Sri Lanka said today that it had banned the self-declared government-in-exile of ethnic minority Tamils and over a dozen other Tamil diaspora groups. The government accused them of committing and ...

The Rohingya are perhaps among the most persecuted people in the world today. Every week, countless Rohingya refugees escape ...

India’s move to name the Jaffna Cultural Centre after the Tamil poet-philosopher, Thiruvalluvar, is a symbolic gesture by New Delhi to reinforce the unbreakable bond with Sri Lanka. When ...

A top-level Chinese delegation led by China’s minister in charge of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission will visit Sri Lanka from February 19 to 23. The delegation head, Minister Pan Yue, will hold ...

By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lanka must address the developing issue of Rohingya refugees cautiously. Whatever the domestic politics, or divisions within political parties represented in Parliament, ...

Freedom, Liberty and Independence. Three words that seemingly have the same meaning, but differ slightly in their interpretation. Sri Lanka gained independence from the British rulers on February 4, ...

The intersection of Buddhism, politics, and ethnic conflict in ... often at the expense of minority groups, particularly Muslims in the context of Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Islamophobia: Prejudice ...