Mahinda Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka plans South Africa-style commission to confront war crimes

Sri Lanka's new government said on Monday it was setting up a South Africa-style truth and reconcili...

Sep 15, 2015 02:23 AM EDT

Sri Lanka minister to make first China visit post election

Sri Lanka's foreign minister will visit China next week in the highest-level trip to Beijing by a me...

Feb 17, 2015 08:07 AM EST

Sri Lanka's new government promises end to repression

Sri Lanka's new government promised a tolerant era of harmony and political freedom after years of m...

Jan 11, 2015 06:32 PM EST

Pope's Asia trip to address poverty, dialogue, climate change

Pope Francis returns to Asia for the second time in less than six months, traveling to Sri Lanka and...

Jan 10, 2015 09:31 AM EST

Abe becomes first Japanese PM to visit Sri Lanka in 24 years

Shinzo Abe on Sunday became the first Japanese prime minister to visit Sri Lanka in 24 years, on the...

Sep 08, 2014 04:39 AM EDT