Sri Lanka and Russia are starting talks to resolve the issue of Sri Lankans fighting alongside Russians in the war against Ukraine, after at least 16 people were reported missing in action.

Thavarathnam Pushparani fought on the front lines for the now-defeated Tamil Tiger rebels against the Sri Lankan forces in its decadeslong separatist war and later took to clearing the land mines on ...

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Renewed fighting in the war ... Within hours of the cease-fire's end, the Sri Lanka army launched Operation Agni Khiela ("fire ball") seeking to extend its control over the Jaffna peninsula.

fighting for the vital socialist program and perspective which was lacking in the protest movement. The SEP warned in its April 7, 2022 statement: “A socialist revolution is needed in Sri Lanka ...

In opposition to Sri Lanka’s capitalist parties, as well as the pseudo-left and the trade unions, who all support the IMF’s policies, the SEP and the IYSSE are the only organisations fighting ...

Nearly 16 years after Sri Lanka's civil war, former female fighters from the country's northern provinces still have limited opportunities. Ranjini reminisces with a mix of nostalgia and regret ...

This March marks the mid-point of Sri Lanka’s four-year economic reform program supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In the two years since its inception difficult but much needed ...

Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The people of Sri Lanka are waiting for a change in the new government, especially on the economic level, with measures that reduce the cost of living and lower taxes on ...

father and two brothers died fighting for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, as the rebel group was formally known. Two other siblings are missing. She was born in eastern Sri Lanka and while ...