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......

Meet Maithripala Sirisena, Sri Lanka's new president

Pallewatte Gamaralalage Maithripala Yapa Sirisena, Sri Lanka’s president-elect, was a low-profile cabinet colleague of longtime president Mahinda Rajapaksa until he switched sides to become......

SL voting ends with high turn out; Rajapaksa faces tough test

Image: Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa casts his vote for the presidential election, in Medamulana. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters   Sri Lankans on Thursday voted in large......