Sri Lanka extended sovereign bond maturities through restructure, sharply reducing the near-term roll-over or repayments.

LGBTQ+ Sri Lankans face violence, while promises by the government to repeal colonial-era laws remain unmet.

Five leading international human rights organisations have called on United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, ...

This is the first-ever Pride celebration in the hill country town of Hatton in Nuwara Eliya, where queer people from ...

It aims to empower and build capacity among local government officials by providing training and knowledge-sharing programs, ...

Sri Lanka Core Group statement for the Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner's Annual Report. Delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador ...

The secret ballot to elect the next Mayor of the Colombo Municipal Council is currently in progress, overseen by Western ...

The National People's Power (NPP) clinched a significant victory by securing the Colombo Municipal Council after a secret ballot election, with Vraie Cally Balthazar elected as mayor. Despite starting ...

The purpose of this article is to explore how NM’s thinking on constitutional issues can be applied to the constitutional ...

The 2025 Local Government elections serve as a cautionary tale. They show that democracy cannot be sustained by national elections alone. ... If Sri Lanka’s political class fails to read the voter ...

Local observation organisations monitoring the local government elections, which concluded on May 6, said it was a free and fair election, similar to the previous two elections held late last year, ..