The excavation of a mass grave in Chemmani is forcing Sri Lanka to face its history of bloodshed, with the country's Tamil ...

For the first time in the history of the University of Jaffna—a centre of Tamil nationalism for decades in Sri Lanka—Tamil, Sinhala and Muslim students united in protest marches.

The Tamil community in Sri Lanka was subject to some of the most brutal and inhumane torture and killings during the civil war. In fact, the crimes committed against the Tamil community were so ...

For many years, Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war kept tourists at bay. When the 26-year conflict between the Tamil ethnic minority and the government ended in 2009, tourists flocked to the island ...

Sri Lanka: Tamil Struggle Continues With the Rajapaksa regime intransigent, Tamils hope that foreign pressure can provide the impetus for change. By Kim Wall December 02, 2013 ...

Sri Lanka’s current president, Maithripala Sirisena, is resisting pressure from the United Nations to investigate war crimes. There were incidents during the war that centered on religion.

Sri Lanka, an island nation of some 23 million people, was dominated for decades by the sharp divide between the majority Sinhalese, who are overwhelmingly Buddhist, and the minority Tamil, who ...

As Sri Lanka heads toward a significant parliamentary election, the recent presidential victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake has ignited hopes for political transformation. For the first time, the ...