Not too late for Sri Lanka peace talks: Egeland
SINGAPORE, Aug 28, 2007 (AFP) - There is still time for peace talks between Sri Lanka's government and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels despite the virtual …
SINGAPORE, Aug 28, 2007 (AFP) - There is still time for peace talks between Sri Lanka's government and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels despite the virtual …
Aug 27, 2007 (AFP) - At least nine Tamil Tiger rebels were killed and five government soldiers wounded in weekend battles in northern Sri Lanka, the defence …
August 27, 2007 (LBO) – The powerful engineers union of Sri Lanka's state-owned electricity utility has temporarily suspended industrial action started …
Aug 26, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka police Sunday defused a powerful bomb near the route of a major Buddhist festival in the sacred city of Kandy, officials said. …
Aug 26, 2007 (AFP) - A top Sri Lankan defence columnist stopped writing fearing for his life after he exposed alleged corruption in the purchase of second-hand …
Aug 24, 2007 (AFP) - A media rights group Friday urged Sri Lanka to ease emergency laws that curtail freedom of expression and warned of worsening conditions …
August 23, 2007 (LBO) – Lanka IOC, a unit of the Indian Oil Corporation, has returned to profitability in the June quarter, posting 490 million rupees in …
August 17, 2007 (LBO) – A top French anti-terrorism judge and leading conflict specialists are among speakers at a counter-terrorism conference to be …
August 16, 2007 (LBO) – The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation which runs Sri Lanka's only refinery has hedged the crack margin of a portion of its diesel and …
COLOMBO, Aug 16, 2007 (AFP) - A Tamil reporter suffered burns on his face, arms and back after attackers threw acid at him in Sri Lanka's capital Thursday in …
Aug 16, 2007 (AFP) - The government of Sri Lanka is pressuring minority Tamils to withdraw court cases against the authorities for forcibly evicting them from …
August 16, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's foreign minister, Rohitha Bogollagama, Thursday disowned a Cabinet colleague's accusation that a UN official who …
Aug 14, 2007 (AFP) - Hundreds of people disappeared in Sri Lanka in the past year and more than 5,700 such cases from the past three decades were under UN …
Aug 15, 2007 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan minister Wednesday described a top UN official as a "terrorist" after accusing him of supporting the country's separatist …
Aug 14, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's health sector will have the opportunity to study and adopt new techniques in the long term battle against HIV/AIDS …
August 14, 2007 (LBO) – The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), Sri Lanka's state-owned petroleum firm has used a leveraged swap to hedge a small part of …
Aug 12, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military has been unable to push into Tamil Tiger strongholds in the north due to the threat of monsoon rains and a lack of …
Aug 12, 2007 (AFP) - At 12 people have been killed in fresh violence across Sri Lanka's northern and eastern regions where a bitter ethnic war has raged for …
LONDON, Aug 9, 2007 (AFP) - Thirteen scouts who came to Britain for the 100th annivesary of the international youth movement have disappeared, police said …
Aug 9, 2007 (AFP) - The United Nations on Thursday urged Sri Lanka to disarm a pro-government paramilitary group operating in the east of the island to ensure …