Sri Lankan Prime Minister Wickremesinghe wins crucial trust vote but cracks in coalition remain

Internal differences between ruling partners could hurt ties with India and China. Some suggest that early elections could help solve the problem.

PK Balachandran

· Apr 05, 2018 · 01:19 pm

Sri Lanka: Law and order minister says 10-day emergency will not be extended

Meanwhile, the telecommunications and digital infrastructure minister said the social media ban would be lifted by March 16.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 13, 2018 · 06:10 pm

How the China-backed Hambantota port project is changing the politics of Sri Lanka

Colombo’s decision to give the port on a 99-year lease to a Chinese company has led to questions of sovereignty.

Sanjay Kapoor

· Sep 18, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Contrary to claims, asylum seekers from Australia returning to Sri Lanka may not have a safe passage

The Sri Lankan government has made little progress in providing accountability for wartime abuses.

Niro Kandasamy, The Conversation

· Mar 14, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Will Sri Lanka's new constitution retain the mistakes that led to 25 years of civil war?

The country's prime minister recently said the new document would protect the primacy given to Buddhism.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Nov 07, 2016 · 10:30 am