Sri Lanka

  • May 16, 2018
  • 7 min read

South Asia will see rising polemic over judiciaries

Judiciaries across the region are clashing with executive and legislative branches of government

South Asia
  • Mar 21, 2018
  • 7 min read

Sinhalese-Muslim tensions will rise in Sri Lanka

The state of emergency is over, but communal strife is set to grow

Sri Lanka
  • Mar 6, 2018
  • 2 min read

Sri Lanka is at risk of growing religious tensions

A state of emergency has been imposed in response to Sinhalese-Muslim clashes

Sri Lanka
  • Feb 12, 2018
  • 2 min read

Sri Lanka poll result may prompt government schism

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s party has surprisingly swept to victory in local elections

Sri Lanka
  • Jan 23, 2018
  • 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition may be close to fracture

The National Unity Government has been under pressure since the release of a report into irregular bond issues

Sri Lanka
  • Jan 22, 2018
  • 7 min read

Indian investment in Sri Lanka will proceed slowly

Delhi is keen to counter Beijing’s rising influence over Colombo but faces political risks to its plans

India
  • Nov 6, 2017
  • 2 min read

Sri Lanka fuel woe will raise hostility to India deal

The Indian Oil Corporation has an agreement with the Sri Lankan government to lease oil-storage tanks in Trincomalee

Sri Lanka
  • Oct 20, 2017
  • 7 min read

Reforms will not ease Sri Lanka’s ethnic rifts

The country’s politics is currently dominated by proposals for constitutional change

Sri Lanka