Sri Lanka president urged to stop ‘war on journalists’
April 10, 2008 (LBO) – A host of media rights groups from around the world have written to Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse urging him to 'stop the …
April 10, 2008 (LBO) – A host of media rights groups from around the world have written to Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse urging him to 'stop the …
April 9, 2008 (AFP) - At least 93 Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and another 686 injured during clashes with Tamil Tiger rebels last month, the prime minister …
April 08, 2008 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan Marxist-nationalist politician Tuesday said his party had decided to expel him, confirming reports of a split in the …
COLOMBO, April 8, 2008 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels asked peace-broker Norway on Tuesday to pressure Sri Lanka's government to stop a military offensive in the …
April 08, 2008 (LBO) – Differences within Sri Lanka's Marxist-nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) exploded dramatically Tuesday with …
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2008 (AFP) - The Tamil Tigers, a Sri Lankan rebel group responsible of killing about 4,000 people in the past two years, have quietly …
April 07, 2008 (LBO) – The United States, European Union and Canada have condemned Sunday's Tamil Tiger suicide bombing which killed a Sri Lankan …
April 6, 2008 (AFP) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed Sri Lanka's highways minister as he opened a marathon Sunday in an attack that left 11 …
April 04, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have entered the contest in provincial council elections in the east with a last-minute filing of …
April 04, 2008 (LBO) – A split in Sri Lanka's Marxist-nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is emerging with moves to oust its firebrand spokesman …
April 03, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party says it is starting a protest campaign against rising prices after inflation in …
April 3, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Thursday announced that key local government elections will be held next month in an area that was last year wrested from rebel …
April 02, 2008 (LBO) – Three members of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), a minority Sri Lankan political party, have resigned their parliamentary seats …
April 1, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka accused Tamil Tiger rebels of shelling a state-run hospital on Tuesday as fighting across the northern front lines reportedly …
April 1, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka accused Tamil Tiger rebels of shelling a state-run hospital on Tuesday as fighting across the northern front lines reportedly …
April 1, 2008 (AFP) - At least four men were killed and another 56 injured Tuesday when lightening struck a military training facility in eastern Sri Lanka, …
CHENNAI, India, March 30, 2008 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan film-maker has ended up in hospital after making a damning film on the Tamil Tigers and trying to have it …
March 28, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Thursday launched a probe into a mystery poster campaign that is asking would-be Tamil Tiger suicide bombers to turn …
March 25, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is maintaining a diplomatic silence on the recent Chinese crackdown on protests in Buddhist Tibet as China is one of its …
March 25, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) and the minority Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) have decided to contest …