The British Parliament still has 92 unelected lawmakers who inherit seats by bloodline. They're all older white men. A new ...

The island’s government, rationing fuel amid shortages from the Iran war, surprised residents by imposing an unusual four-day ...

Photo by Don Nishantha Although Sri Lanka’s civil war ended almost 17 years ago, many issues facing the minority Tamil community in the North are still unaddressed including putting in place a genuine ...

In the bustling corridors of Sri Lanka’s insurance industry, a quiet revolution is underway. The long-awaited adoption of ...

Military enforcer and USDP chief Khin Yi is rewarded with the speaker post, while the deputy’s role is taken by veteran apparatchik Maung Maung Aye.

The party of rapper and ex-Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah has won a a clear majority, according to the final results from Nepal’s general election held on 5 March. ..

The no-confidence notice against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla was submitted by Opposition MPs in February and has the support of more than 100 members.

A U.S. submarine’s deadly attack on an Iranian warship does not appear to have violated international or American military law, though it’s not yet clear whether the sub took sufficient measures to ...

She rose to power in 1960 as a widow and mother of three, becoming the first woman in the world to serve as a prime minister.

The Parliament of Norway is set to debate today (26) Sri Lanka’s political situation and human rights record, one year after the national elections. The Stortinget will convene a formal debate to ...

Sri Lanka is poised for a decisive breakthrough in its clean energy transition with the government moving to introduce large-scale battery energy storage for the first time in the country’s history — ...