Sri Lanka president sends unity message
Feb 05, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa called upon foreign nations to support an effort to build unity and reconciliation in a message …
Feb 05, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa called upon foreign nations to support an effort to build unity and reconciliation in a message …
COLOMBO, February 1, 2014 (AFP) - Democracy is under threat in Sri Lanka and its rights record has deteriorated in the five years since the end of a bloody …
COLOMBO, February 2, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Sunday rejected "patently unfair" allegations by the United States that its rights record had deteriorated in …
COLOMBO, January 17, 2014 (AFP) - Forensic experts have discovered more bodies in an unmarked mass grave in Sri Lanka's former war zone, raising the total to …
COLOMBO, January 12, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Sunday called snap local elections seen as a gauge of President Mahinda Rajapakse's popularity ahead of national …
COLOMBO, January 10, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Friday it would protest to the United States over its allegations that army shelling killed hundreds of …
COLOMBO, January 9, 2014 (AFP) - A top US official investigating war crimes has visited a former Sri Lankan battleground where hundreds of families were killed …
COLOMBO, January 5, 2014 (AFP) - A top US envoy will travel to Sri Lanka on Monday to discuss allegations of war crimes ahead of a UN review of Colombo's human …
COLOMBO, December 28, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Saturday deported an Indian journalist arrested on a charge of working in the island's former war zone without …
VATICAN CITY, December 25, 2013 (AFP) - Thousands of Christians are killed every year because of their faith and the persecution is becoming more widespread, …
COLOMBO, December 11, 2013 (AFP) - The Catholic church Wednesday warned Sri Lanka's government of foreign intervention unless it worked towards reconciliation …
WASHINGTON, November 26, 2013 (AFP) - The US administration stepped up its battle Tuesday to thwart moves by lawmakers to tighten sanctions on Iran, warning …
COLOMBO, November 25, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military Monday announced a ban on commemorations of the island's defeated Tamil Tiger rebels following reports …
COLOMBO, November 17, 2013 (AFP) - Commonwealth leaders agreed Sunday on steps to tackle high debt and poverty as they staged a show of unity after a summit in …
Nov 17, 2013 (LBO) - Leaders of Commonwealth nations have issued a declaration after meeting in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo calling for 'equitable' growth, …
PORT LOUIS, November 15, 2013 (AFP) - The prime minister of Mauritius said Friday his country was withdrawing as host of the next Commonwealth summit as a …
COLOMBO, November 16, 2013 (AFP) - Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron urged Sri Lanka Saturday to move "further and faster" to address allegations of war …
COLOMBO, November 16, 2013 (AFP) - A top minister rejected pressure Saturday for an international probe into alleged war crimes at the end of Sri Lanka's …
COLOMBO, November 15, 2013 (AFP) - Mahinda Rajapakse may be a pariah for some of his Commonwealth peers, but for many of his fellow Sri Lankans he is a …
Nov 15, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa said the Commonwealth should not be a judgmental or punitive body at a meeting of heads of …