Sri Lanka, US military host Asia military airlift exercise
Aug 11, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka and the United States will co-host a regional military airlift exercise in the island from August 22 to 26 to strengthen …
Defense
Sri Lanka to protest over US fighter jets ‘intrusion’
August 7, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's foreign ministry plans to protest to the United States after fighter jets intruded into the island's airspace last week, the …
Sri Lanka accused of war report whitewash
August 2, 2011 (AFP) - Human rights campaigners on Tuesday accused Sri Lanka of whitewashing military abuses in its official report on the island's …
Sri Lanka releases ‘war crime’ rebuttal video
August 1, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Monday released its own documentary to counter a programme by Britain's Channel 4 that alleged war crimes by government …
Sri Lanka admits civilian deaths in separatist war
August 1, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Monday admitted for the first time that civilians may have been killed during its military push against Tamil Tigers rebels …
Sri Lanka holds Briton over war crimes video: media
July 9, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has arrested a Briton for allegedly helping a British TV channel produce a documentary accusing Sri Lankan troops of war crimes, …
Sri Lanka offers aircraft for UN peacekeeping
June 17, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has offered its attack helicopters and transport aircraft for UN peacekeeping operations, two years after the end of the …
Sri Lanka under renewed pressure over war crimes
June 4, 2011 (AFP) - The United States said Saturday it remained "deeply concerned" about alleged Sri Lankan war crimes as it distanced itself from a junior US …
Sri Lanka offers to probe ‘specific’ war crime claims
June 2, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's top military commander offered on Thursday to probe "specific allegations" of war crimes during the country's fight against …
Sri Lanka military says switched to unorthodox tactics to win war
June 02, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's armed forces developed new, unorthodox tactics and techniques to win the war against Tamil Tiger separatists, learning from …
Sri Lanka welfare spending seen helping raise support for war
May 31, 2011 (LBO) - A government fertiliser subsidy given to farmers was a key factor in generating public support for Sri Lanka's military campaign that …
Sri Lanka’s ‘terrorism’ seminar skipped by key nations
May 30, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is to hold an international seminar starting Tuesday to share lessons on its bloody defeat of Tamil rebels, but major nations …
Sri Lanka warned against alienating India
May 25, 2011 (LBO) - India will destabilise Sri Lanka again if the island endangers her big neighbour's geo-strategic interests in future just like New Delhi …
Sri Lanka anti-terror seminar faces boycott call
May 24, 2011 (AFP) - A leading human rights group urged governments on Tuesday to boycott a conference on fighting insurgents organised by Sri Lanka, which …
Maldives reject World Cup terror plot theory
March 30, 2011 (AFP) - A Maldivian man arrested with the help of Interpol and initially linked to an alleged terror plot against the ongoing cricket World Cup …
Maldives releases cricket WCup terror suspect
March 27, 2011 (AFP) - Maldives police said Sunday they had released a man suspected of plotting an attack on the cricket World Cup taking place in South Asia. …
Sri Lanka cricket surveillance nets terror bomb suspect
Mar 16, 2011 (LBO) - A Maldivian wanted for a 2007 terror bombing in Male was arrested there after his transit through Sri Lanka was detected by an INTERPOL …
Sri Lanka coast guard to deploy craft against Indian poachers
Mar 04, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's coast guard is to deploy it's growing fleet of craft against Indian fishermen poaching in the island's northern waters, an …
Pilot killed as Sri Lankan fighter jets collide
March 1, 2011 (AFP) - Two Sri Lankan fighter jets collided in mid-air during an aerobatics training exercise on Tuesday, killing one of the pilots. online …
Sri Lanka navy foils smuggling mission to Australia
February 21, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka arrested 17 would-be illegal immigrants aboard a trawler allegedly heading to Australia, the navy said Monday. online …