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Sri Lanka vows to free 130,000 Tamil refugees Colombo government bows to international pressure to close internment camps that have held civilians since end of civil war with Tamil Tigers Tamil civilians peep over a fence at an internment camp...

Sri Lankan Born Business tycoon, Raj Rajaratnam currently booked on charges of Insider trading has now gone on a selling spree in his home country stock market, the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE). The proceeds from exiting these shares are believed...

Sri Lanka said on Saturday it will allow greater freedom of movement to refugees held in military-guarded camps from next month, after facing pressure to speed up resettlement of thousands of Tamils displaced by war. The government's announcement comes two...

He said his name is Laxmi Kant Gupta and claimed to be a journalist of Bahujan Kesari Patrika...The interrogation is on," Jogdand said. Those who were present at the stadium, however, said the man was loitering around for some time...

Nothing to beat issue of climate change at gathering Aretha Welch awelch@trinidadexpress.com Sunday, November 22nd 2009 With only 14 days left until the grand opening of the monumental Copenhagen Climate Change summit, this week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, right...

10 reported swine flu deaths in the Hill Capital of Sri Lanka, Kandy have forced the Central provice Government to Close the schools in the area effective Monday the 23rd of November. This decision was taken by the Central Province...

People are still not given free access to leave these camps on their own free will," UN humanitarian chief John Holmes told Agence France-Presse on Thursday, after a visit to the camps. Holmes, who ended a three-day visit on Thursday,...

Retired General Sarath Fonseka’s candidature for presidency as a consensus Opposition contender from the newly United National Front (UNF) was subject to his accepting a 10-point policy statement of the Front, Opposition leader and former PM, Ranil Wickremesinghe has said.

Minister of Resettlement and Disaster Management Rishard Bathiutheen met with an accident on Monday November 16th and now admitted to Apollo hospital, in Colombo for treatment. Minister Rishard Bathiutheen vehicle met with an accident at Rambawa, located near Madawadchiya, while...