Both had escaped Sri Lanka’s wantonly vicious civil war, pitting the army, controlled by the majority Sinhalese, against Tamil rebels. She had fled Jaffna with her family, leaping over the ...

July 1983, known as ‘Black July’ in Sri Lanka’s history, marks the beginning of the civil war. The LTTE bushwhacked an army convoy and killed 13 soldiers, which triggered a day of riots ...

Nearly two decades have passed since the 26-year civil war ended in Sri Lanka. Yet, Muslims displaced from the island nation still face significant challenges in returning to their homes and ...

By formalizing and regulating the deployment of its ex-soldiers as mercenaries, Sri Lanka could address economic, social, and ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s warning that he intends to order the Sri Lanka Army to transport rice from the mill to the stores if the owners of rice mills do not act according to Government ...

Demining the legacy of Sri Lanka's civil war During Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war, both the Sri Lankan Army and the Tamil rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), known as the "Tamil ...

The army sustained heavy losses ... business groups and advertising agencies initiated a "Sri Lanka First" campaign advocating civil action to end the war. Human rights defenders continued ...

Accordingly, the Sri Lanka Army completed the cleaning and restoration of three paddy warehouse complexes under Security Force Headquarters – Jaffna, ten warehouses under Security Force Headquarters – ...

The 77th National Independence Day celebrations took place with pride and grandeur at Independence Square in Colombo, under the theme ‘Let’s ...

The moderator’s late mother was Dr. Rajani Thiranagama, an activist and human rights advocate who was assassinated in 1989 during Sri Lanka’s Civil War. The white-coated Dr. Ranee in Seven ...