KANDY, Sri Lanka, March 25 (Reuters) – Police and politicians backed by the country’s former strongman President Mahinda Rajapaksa joined anti-Muslim riots that rocked Sri Lanka’s Kandy district this month, according to witnesses, officials and CCTV footage reviewed by Reuters. Scores of Muslim …
The riots were the latest example of rising Buddhist nationalism and anti-Muslim sentiment in the region and have unnerved Sri Lanka’s multi-ethnic coalition government, which ousted Rajapaksa in an election in 2015, according to analysts and two sources familiar with the government’s deliberations.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Sri Lanka have agreed to increase collaboration to ensure regional peace and development. The understanding was reached during a meeting between President Mamnoon Hussain and his Sri Lankan counterpart Maithripala Sirisena at th…
At the peak of the war against the LTTE, then defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the most feared and powerful man in Sri Lanka. The UN Human Rights Council had asked Sri Lanka to probe war crimes in which Gotabaya was accused. Nearly a decade lat…
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain and his Sri Lankan counterpart Maithripala Sirisena Saturday agreed to work together for regional peace, bilateral cooperation and enhancement of the role of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)….
ISLAMABAD: Spinners Sana Mir, Nashra Sandhu, Nida Dar and Bismah Maroof claimed all ten wickets between them to roll over Sri Lanka women for 107 in their pursuit of 216 and lead Pakistan women to a 3-0 ODI series sweep in Dambulla, Sri Lanka on Saturday. This was Pakistan women’s first ODI …
Sri Lanka Women’s suffered their third consecutive defeat at the hands of Pakistan Women’s cricketer when they conceded a huge 108-run defeat in their … Sri Lanka currently sits at the bottom of the Women’s Championship points table with six consecutive defeats while Pakistan with four wins occupy …
The High Commission of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Pakistani community based in Sri Lanka celebrated the 78th National Day of Pakistan with traditional fervour and resolve to make Pakistan a strong, vibrant, progressive and democratic welf…
Sandra was born to a Sri Lankan mother, and adopted by a Dutch mother. She was a 12-year old child, when I met her and her foster parents, some time ago in the Netherlands. Sandra’s foster parents wanted me to help her. I was there on a scholarship, studying for my doctorate at the Free University of …
Sri Lanka must call for an open, transparent tender for its first floating storage regasification unit (FSRU), a global oil and gas industry expert said, warning that plans to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a single source could saddle the countr…