Rajapaksas return, a blow to India's prestige

'Rajapaksa's victory poses a serious foreign policy challenge for the Modi government,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka's new president, right, with his......

Violence mars Sri Lankan presidential election

Sri Lankans voted on Saturday to choose a successor to President Maithripala Sirisena amid multiple poll-related incidents, including an attack on the minority Muslim voters, in an election that......

Easter bombings in SL: 3 suspects arrested, van seized

IMAGE: A soldier stands guard at St Anthony's Shrine that was hit by suicide bomb attacks on Easter Sunday in Colombo. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters The Sri Lankan police on Tuesday......

Wily Sirisena checkmates his rivals

Maithripala Sirisena was considered so meek and self-effacing that he appeared no threat to anyone.What a mistake his rivals made!Aditi Phadnis reports. IMAGE: Sri Lankan President Maithripala......