The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a two-thirds majority in parliament.

Also known as the Digamadulla electoral district, Ampara is an interesting case-study for voter sentiments across Sri Lanka’s ethnic groups. The island’s three main ethnic communities ...

The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a majority in parliament, according ...

According to the Election Commission results, Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party has won at least 123 ...

In Batticaloa, leading political parties such as the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchchi (ITAK), Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA), Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress ...

The district is home to people from Sri Lanka’s three main ethnic groups – Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim, but the signage in Arugam Bay’s appears to be catering mostly to visitors, especially ...

The crowds for new passports show that the crisis in Sri Lanka is far from over. The hope for change is very real in a country long divided on ethnic lines. It is not a moment to be missed. Amit ...

The late, eminent historian Dr. Lorna Dewaraja, whose insights of the close bonds that had existed between the two ethnic groups in Sri Lanka puts to shame the ongoing fighting states in her book ...

In Sri Lanka, JVP/NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s rise ... Ponnambalam, the leader of the Tamil Congress, advocated for 50/50 representation for the Sinhalese and other ethnic groups, despite ...