Sri Lanka’s Tamil party wins landslide victory in key poll
JAFFNA, September 22, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main Tamil party won a landslide victory Sunday in landmark elections in the battle-scarred north, raising hopes …
JAFFNA, September 22, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main Tamil party won a landslide victory Sunday in landmark elections in the battle-scarred north, raising hopes …
JAFFNA, September 21, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's minority Tamils began voting Saturday to elect what they hope will give them a shot at self-rule after decades …
UDAPPUWA, September 20, 2013 (AFP) - As Australia's new government launches tough measures to halt asylum seekers arriving on boats, some dirt-poor fishermen …
JAFFNA, September 18, 2013 (AFP) - Foreign observers held talks with officials and candidates in Sri Lanka's former war zone Wednesday to ensure the region's …
COLOMBO, September 12, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Thursday released 736 convicts after they were given a presidential pardon to mark the country's prisoner day, …
GENEVA, September 9, 2013 (AFP) - The UN rights chief Monday raised fresh concerns for the safety of Sri Lankan journalists and activists she said had been …
COLOMBO, September 6, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main Muslim political leader, who is also the justice minister, criticised his own government Friday for blaming …
COLOMBO, September 2, 2013 (AFP) - A Catholic-run human rights group working in northeastern Sri Lanka said Monday it had been harassed by security personnel …
COLOMBO, September 1, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's state-run media Sunday accused UN human rights chief Navi Pillay of being "prejudiced", a day after she warned …
August 30, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's President Friday suggested UN human rights chief Navi Pillay had pre-judged his Indian Ocean island, according to a …
COLOMBO, August 31, 2013 (AFP) - UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Saturday accused Sri Lanka of becoming "increasingly authoritarian", with activists …
COLOMBO, August 29, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka ratcheted up criticism of the UN human rights body on Thursday, accusing it of repeated "vicious and baseless" …
COLOMBO, August 28, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has criticised the UN Human Rights Council as its top official toured the battle-scarred nation to probe …
Aug 27, 2013 (LBO)- Sri Lanka has signed a series of bilateral deals involving trade, taxation, tourism and defence co-operation following a visit by President …
COLOMBO, August 27, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's cultural affairs ministry has taken strong exception to a mass "wedding" of police dogs, which used symbols of …
COLOMBO, August 27, 2013 (AFP) - Families of people who disappeared during Sri Lanka's ethnic war demonstrated in the former rebel stronghold of Jaffna Tuesday …
COLOMBO, August 26, 2013 (AFP) - Buddhist monks led protests in the Sri Lankan capital Monday against the UN's top rights official, who began a fact-finding …
COLOMBO, August 25, 2013 (AFP) - The UN's top rights official began her visit to Sri Lanka Sunday by brushing aside criticism that she overstepped her brief …
MUMBAI, August 24, 2013 (AFP) - A Bollywood spy thriller set against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan civil war has been pulled from British and some Indian …
August 25, 2013 (AFP) - The UN's top rights official begins a fact-finding mission to Sri Lanka on Sunday after the government dropped public hostility towards …