Sri Lanka’s new leader must avoid scandals and pursue domestic and foreign policies that centre on improving the island’s ...

Until a few years ago, Sri Lanka seemed stuck with a culture or style of electoral politics that dated ... in the parliamentary elections in Jaffna district as a result of long-term grassroots ...

Veteran Tamil political leader Somasundaram Senathirajah popularly known as “Maavai” Senathirajah breathed his last on 29 ...

As part of this report, the mission offers 16 recommendations aimed at strengthening and refining future electoral processes, in line with Sri Lanka’s international commitments to democratic elections ...

The NPP made history in the Jaffna electoral district, trouncing traditional ... This is the first time a predominantly Sinhala party from Sri Lanka’s south has won seats in this district ...

While the country was rapidly heading for an unprecedented political, economic and social crisis, then President Gotabaya ...

Sri Lanka has only hosted about 300 since 2008 ... was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trincomalee district Member of Parliament, Arun Hemachandra. He has been quoted in the media ...

The truculent declaration of transparently undemocratic intent made by the Deputy Minister of Defence must be read together with President Dissanayake’s remark in his recent Katukurunda speech that ...

It was a brief remark during a mundane session of parliament. But to Harini Amarasuriya, Sri Lanka's prime minister, it was ...

Veteran Tamil political leader Somasundaram Senathirajah popularly known as “Maavai” Senathirajah breathed his last on 29 January 2025. The octogenarian six-footer suffered a brain concussion after a ...

Shiva Ganesh is one among thousands of people born in Sri Lanka who sought refuge in India ... Tamils in the Mandapam camp in Ramanathapuram district, one of the largest refugee camps.

Senathirajah, a veteran politician and stalwart figure in Tamil nationalist politics, passed away in Jaffna last week, aged ...