The UK has imposed sanctions on four former military leaders from Sri Lanka, citing human rights violations during the ...

Sri Lanka criticized the UK for sanctioning three former military commanders, complicating reconciliation efforts. The UK ...

A UK foreign office statement Monday said Sri Lanka's three military commanders - former Army Commanders Gen Shavendra Silva, Jagath Jayasuriya and former Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda - were ...

The UK government's sanctions on General Silva follow a similar action against him by the US State Department in 2020.

Historically, the Tamil diaspora has leaned toward the Labour Party, which has consistently championed their calls for justice regarding alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka. This alignment became ...

The 1983-2009 conflict between the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan government involved widespread human rights abuses and war crimes by both sides, but successive ...

Junior Rajapaksa Responds Responding to UK’s sanctions, Namal Rajapaksa, the eldest son of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa ...

A pricing dispute between Sri Lanka's state-run petroleum company ... Text written on the image says: "Army to seize fuel ...

In 2021, the Sri Lankan Army became the unlikely vanguard of a supposed green revolution, resulting in a radical redefinition ...

Instead, his government staged a scaled-down military march in keeping with his pledge to pare lavish spending on state officialdom. "We are committed to transforming Sri Lanka's global image from ...

The UK has sanctioned four individuals, including military commanders, who had led the Sri Lankan government's successful ...