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Bureau Chief, Sri Lanka / Maldives, Agence France - Presse (AFP)
The chain of 1,192 tiny islands is on the frontlines of the climate crisis and battling for survival.
Christian groups attacked Muslim-owned shops in the northwestern town of Chilaw on Sunday in anger at a Facebook post by a shopkeeper, police said
Investigators believe the group also used social media private messenges to keep in touch without being noticed by the authorities
The Church had planned to resume Sunday public services for the first time since the Easter Sunday attacks that killed 257 people
All public services by Sri Lanka’s Christian minority were cancelled after the April 21 suicide attacks
The revelation came as the death toll in the Easter Sunday bomb attacks on churches and high-end hotels rose to 321
The 69-year-old leader was sworn in by President Maithripala Sirisena, who sacked him on October 26
New Maldives president Mohamed Waheed has welcomed a Commonwealth mission to investigate the ousting of his predecessor after overnight clashes.
Flooding in Sri Lanka has forced more than a million people out of their homes, the government said on Thursday.
Sri Lanka’s president on Monday sacked a dozen senior military officers whom the Defence Ministry said were a "direct threat to national security".
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse won a bruising re-election battle on Wednesday that left his main rival in apparent fear of assassination.
The leader of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers, Velupillai Prabhakaran, was shot dead on Monday while trying to flee advancing troops, defence officials said.
Sri Lankan security forces resumed their offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels in the north of the island on Wednesday following a brief ceasefire.
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers said on Tuesday they were ready to negotiate a ceasefire and restart peace talks to halt decades of ethnic bloodshed.
Sri Lanka’s military readied on Monday for a final assault on Tamil Tigers boxed into a strip of jungle with thousands of trapped civilians.
Tamil Tiger rebels have prevented thousands of civilians from leaving Sri Lanka’s war zone," the UN said on Monday.
Sri Lankan troops have smashed the Tamil Tigers’ mini-state, but officials say they must catch their elusive leader to declare final victory.
Sri Lankan troops on Friday captured more Tamil Tiger bases, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon raised fresh concerns for civilians trapped in the war zone.
Sri Lanka’s president said on Wednesday the Tamil Tiger rebels were on the verge of defeat.
International rights groups pressed for urgent action to save up to 250 000 civilians trapped in northern Sri Lanka.
