Sri Lanka president takes over media portfolio
January 1, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse on Thursday took the country's influential media ministry under his wing ahead of a key mid-term …
January 1, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse on Thursday took the country's influential media ministry under his wing ahead of a key mid-term …
January 2, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces have fought their way to the perimeter of the Tamil Tiger political capital of Kilinochchi in the island's …
January 2, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops fought their way into the centre of the Tamil Tiger political capital of Kilinochchi on Friday, an official at the …
January 2, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Friday its troops had finally captured the unofficial capital of the Tamil Tigers and urged the rebels to lay down their …
Jan 02, 2009 (LBO) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew himself up Tuesday near Sri Lanka's air force headquarters just after the government announced …
January 2, 2009 (AFP) - A suicide bomber carried out an attack outside an air force base in Colombo on Friday, killing two airmen and wounding 36 other people, …
January 1, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops Thursday captured a key town held by Tamil Tiger rebels in the island's north after intense fighting that left at …
December 30, 2008 (AFP) - The Sri Lanka military has received the bodies of 17 soldiers killed while fighting Tamil Tiger rebels in the island's embattled …
December 30, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government met Tuesday to consider re-imposing a formal ban on the Tamil Tigers as fighting escalated in the island's …
Dec 28, 2008 (LBO) - At least two people were killed and many more wounded in a powerful bomb attack at a market just outside the Sri Lankan capital on Sunday, …
December 28, 2008 (AFP) - A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed seven security personnel and a civilian at a base just outside Sri Lanka's capital on Sunday as …
December 27, 2008 (AFP) - Government forces consolidated their positions in northern Sri Lanka on Saturday, a day after heavy fighting with Tamil Tiger rebels, …
December 27, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan war planes carried out attacks against suspected Tamil Tiger strongholds in the island's north on Saturday as ground …
VATICAN CITY, December 25, 2008 (AFP) - War and economic hardship loomed over Christmas celebrations across the world Thursday, with Pope Benedict XVI …
December 25, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military beat back a Tamil Tiger counter-offensive in the island's north, killing at least 18 guerrillas, the defence …
December 26, 2008 (AFP) - Government forces on Friday wrested control of a strategic town after heavy fighting with Tamil Tiger rebels that left at least 40 …
December 24, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces killed at least 20 Tamil Tiger rebels who were defending their political capital of Kilinochchi in the …
December 22, 2008 (AFP) - At least 56 Tamil Tiger rebels and 10 government soldiers were killed in fresh fighting in northern Sri Lanka on Monday, the army …
December 20, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy on Saturday destroyed a Tamil Tiger vessel carrying arms and other supplies off the island's northeastern coast, the …
Dec 19, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has enough stocks and it is continuing to supply fuel stations, a minister said, …