Sri Lanka welfare spending seen helping raise support for war
May 31, 2011 (LBO) - A government fertiliser subsidy given to farmers was a key factor in generating public support for Sri Lanka's military campaign that …
May 31, 2011 (LBO) - A government fertiliser subsidy given to farmers was a key factor in generating public support for Sri Lanka's military campaign that …
May 30, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is to hold an international seminar starting Tuesday to share lessons on its bloody defeat of Tamil rebels, but major nations …
May 25, 2011 (LBO) - India will destabilise Sri Lanka again if the island endangers her big neighbour's geo-strategic interests in future just like New Delhi …
May 24, 2011 (AFP) - A leading human rights group urged governments on Tuesday to boycott a conference on fighting insurgents organised by Sri Lanka, which …
March 30, 2011 (AFP) - A Maldivian man arrested with the help of Interpol and initially linked to an alleged terror plot against the ongoing cricket World Cup …
March 27, 2011 (AFP) - Maldives police said Sunday they had released a man suspected of plotting an attack on the cricket World Cup taking place in South Asia. …
Mar 16, 2011 (LBO) - A Maldivian wanted for a 2007 terror bombing in Male was arrested there after his transit through Sri Lanka was detected by an INTERPOL …
Mar 04, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's coast guard is to deploy it's growing fleet of craft against Indian fishermen poaching in the island's northern waters, an …
March 1, 2011 (AFP) - Two Sri Lankan fighter jets collided in mid-air during an aerobatics training exercise on Tuesday, killing one of the pilots. online …
February 21, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka arrested 17 would-be illegal immigrants aboard a trawler allegedly heading to Australia, the navy said Monday. online …
February 2, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military on Wednesday offered to discharge all its 50,000 deserters without disciplinary action to mark the country's …
February 2, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military on Wednesday offered to discharge all its 50,000 deserters without disciplinary action to mark the country's …
Dec 25, 2010 (LBO) - A naval symposium to mark the Sri Lankan navy's 60th anniversary has helped improve maritime security co-operation among navies to combat …
NEW DELHI, December 17, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government was complicit in the activities of paramilitary groups engaged in political killings, kidnappings, …
WASHINGTON, December 6, 2010 (AFP) - US diplomats play a major role in trying to prevent arms from reaching world hotspots, but cables released to The New York …
MADRID, December 3, 2010 (AFP) - A judge in Spain Friday remanded in custody three of seven people arrested in an operation against a gang suspected of forging …
MADRID, December 3, 2010 (AFP) - Spanish and Thai police investigating a gang that supplied forged passports to Al-Qaeda linked groups have found new evidence …
November 12, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Friday rejected as "lies" new photographs broadcast by Al-Jazeera of piles of dead bodies and execution-style killings …
October 27, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Wednesday it would begin dismantling a dozen permanent military check points in the capital which are a legacy of …
October 19, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka announced Tuesday it would raise defence spending by six percent in 2011 -- broadly in line with annual hikes announced …