The Sri Lankan government’s recent announcement that it would establish a much-delayed post-civil war reconciliation process in the country has been met with skepticism from many Sri Lankans. Even as ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The plan for a surreptitious meeting had been in the works for weeks. On the morning of November 7, ...

As Sri Lanka heads toward a significant parliamentary election, the recent presidential victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake has ignited hopes for political transformation. For the first time, the ...

US Ambassador Julie Chung (centre), with ITAK parliamentarians (from left): Kaveendiran Kodeeswaran, Elayathamby Srinath, Shanakiyan Rasamanickam, Thurairasa ...

Last week, Tamils in Sri Lanka and across the globe observed Maveerar Naal, an annual commemoration honoring fallen Tamil separatist soldiers of the Sri Lankan Civil War. In the aftermath of their ...

This Sunday, May 18, marks 16 years since the Sri Lankan government defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), ending an armed conflict that had raged for 26 years. But while the fighting ...

MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AP) — At the site of a bloody battlefield that marked the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, Singaram Soosaimuthu fishes every day with his son, casting nets and reeling them in. It ...

They came with oil lamps and garlands, and some even brought the favorite meals of their lost ones as they gathered to remember their war dead in front of broken tombstones and handwritten plaques.

"We Hope to Resume Voluntary Repatriation of Sri Lankan Refugees Soon": UNHCR India Chief on Citizenship Challenge | NDTV ...