A former Sri Lanka navy chief previously charged over a spate of killings during the island's long civil war was on Thursday named a provincial governor. The investigation into Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda cast a spotlight on extrajudicial murders during the 37-year conflict, which ended in 2009.

Sri Lankan government appoints ex-Navy chief as governor after murder charges dropped

The Indian Ocean nation of Sri Lanka emerged a decade ago from a devastating civil war to be rocked again this year by a series of Easter suicide bombings. Here are some key facts: Mostly Buddhist The teardrop-shaped tropical island off the southern tip of India is separated from the subcontinent by a shallow strip of sea known as the Palk Strait that is about 20 kilometres (12 miles) wide at the narrowest point.

Sri Lanka: Indian Ocean island marked by civil war

The Norwegian peace mediator in the 30-year-long Sri Lanka civil war breaks his silence on his controversial role in an exclusive interview with WION

'I regret we could not spend more time with Prabhakaran,' Erick Solheim to WION

The Geneva-based body handed Sri Lanka a two-year extension to implement fully the commitments that were made under a 2015 resolution

UN presses Sri Lanka to meet commitments on war crime probe

Agrees to implement a UN resolution which will help families to manage assets of those missing and obtain guardianship for their children

Sri Lanka declares 65,000 missing during civil war