Australian activists say asylum-seeker boat in trouble
SYDNEY, June 28, 2014 (AFP) - Refugee campaigners said Saturday that a boat carrying 153 asylum-seekers was in trouble off a remote Australian island, but the …
SYDNEY, June 28, 2014 (AFP) - Refugee campaigners said Saturday that a boat carrying 153 asylum-seekers was in trouble off a remote Australian island, but the …
June 27, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylon Chamber Chamber of Commerce said incumbent chairman Suresh Shah who was re-elected had called on private business to …
June 27, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has offered to train soldiers, teachers and provide scholarships for students and had talks on building coast guard boats for …
COLOMBO, June 24, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lankan authorities are to dig up the site of a suspected mass grave next week after claims it contains the bodies of scores …
COLOMBO, June 20, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Muslim minority held shortened Friday prayer services as religious tensions gripped the island after clashes with …
COLOMBO, June 18, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's parliament Wednesday rejected a UN-mandated investigation into alleged war crimes while crushing separatist Tamil …
BERUWALA, June 18, 2014 (AFP) - The main Muslim party in Sri Lanka's ruling coalition Wednesday demanded a UN probe into one of the country's worst-ever …
ALUTGAMA, June 18, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's police arrested 49 people overnight over deadly anti-Muslim riots in a tourist region where Buddhist hardliners …
ALUTGAMA, June 17, 2014 (AFP) - More deadly violence flared in a Sri Lankan coastal resort where Buddhist hardliners set shops and homes alight for a second …
June 16, 2014 (LBO) - The United States has condemned nationalist violence that has left at least three people dead and dozens injured with Muslim house and …
ALUTGAMA, June 16, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police extended a curfew in a popular tourist region Monday after at least 80 people were injured and dozens of …
ALUTGAMA, June 16, 2014 (AFP) - Clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in southern Sri Lanka has left three people dead and at least 78 others seriously …
ALUTGAMA, June 16, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police extended a curfew in a popular tourist region Monday after at least 80 people were injured and dozens of …
COLOMBO, June 11, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lankan media rights activists Wednesday accused the government of a new crackdown against reporters as the country faced a …
The outcome of LokSabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) elections on May 16th was unexpected and unprecedented over the last three decades. The trend …
COLOMBO, June 3, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse has ordered the release of 29 Indian fishermen held on poaching charges, officials said …
May 27, 2014 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa had discussed the island's post-war reconciliation process and an fishing dispute with India's new …
MATARA, May 18, 2014 (AFP) - President Mahinda Rajapakse led celebrations at a major victory parade Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of the end of Sri …
COLOMBO, May 10, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military said Saturday it had unearthed the biggest cache of pistol ammunition buried in the former war zone amid …
MATARA, May 4, 2014 (AFP) - At a temple in the heart of Sri Lanka's Sinhalese south, an unusual attempt at reconciliation is underway after decades of ethnic …