Sri Lanka on edge as results released
January 27, 2010 (AFP) - President Mahinda Rajapakse has taken the lead in Sri Lanka's tense election, officials said Wednesday, but the opposition said it was …
January 27, 2010 (AFP) - President Mahinda Rajapakse has taken the lead in Sri Lanka's tense election, officials said Wednesday, but the opposition said it was …
Jan 26, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks closed one percent higher Tuesday with domestic investors chasing mid capitalized stocks brokers said, while the country …
January 26, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's former governor of the central bank Dr. H Karunatilake died on January 24, the bank said in a statement. He also …
January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government said Tuesday that it would challenge the legitimacy of leading opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka, who …
January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lankans voted in their first post-war presidential election on Tuesday amid claims of violence and voter intimidation after a …
COLOMBO, January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka said he was unable to vote in Tuesday's presidential election because …
Jan 26, 2010 (LBO) - A leftist candidate in Sri Lanka's presidential polls was turned away by polls officials Tuesday because he could not present a prescribed …
January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Pre-dawn bomb blasts in Sri Lanka's Tamil heartland escalated tensions as the country went to the polls Tuesday in the first …
January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Pre-dawn bomb blasts in Sri Lanka's Tamil heartland escalated tensions as the country went to the polls Tuesday in the first …
Jan 26, 2010 (LBO) - Polling in Sri Lanka's north was estimated to be about 15 to 20 percent and in the east about 50 percent while the rest of the country had …
VAVUNIYA, January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's minority Tamils, for decades in the crossfire between rebels and government forces, hope their potentially …
January 25, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka goes to the polls Tuesday in its first post-war presidential election, contested by the men who ended the island nation's …
Jan 25, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka stocks up closed 0.6 percent higher Monday ahead of presidential polls tomorrow despite heavy foreign selling and index-heavy …
Jan 25, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan banks have opened 25 branches in former war torn areas in the north and the east of the island since the end of an internal …
Jan 25, 2010 (LBO) - A refurbished troop transport is being hired out as a conference and wedding venue by the Sri Lanka Navy in a joint move with the island's …
January 25, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president vowed Monday to ensure the island's first post-war presidential election goes off peacefully after deadly …
January 24, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's election this week features two men who emerged victorious on the battlefield of a civil war, but have since become bitter …
January 24, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president suffered a major defection on Sunday when the matriarch of his party pledged support for the main opposition …
KATHMANDU, January 24, 2010 (AFP) - Nepal will this year play host to a royal wedding with a difference when an openly gay Indian prince marries his partner at …
January 24, 2010 (AFP) - War-scarred Sri Lanka holds a peace-time presidential election this week after a bitter and highly personal campaign between the …