Sri Lanka

What will the 2011 Cricket World Cup bring for the three South Asian countries hosting it, and for cricket generally?

The deaths of two Indian fishermen are straining ties between India and neighbouring Sri Lanka.

Western pressure on Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa over the defeat of the Tamil Tigers risks creating another Burma.

China’s growing strategic assertiveness is encouraging Indian policymakers to boost ties with the neighbours.

Movies Ravana and Raavanan are causing a stir after a celebrity shuns the IIFA awards.

How do you reassure supporters of your beaten electoral opponent, especially if many of them hail from a minority that you have vowed to help reintegrate into society, that their voice will get a sympathetic hearing? Presumably not by having the army

Two months after docking in Indonesia, a boat full of Sri Lankan refugees still don’t know if they will be allowed to reach their intended destination of Australia. Susan Merrell looks at how the debate has unfolded in Australia and visits a New South Wales town with direct experience of the issue.

The defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in May brought an end to Sri Lanka’s civil war. But the conflict also shed light on a bitter geopolitical struggle taking place against the backdrop of the declining influence of the West and the emerging influence of India and China. Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe explores the implications of Sri Lanka’s evolving foreign policy.