Japan in Sri Lanka peace bid amid bloodshed
June 5, 2007 (AFP) - A top Japanese envoy arrived in war-torn Sri Lanka Tuesday to try and restore a tattered peace process after some of the bloodiest battles …
Bunker Oil
June 05, 2007 (LBO) - Lanka IOC, a unit of the Indian Oil Corporation, has started a marine bunkering operation by supplying diesel to ships off the east coast …
UN chief blasts killings of Sri Lankan Red Cross workers
UNITED NATIONS, June 4, 2007 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon condemns the killings of two Red Cross employees in Sri Lanka and demands a thorough police …
Sri Lanka blast kills senior police officer
June 5, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels set off a roadside bomb in eastern Sri Lanka Tuesday, killing a senior police official in an attack that coincided with …
Heavy fighting in Sri Lanka leaves 82 dead, say combatants
June 3, 2007 (AFP) - Tiger rebels destroyed army bases in northern Sri Lanka leaving 82 combatants dead according to both sides Sunday as the island's main aid …
Sporadic clashes in Sri Lanka after heavy fighting
June 4, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels were engaged in sporadic clashes in the north of the island Monday, the day after …
Sri Lanka business chamber reiterates call for unity to solve ethnic problem
June 04, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's top business chamber Monday called for unity to help the island overcome the violence that has gripped the country and …
Fighting rages in Sri Lanka ahead of Japan peace visit
June 4, 2007 (AFP) - Artillery and mortar battles between government troops and Tamil rebels raged in northern Sri Lanka Monday, the day before an attempt by …
Heavy fighting erupts in northern Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, June 2, 2007 (AFP) - Government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels were locked in heavy combat in northern Sri Lanka Saturday night, as the military bombed …
Sri Lanka army gun site shelled by Tamil Tigers
June 3, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels launched a major attack on a military gun position in northern Sri Lanka, killing at least one soldier and wounding …
Sri Lanka offensive and peace efforts go hand in hand: FM
SINGAPORE, June 3, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military has rooted out Tamil Tiger rebels from the east of the country in an offensive that complements efforts to …
Red Cross workers killed in Sri Lanka despite security pledge
June 3, 2007 (AFP) - Gunmen claiming to be police have abducted and shot dead two Red Cross employees in Sri Lanka barely a week after the country pledged …
Heavy fighting in Sri Lanka ahead of Japanese peace move
June 3, 2007 (AFP) - The Tamil Tiger rebels said Sunday they had killed at least 10 Sri Lankan army troops in attacks on military defences and materiel, as …
Sri Lanka media minister bats for attacked journo
June 2, 2007 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's media minister has condemned the attack on a photo journalist of a Sri Lankan daily and has asked security forces to respect …
Sri Lanka air force bomb Tiger stronghold in the east
June 2, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's air force on Saturday bombed suspected rebel Tamil Tiger targets located in a jungle in the island's east, the defence …
Sri Lankan president ready for peace talks amid fighting
June 1, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president is ready to resume peace talks with Tamil Tiger rebels even as security forces are locked in combat with the …
Sri Lanka evicts ‘loitering’ Tamils from capital
COLOMBO, June 1, 2007 (AFP) - Hundreds of minority Tamils have been asked to leave Sri Lanka's capital and return to their villages, some in conflict areas, …
Sri Lanka troops push on with offensives against rebels
May 31, 2007 (AFP) - Government forces kept up two offensives against Tamil Tiger rebels in the island's northern and eastern regions Thursday with casualties …
Change Please
May 30, 2007 (LBO) – India's National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) which is hoping to build a coal plant with Sri Lanka's power utility has asked for …
Investors jittery as Sri Lanka fighting escalates
May 30, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's investors, international donors and lenders are watching with alarm as government fighting against Tamil Tiger rebels …