As Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Sri Lanka’s first female Executive President, turns 80 on June 29, a timely question ...

Photo courtesy of Lahiru Walpita Sri Lanka stands at a critical juncture. Emerging from economic turmoil and the long shadow ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk visited a recently discovered mass grave site on Jaffna's outskirts ...

Sri Lanka's top court halted a government move to acquire land in northern regions still reeling from the consequences 16 years after the end of a decades-long civil war.

We urge all workers, youth, students and concerned individuals to attend the meetings and join the struggle against ...

The United Nations human rights chief urged Sri Lanka on Tuesday to ensure accountability for crimes committed during its protracted ethnic war.

After decades of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war, can Syria put itself back together? Our journalists traveled the ...

How is the neighbourhood first policy relevant to the UPSC exam? What significance do topics like the Iran-Israel conflict, ...

On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor. Maps, both historic and newly created by National Geographic, yield new insights into the full scope of Japan's battle plans for the day ...

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.

The HALO Trust and the Sri Lankan Army use a 15 cm excavation drill for this purpose. In cases where mines may be buried ...

SRI LANKA. Send to a friend. Civil society groups oppose projects that put Mannar at risk. ... These projects could cause more damage than the country’s civil war, protesters warn.