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Colombo – Thursday: JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva says the President carried out a propaganda campaign using the governments official seal. Silva seen here holding up a document the JVP claims was circulated in public, promoting the joint mechanism over which it quit the coalition government from midnight Wednesday. The party on Thursday sent an […]

COLOMBO (AFP) – The main Marxist coalition partner quit Sri Lanka’s government in protest against President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s plans to share tsunami aid with Tamil Tiger rebels, a party spokesman said.COLOMBO (AFP) – The main Marxist coalition partner quit Sri Lanka’s government in protest against President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s plans to share tsunami aid with Tamil […]

Sri Lankan plain clothes policemen forcibly carry away Buddhist monk Dambara Amila ending his fast to the death in Colombo, 15 June 2005. The monk was protesting government plans to enter into an aid sharing deal with Tamil Tiger rebels. Amila is supported by the government’s main coalition partner, the Marxist JVP, which has vowed […]

Sri Lankan plain clothes policemen forcibly carry away Buddhist monk Dambara Amila ending his fast to the death in Colombo, 15 June 2005. (AFP) Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga braced Wednesday for the departure from government of a key coalition partner over plans for a tsunami aid sharing deal with Tamil Tiger rebels, officials said. […]

A top meeting of donors in Washington on Monday took a shot at Sri Lanka’s fragile peace, whacking both the government and Tamil rebels for ceasefire violations.A top meeting of donors in Washington on Monday took a shot at Sri Lanka’s fragile peace, whacking both the government and Tamil rebels for ceasefire violations. Co-chairs of […]

President Chandrika Kumaratunga, who has staked her government’s future on a tsunami aid-sharing deal with Tamil Tiger guerrillas, is likely to survive a threatened walkout by her Marxist coalition partner, officials and analysts said Tuesday. President Chandrika Kumaratunga, who has staked her government’s future on a tsunami aid-sharing deal with Tamil Tiger guerrillas, is likely […]

Sri Lanka’s main international donors Tuesday asked the Colombo government and Tamil Tiger rebels to take action to stop escalating violence and stem a wave of political killings undermining a fragile truce.Sri Lanka’s main international donors Tuesday asked the Colombo government and Tamil Tiger rebels to take action to stop escalating violence and stem a […]

The JVP today re-iterated that it would pull out of Sri Lanka’s coalition government tomorrow at midnight, if the joint mechanism is not pulled out.The JVP today re-iterated that it would pull out of Sri Lanka’s coalition government tomorrow at midnight, if the joint mechanism is not pulled out. At a mass public rally near […]

A faction of Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka claim the life of another monk is endangered by the proposed tsunami aid mechanism for the north and east.A faction of Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka claim the life of another monk is endangered by the proposed tsunami aid mechanism for the north and east. The National […]

Police fired tear gas and used batons for the second time in days to break up a protest by Buddhist monks opposed to government plans to enter into a tsunami aid-sharing deal with Tamil rebels, a witness said.Police fired tear gas and used batons for the second time in days to break up a protest […]

Sri Lanka’s president went into talks with opposition parties Monday in a bid to drum up support after a key coalition partner threatened to quit over a tsunami aid deal with Tamil Tiger rebels, officials said. Sri Lanka’s president went into talks with opposition parties Monday in a bid to drum up support after a […]

Colombo’s financial and central public transport district came to a halt on Monday with the National Bikkhu Front attempting to march into the Presidential residence in Fort. Colombo’s financial and central public transport district came to a halt on Monday with the National Bikkhu Front attempting to march into the Presidential residence in Fort. The […]