Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan activists demand truth about Easter attack

President Ranil Wickremesinghe should reveal whatever he knows since he was the prime minister then, they say

Sri Lankan cardinal seeks local body polls

Elections will provide an opportunity for the people to express their sentiments about the government

Lights out at Sri Lanka’s temples, churches

A hefty hike in electricity bills leaves the island nation's religious places in the dark

Sri Lankan migrant workers play missionary roles in Italy

'Participating in Church activities allowed them to reinvent their missionary journey on their migratory journey'

Sri Lankan monks protest electricity price hike

Recent increase in power bills leaves places of worship in the red amid the country's worst economic crisis

Sri Lankan Church seeks wider probe into Easter bombings

Scotland Yard is welcome, but also bring back local officials removed by the Rajapaksha regime, says a Catholic priest

Sri Lanka in quicksand at upcoming UNHRC meet

Dire situation in crisis-ridden nation may come under international scrutiny at 51st session of UN Human Rights Council

Sri Lanka's deposed ex-president returns from exile

Gotabaya Rajapaksa was welcomed by ministers and politicians, a sign of his enduring influence in the nation he led to ruin

Families of Sri Lanka's missing seek truth, justice

Island nation may face tough questions on wartime abuses, accountability at upcoming UNHRC session

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka will need fresh tactics to survive

Global lenders will prescribe stringent measures placing the island nation at the mercy of creditors

Children 'going to bed hungry' in Sri Lanka: UN

UNICEF has issued an appeal for $25 million to meet urgent needs for at least half of Sri Lanka's child population

Concerns over Sri Lanka's use of anti-terror law

The US, EU and rights groups have urged the government not to detain people under the Prevention of Terrorism Act

South Korean elderly struggle amid rising poverty

Indian Church opposes top court’s ruling on abortion

Khmer Bible editor’s treason conviction upheld in Cambodia

Bangladeshi Buddhists denied justice for a decade

Hong Kong’s Cardinal Zen, five others go on trial over protest fund

Deaths on sea in Vietnam spark trafficking alarm