Mr Nilantha Jayawardena was dismissed for disregarding prior warnings of an impending attack. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Sri Lanka’s independent regulator has sacked a senior police officer for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people including 45 foreigners.

Sri Lanka says it will investigate allegations that Sri Lankan intelligence was complicit in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people. Sri Lanka intelligence accused of complicity in ...

According to the Annual Report of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, the average annual population in the year 2022 was 22.18 million and accordingly the net loss per capita incurred in 2022 for 98 ...

The Constitution already recognizes Sri Lanka as a unitary State (article 2) and the equality of citizens before the law (article 12), but the concept of “One Country, One Law” may have implications ...

At least 290 people have been killed and more than 500 injured after a series of bombs rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday in attacks that targeted multiple churches and tourist-friendly hotels.

But the magnitude of the carnage Sunday was extraordinary, even by Sri Lanka’s standards, Ms. Ganguly said. “In three decades of war, this scale of attack has never happened,” she said.

The turmoil in Sri Lanka has already begun to reshape the geopolitical landscape of the region, where the island nation of 22 million has long been viewed as a strategic prize, with both China and ...

Sri Lankan show their baby fingers marked with an indelible ink after casting their vote at a polling center for presidential election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024.

Sri Lanka’s president, who had announced he would resign Wednesday, has fled the country after months of turmoil culminated in protesters converging on the presidential palace.