Privately owned Upali Newspapers said their English-language daily, The Island, and its sister Sinhalese version, Divaina, will only be available online "in view of the prevailing newsprint shortage".

The report, prepared by the UN Rights High Commissioner Michele Bachelet, was released on Tuesday, also suggested fundamental changes to address the current challenges and to avoid repetition of the ...

Linking Sri Lanka’s past record on human rights record to its current economic crisis, the U.N. Human Rights Chief on Tuesday said “impunity” for human rights abuses, economic crimes, and corruption ...

At midnight on August 27, in the war-ravaged town of Trincomalee, military personne visited a friend of mine and fellow activist, who is also a Catholic priest, a human rights lawyer and an ...

Sri Lanka is facing a “devastating” economic crisis, a UN report has said, noting that “impunity” for past and present human rights abuses, economic crimes and corruption were the underlying causes ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is facing a "devastating" economic crisis, a UN report has said, noting that "impunity" for past and present human rights abuses, economic crimes and corruption were the underlying ...