Sri Lanka Crisis

BS Views of the week: Minority-baiting, Sri Lanka crisis, and more

Is Sri Lanka the next Argentina?

Sri Lanka suffers from cleavages along many different lines, notably ideology, ethnicity, language, and religion

Sri Lankan crisis continues as legislators boycott parliamentary sessions

Rajapakse's government would continue to call for a parliamentary election in order to resolve the ongoing political crisis

Meet Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, a key figure in Sri Lanka political standoff

If, as Speaker of Sri Lankan Parliament, Jayasuriya had wavered even for a second, the leader of the joint opposition Mahinda Rajapaksa, would have been PM, both de facto and de jure

Sri Lanka political crisis: Prez's all-party talks fail to end stalemate

The crisis talks came after Sri Lanka's parliament witnessed unprecedented violence as lawmakers threw furniture and chilli powder at each other

The Rajapaksas' return

Questions over the future of the new coalition in Colombo

Sri Lanka: Only I can get majority in Parliament, says Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka's ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he still enjoyed a majority in Parliament and would prove his numbers when sittings convene

Sri Lanka crisis: Pro-Sirisena mob tries to take minister hostage, fired at

It was the first report of serious violence since President Maithripala Sirisena sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday

Sri Lanka crisis: Parliament Speaker recognises Ranil Wickremesinghe as PM

President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday night sacked Wickremesinghe and appointed former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new prime minister

Sri Lanka ethnic crisis: UN condemns anti-Muslim attacks targeting mosques

Sri Lankan police have been accused of failing to protect the island's minority