Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Will ex-President Rajapaksa return to power in Sri Lanka general election?

Voting is underway in Sri Lanka’s general election which is being widely seen as a test of a comeback bid by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa

17/08/2015

Sport

Crowd trouble interrupts Sri Lanka-Pakistan ODI

Security forces were called out to restore order clashes broke out between two rival group of spectators during the third ODI between Sri Lanka and

20/07/2015

Sri Lanka

New Sri Lanka president calls for national reconciliation on Independence Day

Sri Lanka celebrates its Independence Day with the newly installed president promising to bridge the ethnic divide that still exists following the

04/02/2015

Sri Lanka

Pope Francis in Sri Lanka denounces 'evil' civil war

The pope visited a former war zone in northern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, preaching forgiveness to tens of thousands of followers.

14/01/2015

Sri Lanka

Pope gives Sri Lanka its first Catholic saint during Asia tour

An estimated one million people join Pope Francis at an open air Mass in Sri Lanka as part of papal visit to Asia.

14/01/2015

Sri Lanka

Pope Francis calls on Sri Lanka to do more to seek truth about civil war

The pontiff attends an inter-religious meeting in Sri Lanka, days after it voted out its wartime leaders

13/01/2015

Sri Lanka

The five key challenges facing Pope Francis

Almost as soon as the identity of the new Pope was known, the feeling was that Francis would represent a break with the Catholic Church’s

13/01/2015

Sri Lanka

Pope Francis arrives in Sri Lanka urging inter religious harmony

Pope Francis has arrived in Sri Lanka, where he will spend two days before flying on to one of the Catholic church’s strongholds, the Philippines. He

13/01/2015

Sri Lanka

Pope Francis arrives in Sri Lanka urging inter religious harmony

Pope Francis has arrived in Sri Lanka bringing with him a message of inter religious harmony. His presence is expected to add to a new tolerance in

13/01/2015

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa concedes defeat

Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa has conceded defeat in the country’s presidential election, saying he would oversee a peaceful transition of

09/01/2015

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: New hangman quits over upset at first glimpse of the gallows

11/03/2014

World

Sri Lanka: Curry for breakfast and no bloody war

03/05/2012

World

Sri Lanka: A9 to reconciliation

03/05/2012

World

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana - SriLanka

12/03/2011