Dr Sarala Fernando The detailed Joint Statement issued on December 16, 2024 after President Dissanayake’s State Visit to India lists a number of areas covered in the bilateral discussions: Political ...

Ambassador Kananathan, your tenure as High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Kenya and concurrently to many African nations has been impactful. As your tenure concludes, how would you summarize your ...

Old cases are revived, but arrests seen as witch-hunt and hurried moves; Govt. leaders react to Yoshitha’s release on bail, vow to pursue the cases; Yoshitha relates his remand ...

Jaffna District Commander Sathasivamillai Krishnakumar alias ‘Col’ Kittu was regarded as the uncrowned king of Jaffna in the ...

Israel and Hamas have agreed a ceasefire to halt the 15-month war in Gaza and free the remaining hostages. The multiphase agreement was announced by Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin ...

Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has been leading the army during Sudan's 21-month civil war The US government has imposed sanctions on the head of Sudan's army and de facto president, Gen Abdel Fattah ...

July 1983, known as ‘Black July’ in Sri Lanka’s history, marks the beginning of the civil war. The LTTE bushwhacked an army convoy and killed 13 soldiers, which triggered a day of riots ...

Shiva Ganesh is one among thousands of people born in Sri Lanka who sought refuge in India during the civil war of the 1980s. As a Tamilian of Indian origin who fled Sri Lanka during childhood ...

This article by Ruki Fernando originally appeared on Groundviews, an award-winning citizen journalism website in Sri Lanka. An edited version is published ... Government officials and civil society ...

Israel and Hamas have been at war in Gaza since October 7, 2023 when the militant group in a surprise attack killed over 1,200 people in Israel and took around 250 people as hostage, according to ...

“The initiative has to be controlled. It must not be given away to Russia.” The war-time president’s aides have said that failure to make Vladimir Putin “feel pain” before negotiating ...