Britain on Monday imposed sanctions on three former senior Sri Lankan military commanders and one former Tamil Tiger rebel commander over human rights violations during a civil war that ended in 2009.

The army top brass was divided politically. Officers who would have been apolitical “gentlemen” under normal circumstances turned into political animals. The Fonseka -Jayasuriya split was aggravated ...

Colombo: The Sri Lanka government Wednesday formed a committee to recommend measures to be taken on the UK’s decision to ...

The UK government's sanctions on General Silva follow a similar action against him by the US State Department in 2020.

Colombo: Sri Lanka Wednesday slammed the British government’s unilateral action to sanction its three former military commanders, who led the campaign that crushed the LTTE in 2009, saying the move ...

The United Kingdom (UK) has imposed sanctions on four Sri Lankans allegedly responsible for serious human rights abuses and ...

The Sri Lanka government established a committee to address UK-imposed sanctions on three former military commanders involved ...

The Sri Lanka Armed Forces Veterans Swimming Championship took place at the Army Physical Training School Swimming Pool in ...

Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defence on Monday stated that the State Visit of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that as long as Sri Lanka makes no effort to attain accountability, international measures to seek justice over alleged human rights abuses and war crimes during Sri Lank ...

A UK foreign office statement on Monday said General Shavendra Silva, former Head of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, Wasantha Karannagoda, former Navy Commander, and Jagath Jayasuriya, former Commander ...

The UK has imposed sanctioned four Sri Lankans, including three former military commanders, who led the campaign that crushed the LTTE in 2009, for human rights violations. A UK foreign office ...