Colombo: Arumuga Lakshmi, whose children are missing for years, marched through a town in northern Sri Lanka with a group of women, many holding up photographs, black flags and burning torches. During a brutal 26-year civil war between the Sri Lankan government and a militant group,
The Hague: An independent panel of judges has called for prosecuting Sri Lanka, Syria and Mexico over allegations of human rights violations, according to a press release emailed to media. The People’s Tribunal on the Murder of Journalists was organised under the aegis of “A Safer
Colombo: Children in Sri Lanka are “going to bed hungry” because of the island nation’s economic crisis, the UN said, warning other South Asian countries could be approaching similar shortages. Sri Lanka is grappling with its worst downturn on record after running out of foreign currency
Colombo: The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 10 Indian fishermen and seized their trawlers for allegedly poaching in the country’s territorial waters, an official statement said. The fishermen were arrested on Monday off the northeastern coast of Mullaithivu. A Navy fast attack craft had given chase
Colombo: A Chinese research vessel accused by India and the United States of spying activities left Sri Lanka's Chinese-run port of Hambantota on Monday after a week-long stay. Colombo allowed the Yuan Wang 5 to visit the deep-sea port on the condition that it would not
Hambantota: A Chinese ship arrived at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port on Tuesday morning despite security concerns raised by India that it could spy on New Delhi’s military installations, AFP reported. International shipping and analytics websites describe the Yuan Wang 5 as a research and survey vessel,
Colombo: Sri Lanka has given approval for India's Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC) to open 50 new fuel stations, a company official said on Monday, as part of efforts to reduce severe shortages that have crippled the island nation. Sri Lanka is caught in its worst
New Delhi: China said it hoped "relevant parties" would refrain from interfering with its legitimate maritime activities, after New Delhi voiced concern over a Chinese military ship's planned visit to a port in India's southern neighbour Sri Lanka. India worries that the Chinese-built and leased port
Colombo: With no fuel and no money for food, HG Indrani and her family of nine trudged for an hour to a community kitchen in Colombo, in hopes of finding a simple vegetarian meal. Rampant food inflation and chronic shortages of cooking gas and petrol are
Tamanna Salikuddin Following months of escalating protests, and the May resignation of his brother Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on July 13. Sri Lanka’s economy has hit rock bottom as it defaulted on international loans and is facing rampant