More than 70% of the population is Buddhist and their clergy are influential in social, cultural and political affairs. There are also minority Hindus, Muslims and Christians living in Sri Lanka ...

Forced into exile 25 years ago and compelled to stay away in order to stay alive, journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj always dreamt of returning to Sri Lanka. That flame of hope flickered occasionally, as the ...

On the basis of threadbare evidence and flawed legal reasoning, a court sentenced 12 people to death in what amounts to an act of class vengeance, designed to intimidate rising opposition to the ...