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(This is based on the introduction to the forthcoming volume Sri Lanka’s Defence Policy since Independence and the Shifting ...
Chinese Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe visited Sri Lanka for two days last week as part of Beijing’s efforts to strengthen its influence in the region under conditions of deepening ...
The 5th annual Sri Lanka-Pakistan Bilateral Defence Dialogue commenced on Monday (April 28) in Islamabad, Pakistan, marking a continued commitment to strengthening defence cooperation between the two ...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake, center right, walk together during an official welcome ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April ...
Last week, Sri Lanka’s Minister for Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera presented a cabinet paper seeking permission to convert a $442-million wind power project agreement in northern Sri Lanka ...
He previously served as defense secretary, and a much-feared intelligence chief accused of human rights violations during Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war. At least two other Rajapaksa brothers, and ...
COLOMBO (Reuters) - One of the nine bombers that detonated explosives in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday was a woman, deputy defense minister Ruwan Wijewardene told reporters on Wednesday. The blasts ...
Sri Lanka's attorney general advised the acting police chief on Monday to launch a criminal investigation of the former defense secretary over "major lapses" that contributed to security failures ...
The Defense Ministry’s top official, ... Sri Lanka is nearing bankruptcy and has suspended payments on $7 billion in foreign loans due this year out of $25 billion due by 2026.
The picture emerging of the perpetrators of Sunday's attacks that killed more than 350 people is one of relative privilege. The country's defense minister says one bomber had studied in the U.K.