India's voter rolls are undergoing a Special Intensive Revision (SIR), a nationwide exercise to ensure accuracy. While the Election Commission calls it crucial for democracy, political parties allege ...

Urgent Structural Reforms and Efficient Public Spending Key for Long-Term Growth COLOMBO, October 7, 2025—Sri Lanka’s recent economic performance has been strong. Despite this, the recovery remains ...

Human rights in Sri Lanka remain at serious risk in the face of security force abuses committed with impunity and an economic crisis that reduced the living standards of millions. To silence dissent, ...

Sri Lanka’s government has scored a string of wins in its long-standing civil war with Tamil militants. But it faces the challenge of integrating its Tamil minority. Sri Lanka has been mired in ethnic ...

BENGALURU: Even as Supreme Court's verdict on the validity of SIR of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar will determine its pan-India rollout, Karnataka is ready to launch the exercise as early as ...

A former Sri Lankan president who helped to steer the country through a painful economic crisis but lost to a populist leader in the 2024 election was arrested on Friday on charges that he had used ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Former Sri Lankan ...

A leader with steadfast integrity: Dudley Senanayake stuck to the firm belief in the rule of law and believed all Sri Lankans deserve equality and can call this island nation, home Dudley was a Leader ...

On the 32nd anniversary of the Lyceum group, it’s so good to hear that the Teacher Training Centre is also celebrating its 21st birthday at the new Lyceum University Campus which I visited again just ...

A 21-year-old British woman who was allegedly caught with more than 46kg of cannabis has appeared at a Sri Lankan court today. The 21-year-old was teary when she entered the back of a packed courtroom ...

A former TUI stewardess claims a British man set her up after she was stopped at an airport with cannabis valued at £1.2million. Charlotte May Lee was arrested after landing in Sri Lanka from Thailand ...