UN slams Sri Lanka over deportation of asylum seekers
COLOMBO, August 2, 2014 (AFP) - The UN refugee agency accused Sri Lanka on Saturday of failing to respect international law by deporting Afghan and Pakistan …
COLOMBO, August 2, 2014 (AFP) - The UN refugee agency accused Sri Lanka on Saturday of failing to respect international law by deporting Afghan and Pakistan …
COLOMBO, August 1, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka extended an "unqualified apology" to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday over an article and uncomplimentary …
COLOMBO, July 28, 2014 (AFP) - The United States on Monday urged Sri Lanka to crack down on harassment of journalists and protect their rights after organisers …
COLOMBO, July 26, 2014 (AFP) - Dozens of pro-government activists blocked ethnic Tamil journalists from holding a training program in Sri Lanka on Saturday, …
COLOMBO, July 22, 2014 (AFP) - A firebrand Sri Lankan monk on Tuesday criticised the Dalai Lama for urging the island's Buddhists to halt violence against …
COLOMBO, July 22, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse will skip the Commonwealth Games starting this week in Glasgow despite being chair of the …
COLOMBO, July 16, 2014 (AFP) - The head of Sri Lanka's bar association said on Wednesday he feared he might be killed after he described President Mahinda …
COLOMBO, July 9, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has banned non-government organisations from holding press conferences under a new order from the defence ministry seen …
SYDNEY, July 9, 2014 (AFP) - A dozen mothers in an asylum-seeker camp have reportedly attempted suicide so their children can be settled in Australia, piling …
SYDNEY, July 7, 2014 (AFP) - A High Court on Monday barred Australia from handing back a boat carrying 153 asylum-seekers to Sri Lanka, a day after Canberra …
SYDNEY, July 7, 2014 (AFP) - Canberra confirmed Monday a boat load of Sri Lankan asylum-seekers who attempted to reach Australia have been handed back to …
COLOMBO, July 6, 2014 (AFP) - Australia's immigration minister will visit Colombo this week for talks on illegal immigration following international concern at …
COLOMBO, July 2, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police called in a militant Buddhist monk for questioning Wednesday after he was accused of instigating deadly …
COLOMBO, July 1, 2014 (AFP) - A magistrate has postponed Tuesday's scheduled start of an operation to exhume a suspected mass war grave on Sri Lanka's east …
SYDNEY, June 28, 2014 (AFP) - Refugee campaigners said Saturday that a boat carrying 153 asylum-seekers was in trouble off a remote Australian island, but the …
June 27, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylon Chamber Chamber of Commerce said incumbent chairman Suresh Shah who was re-elected had called on private business to …
June 27, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has offered to train soldiers, teachers and provide scholarships for students and had talks on building coast guard boats for …
COLOMBO, June 24, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lankan authorities are to dig up the site of a suspected mass grave next week after claims it contains the bodies of scores …
COLOMBO, June 20, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Muslim minority held shortened Friday prayer services as religious tensions gripped the island after clashes with …
BERUWALA, June 18, 2014 (AFP) - The main Muslim party in Sri Lanka's ruling coalition Wednesday demanded a UN probe into one of the country's worst-ever …