ...

A 2020 government decree that transferred administrative control of nonprotected forests in Sri Lanka to local governments has been formally revoked by the country’s new government. The move follows ...