As many as 33 other election winners from the party were also sworn in along with Stalin. These include 15 new entrants and 19 former minis...

Stalin, who would assume office as Chief Minister for the first time, shall hold Home and other portfolios including public, general admini...

Sirisena's move is seen as an effort to allow former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa to buy more time to seek majority in parliament.

The prisoners went on a six-day protest hunger strike demanding swift procedural action including a common amnesty.

They claim the main Tamil National Alliance only represents community members from the northern and eastern part of the country.

"We believe that early and full implementation of the 13th Amendment and going beyond it would contribute to this process," the Prime Minis...

Wickremabahu Karunaratne, a Sinhala politician representing the old Marxist socialist stream, said Modi's call was very timely.

The Indian government is mulling the idea of sending Lankan Tamil refugees like Sujivani -over one lakh still live in India -back home to S...

The main Muslim party remained with the Sri Lankan government for the upcoming provincial polls.