Split in Lankan coalition government
Colombo - Thursday: JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe confirming that the party had quit the coalition government over the tsunami aid sharing proposal. The …
Colombo - Thursday: JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe confirming that the party had quit the coalition government over the tsunami aid sharing proposal. The …
COLOMBO (AFP) - The main Marxist coalition partner quit Sri Lanka's government in protest against President Chandrika Kumaratunga's plans to share tsunami aid …
Colombo - Thursday: JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe confirming that the party had quit the coalition government over the tsunami aid sharing proposal. The …
Colombo - Thursday: JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva says the President carried out a propaganda campaign using the governments official seal. Silva seen …
Colombo - Thursday: JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva says the President carried out a propaganda campaign using the governments official seal. Silva seen …
Top British officials say Sri Lanka’s reconstruction targets are optimistic at best, and urges setting up a controversial joint mechanism to share aid in …
Colombo - Tuesday: The Alliance government's key coalition partner the JVP on Tuesday said it would raise a fresh alliance to defeat President Chandrika …
Colombo - Tuesday: This street hawker selling pineapples and many other like her mingle among JVP supporters gathered at the Lipton Circus on Tuesday …
Sri Lankan plain clothes policemen forcibly carry away Buddhist monk Dambara Amila ending his fast to the death in Colombo, 15 June 2005. The monk was …
Sri Lankan plain clothes policemen forcibly carry away Buddhist monk Dambara Amila ending his fast to the death in Colombo, 15 June 2005. (AFP) Sri Lankan …
A top meeting of donors in Washington on Monday took a shot at Sri Lanka’s fragile peace, whacking both the government and Tamil rebels for ceasefire …
President Chandrika Kumaratunga, who has staked her government's future on a tsunami aid-sharing deal with Tamil Tiger guerrillas, is likely to survive a …
Sri Lanka's main international donors Tuesday asked the Colombo government and Tamil Tiger rebels to take action to stop escalating violence and stem a wave of …
The JVP today re-iterated that it would pull out of Sri Lanka’s coalition government tomorrow at midnight, if the joint mechanism is not pulled out. online …
Monday - Colombo: National Bhikku Front representatives call for the withdrawal of the controversy ridden proposal to share tsunami aid with the LTTE. National …
A faction of Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka claim the life of another monk is endangered by the proposed tsunami aid mechanism for the north and east. online …
Police fired tear gas and used batons for the second time in days to break up a protest by Buddhist monks opposed to government plans to enter into a tsunami …
Sri Lanka's president went into talks with opposition parties Monday in a bid to drum up support after a key coalition partner threatened to quit over a …
Colombo’s financial and central public transport district came to a halt on Monday with the National Bikkhu Front attempting to march into the Presidential …
Sri Lanka's president Sunday slammed her main Marxist coalition partner accusing them of "psychological terrorism" as a political crisis deepened and the …