Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political ...

Mr. Wickremesinghe, 75, a six-time former prime minister, is a political survivor. His elevation to the presidency in 2022, ...

Tamils form 12% of the country's 22 million population, but have long been electorally sidelined, as most candidates belong ...

STORY: Tamils in Sri Lanka have little hope that Saturday's (September 21) presidential election will improve their lot. This ...

CHENNAI: Expressing anguish over the arrest of 37 Tamil Nadu fishermen and confiscation of their boats on September 21, Chief ...

Sri Lanka's new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, is tasked with leading the island nation, which has long been led by ...

Sri Lanka’s northern Tamil voters are torn this presidential election, between a candidate who may win, and one who will certainly lose. While some are backing one of the frontrunners among the ...

Colombo: Ahead of the September 21 presidential election, the main Tamil minority party TNA remains optimistic that whoever wins the polls, Tamil issues could be sorted out through discussion.

2024 08:18 Sri Lanka’s disenchanted Tamils are divided this election Sri Lanka’s northern Tamil voters are torn this presidential election, between a candidate who may win, and one who will ...

(AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Swasthika Arulingam, 37, a human rights lawyer and a minority Tamil, who offered legal aid to protesters during the uprising, poses for a photo in Colombo, Sri Lanka ...

Sri Lanka's plantation workers are a long-marginalized ... that ally with the country's major parties. Despite speaking the Tamil language, they’re treated as a distinct group from the island ...