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Sri Lanka Christians plan to ‘take to the streets’

by Amal Jayasinghe April 5, 2021April 5, 2021

Sri Lanka’s Christians on Sunday honored the 279 people killed in the 2019 Easter bombings as the island’s top Catholic leader warned of street protests unless those responsible were prosecuted. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith lit candles at the St Anthony’s church, where 56 people perished when local jihadists carried out coordinated suicide attacks against three hotels […]

China, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Chinese influence never left Sri Lanka

by Bahauddin Foizee February 11, 2020February 18, 2020

Belt and Road, China, India, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka continues its delicate dance with India

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 7, 2019February 18, 2020

Belt and Road, China, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan democracy facing major challenge

by Brahma Chellaney October 18, 2019February 18, 2020

South Asia, Sri Lanka

Drug gangs behind Sri Lanka Easter blasts, president claims

by Ankur Tanwar July 19, 2019February 18, 2020

Sri Lanka to ban chainsaws, timber mills

by Asia Times staff June 10, 2019February 18, 2020

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South Asia, Sri Lanka

Demise of Sri Lanka’s independence

by Asoka Bandarage February 6, 2019February 6, 2019

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse is expected to step down on Saturday. Photo: AFP

France, India, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Sri Lankan strongman quitting

by Asia Times staff December 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Sri Lanka ballot box and flag. Image: iStock

South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

An evaluation of Sri Lanka’s democratic credentials

by Ana Pararajasingham December 5, 2018

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

AT Finance, Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Winds of change in South Asian politics

by Gaurab Shumsher Thapa November 29, 2018

The port facility at Hambantota on February 10, 2015. Sri Lanka's government is mulling the future of a string of white elephants. Photo: AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Concern grows in India over Sri Lankan constitutional crisis

by Bertil Lintner November 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (left) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 26, 2015. Photo: AFP / Feng Li / Pool

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

It is India vs China amid upheaval in Sri Lankan politics

by Gunjan Singh November 1, 2018

Sacked Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: AFP

India, Middle East, South Asia, Sri Lanka

US urges Sri Lankan president to reconvene parliament

by Asia Times staff October 29, 2018February 18, 2020

In this file photo taken on June 6, 2012, the Asian Sun car shipping carrier (right) and and carrier Frisia are pictured at the main berth of Sri Lanka's Chinese-built Hambantota Port. Sri Lanka will move its southern naval command to a port leased to a state-run Chinese firm but China will not use it for military purposes, the Sri Lankan Prime Minister's Office said on June 30, 2018. Photo: AFP / Ishara S Kodikara

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Sirisena does a Rajapaksa, changes stand on Chinese investments

by Gunjan Singh July 30, 2018

TO GO WITH 'Myanmar-politics-religion-unrest,FOCUS' by Amelie Bottollier-DepoisThis picture taken on October 9, 2012 shows ethnic Rakhine Buddhists at the Shwe Zaydi monastery turned into a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Sittwe, capital of Myanmar's western Rakhine state. Disgruntled by international support for Muslim Rohingya in unrest-hit western Myanmar, ethnic Rakhine Buddhists are demanding recognition of their own plight and venting a rage that veers into racism. AFP PHOTO/Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Timor Leste, World

Asian nations move slowly toward reconciling with violent pasts

by Binaifer Nowrojee July 2, 2018

Sri Lanka's former President Mahinda Rajapaksa waves at his supporters at the end of the five-day protest march from Kandy about 116 km to Colombo, in Sri Lanka, August 1, 2016. Photo: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

Why Colombo remains a challenge for New Delhi

by Ana Pararajasingham April 26, 2018

3d illustration currency sign yuan on abstract futuristic network technology background. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

South Asia market rebound eludes China Belt binge

by Gary Kleiman February 1, 2018February 1, 2018

A monument to Sri Lanka's civil war victims. Photo: Duncan McCargo

India, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, World

Sri Lankan regime backing away from conflict resolution vows

by Ana Pararajasingham December 5, 2017December 6, 2017

Rohingya refugees travel on a truck to Kutupalang makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on September 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Danish Siddiqui

AT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Sri Lanka’s communal divide takes toll on Rohingya refugees

by Munza Mushtaq September 26, 2017September 26, 2017

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi

South Asia, Sri Lanka

Corruption crippling Sri Lanka’s coalition government

by Munza Mushtaq August 16, 2017August 16, 2017