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Ranga Sirilal

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ARTICLES BY RANGA SIRILAL

Soldiers stand guard outside St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on Thursday, following a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels on the Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka. (AFP)

The wealthy family behind Sri Lanka's suicide attacks

2 min read . 25 Apr 2019

Sri Lanka government declared a state of emergency and imposed curfews in Kandy to quell four days of riots that left three people dead and over 200 Muslim-owned businesses, homes and vehicles set ablaze. Photo: AFP

Sri Lanka probes alleged foreign funding behind recent anti-Muslims violence

1 min read . 10 Mar 2018

Sri Lanka last allowed a Chinese submarine to dock in the capital of Colombo in October 2014, a move that triggered fierce opposition from India. Photo: AFP

Ahead of Narendra Modi visit, Sri Lanka rejects China’s request to dock submarine

1 min read . 11 May 2017

A file photo of Union commerce and industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

India to invest $2 billion in Sri Lanka in next four years: Nirmala Sitharaman

1 min read . 27 Sep 2016

Namal Rajapaksa (C), son of Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, leaves with prison officers at court after being arrested in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Photo: Reuters

Sri Lankan police arrests son of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa

1 min read . 15 Aug 2016

The move comes as reformist President Maithripala Sirisena’s administration takes some steps to promote post-conflict reconciliation and address alleged war crimes committed during the 26-year conflict between government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels. Photo: AFP

Sri Lanka government proposes new constitution

1 min read . 10 Jan 2016

The polished Sri Lankan sapphire is as large as a person’s palm and weighs 1,404.49 carats (281 grams). The three largest blue sapphires have all been found in Sri Lanka. Photo: Reuters

Owner of world’s largest blue sapphire ponders its fate

1 min read . 08 Jan 2016

A file photo of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. Photo: Ajay Aggarwal/Mint

Sri Lanka’s Sirisena forms national govt with opposition

1 min read . 22 Mar 2015

A file photo of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. Photo: AFP (AFP)

Sri Lanka threatens Chinese firm with legal action to stop project

1 min read . 04 Mar 2015

A file photo of former Sri Lankan Army chief Sarath Fonseka. Photo: AFP

Sri Lanka President grants full pardon to ex-army chief Fonseka

1 min read . 21 Jan 2015

President Mahinda Rajapaksa won handsomely in the last election, surfing a wave of popularity that sprang from the 2009 defeat of ethnic Tamil separatists who had waged a crippling war against the state for 26 years. Photo: Reuters

Sri Lanka on edge as voting ends in tight presidential election

3 min read . 09 Jan 2015

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa during their bilateral meeting in Colombo on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

Shinzo Abe becomes first Japanese PM to visit Sri Lanka in 24 years

1 min read . 07 Sep 2014

In March, the UN Human Rights Council voted to investigate accusations of abuses during the 26-year-long civil war in Sri Lanka, saying President Mahinda Rajapaksa had failed to investigate properly. Photo: Reuters

Sri Lanka civil society groups say govt wary of UN war crime probe

2 min read . 06 Aug 2014

RBI governor Raghuram Rajan says we will do it carefully, we will do it in a measured way. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

Debt markets to be opened to short-term foreign investors gradually: Rajan

1 min read . 25 Jul 2014

Mahinda Rajapaksa’s move comes as international pressure intensifies on Sri Lanka to investigate the final stages of the war in 2009 to crush ethnic minority Tamil separatists. Photo: Bloomberg

Sri Lanka to investigate war crimes; appoints foreign experts

2 min read . 17 Jul 2014

President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government faced international criticism for not responding more vigorously to the violence in his country. Photo: AFP

Sri Lankan Muslim leader warns of radicalisation after clashes

2 min read . 12 Jul 2014

A Sri Lankan defence ministry circular says govt has banned activist groups, NGOs from holding press conferences and issuing press releases. Photo: AFP

Sri Lanka bans activist groups from contact with media

1 min read . 09 Jul 2014

Sri Lankan external affairs minister G.L Peiris told parliament that President Mahinda Rajapaksa did not have an in depth discussion on constitutional issues with Modi. Photo: AFP

Sri Lanka rejects devolving police powers to ease tension with Tamils

1 min read . 04 Jun 2014

Tens of thousands of Sri Lankan Buddhists make offerings at temples in India, where they believe Buddha lived more than 25 centuries ago, while thousands of minority Tamils and Christians from the island nation also visit their neighbour’s Hindu temples and churches. Photo: AFP

Sri Lanka to retrieve temple offerings from India to cut minting costs

1 min read . 19 Feb 2014

British Prime Minister David Cameron warned if an investigation is not completed by March, he would use his nation’s position on the UN Human Rights Council to work with the UN Human Rights Commission and call for a full, credible and independent international inquiry. Photo: AFP

David Cameron demands Sri Lanka rights probe, angers government

3 min read . 16 Nov 2013