News Source: NewKerala
| 23 days ago
The Tamil Tigers are finished as a military outfit but a small group of their feared suicide bombers still remain in Colombo, a top Sri Lankan official visiting India said. Rajiva Wijesinha also said that the number of Tamil refugees who were taken...
News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| 23 days ago
Sri Lankan PM 2009-11-08 18:16:21 COLOMBO, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Opposition efforts to field a common candidate in an impending presidential election would not be a threat to the government, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka...
News Source: Inter Press Service
| 23 days ago
Sri Lanka has reacted strongly to a European Commission (EC) probe on its human rights record, saying it is politically motivated. But beyond the public sparring and rhetoric, informal diplomatic contacts between the two sides are underway to save a...
News Source: Sify News
| 23 days ago
Sri Lanka's sidelined military chief, General Sarath Fonseka, will stand against President Mahinda Rajapakse in elections to held before April, a press report said Sunday. The Sunday Times newspaper here said Fonseka, who is credited with crushing...
News Source: Asian Tribune
| 23 days ago
If it were an ordinary, harmless interview why couldn’t Sri Lanka’s Chief of Defense Staff General Sarath Fonseka, who was on an official-personal visit to the United States, ignore the request of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...
News Source: Channel NewsAsia
| 23 days ago
A top French envoy on Saturday asked Sri Lanka to end its state of emergency and probe war crimes ahead of a key European Union ruling on trade concessions to the troubled island. Ambassador for Human Rights, Francois Zimeray, said he hoped Colombo...