The election could mean a return to power for the Rajapaksa family, who ended the country’s civil war by brutal means.
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Sri Lanka’s President Lifts Ban on Social Media
The social media ban in the wake of the Easter attacks reflected global concern about the role the networks play in spreading hate speech and inciting communal violence.
For Sri Lanka’s Children, the Deepest Scars Are Not Physical
Some suffered terrible injuries in the bombings. But for many others, witnesses to unimaginable scenes of carnage, the wounds are psychological.
At a Bombed Sri Lankan Shrine, Talk of Miracles Past and Present
People of all faiths come to St. Anthony’s seeking relief. On Sunday, it was closed, but worshipers at a vigil outside saw in their survival proof of the saint’s powers.
Errors Raise Questions About Sri Lankan Response to Bombing
A series of failures in preventing and investigating the Easter bombing has exposed rifts in the government and brought accusations of incompetence.
Sri Lanka’s President Vows a Search of Every Home, as New Violence Erupts
Explosions and shootings continued to shake the country, as President Maithripala Sirisena tried to deflect anger at the government’s failure to stop the Easter Sunday bombings.
‘Daddy, What Is a Curfew?’ Sri Lankans Face the Shattering of a Hard-Won Peace
Residents of the country’s once-besieged capital had grown used to life without barricades and checkpoints. All that has now changed again.
‘Daddy, What Is a Curfew?’ Sri Lankans Confront the End of a Hard-Won Peace
Residents of the country’s once-besieged capital had grown used to life without barricades and checkpoints. All that now seems shattered.
Sri Lanka Calls Bombers ‘Well Educated’ and Warns of Ongoing Threat
The American ambassador warned of “ongoing terrorist plots,” and a Sri Lankan official said people involved in the Easter Sunday bombings could still be at large.
Sri Lanka Bombings Claimed by ISIS, and President Vows Shakeup
If the link to ISIS proves substantial, it would reinforce worries by Western security officials and others that the group remains a potent threat.