Uditha Devapriya and Umesh Moramudali on Sri Lanka’s ongoing political realignment.

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis resulted largely from ... Wickremesinghe was elected by a parliamentary vote in July 2022 to cover the remainder of Rajapaksa’s five-year term.

The country suffered due to politicised economic decisions taken by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s Government and the ...

Dr Bilesha Weeraratne is a Research Fellow and Head of Migration and Urbanisation Research at IPS. Prior to re-joining IPS in ...

Sri Lanka’s so-called “political earthquake” saw the election of a president from outside the traditional political elites ...

No election in Sri Lanka has ever progressed to the second ... "Opinion polls and initial campaigning suggest the vote is likely, for the first time ever, to produce a winner who fails to gain ...

The Election Commission has announced provisions for granting leave to public and private sector employees during the ...

The northern vote should be examined against the backdrop of expulsion of the entire Muslim population from that province in ...

Sri Lanka’s presidential election, held in September, came in the middle of a steady recovery from a debilitating economic ...

The vote for Dissanayake increased by more than ... are also following in Wickremesinghe’s footsteps in integrating Sri Lanka, which bestraddles key Indian Ocean shipping lanes, ever deeper ...

The last of the Israelis left in a scenic surfing hotspot in Sri Lanka said they felt safe and would stay put despite a ...

A draft UN Resolution- A/HRC/57/L.1 titled "promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka" was adopted without a vote during the ongoing 57th Regular Session of the United ...