Politics

Sri Lanka to bring back tough law to curb media: reports

June 29, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka plans to bring back a tough criminal defamation law that was scrapped five years ago, reports said on Friday, drawing fire from …

Sri Lanka says huge truck bomb found in eastern port town

June 29, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan authorities Friday discovered a huge truck bomb in the north-eastern port district of Trincomalee, three days after finding a …

Sri Lanka media rights body slams moves to bring back law that curbed critical reporting

June 28, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Free Media Movement (FMM) has expressed shock at attempts to bring back a repealed law which it said was used in the …

Sri Lanka reports 430 killings in five months

June 28, 2007 (AFP) - Some 430 Sri Lankans were slain during a five-month period, most of them minority Tamils, a commission said on Thursday, amid growing …

Sri Lanka hopeful Norway meeting will help peace process

TOKYO, June 28, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said Thursday he was optimistic that a meeting of top donors this week would help …

Sri Lanka warn of ‘tragic error’ in Western aid cut

WASHINGTON, June 26, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka told Western donor nations Tuesday that it would be a "tragic error" to cut aid to the island nation due to alleged …

Japan voices concern over Sri Lanka economy, human rights

TOKYO, June 27, 2007 (AFP) - Japan, the single largest donor to Sri Lanka, on Wednesday expressed concern about the human rights situation in the island nation …

Bullet goes ‘missing’ in Sri Lanka murder probe

GENEVA, June 25, 2007 (AFP) - A bullet being used in an investigation into the killings in Sri Lanka of 17 aid workers last August may have been removed from …

Sri Lanka rebel lawmakers woo Marxists

June 25, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka ruling party two-man rebel faction led by sacked former foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera has invited the …

Norway meet seeks to end Sri Lanka bloodshed

June 24, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's peace broker Norway said here Sunday it will hold a meeting of the island's key financial backers this week in a bid to stop …

Sri Lanka donor meeting in Norway unlikely to break deadlock: analysts

June 24, 2007 (AFP) - Peace broker Norway is holding a crucial meeting with Sri Lanka's top aid donors this week in a bid to halt a new wave of bloodshed, but …

Sri Lanka top donors in new efforts for peace

June 23, 2007 (AFP) - International donors will meet in Oslo next week to review Sri Lanka's worsening bloodshed and look for a way to revive a moribund peace …

Sri Lanka slammed over press rights

COLOMBO, June 22, 2007 (AFP) - International media rights activists on Friday described Sri Lanka as one of the most dangerous places in the world for …

Three Sri Lankan soldiers killed in mine attack

June 21, 2007 (AFP) - At least three soldiers were killed and another wounded in a roadside bomb attack Thursday in northern Sri Lanka, military officials …

Two dead as Sri Lanka Tigers blow up own boat

June 22, 2007 (AFP) - At least two Tamil Tiger rebels were killed when they detonated their explosives-laden boat off Sri Lanka's northeastern coast Friday, …

Sri Lanka court delays hearing Tamil eviction complaint

June 22, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Friday delayed hearing a case challenging the eviction of minority ethnic Tamils from Colombo, which police …

Tiger aircraft in Sri Lanka a concern: Indian FM

SINGAPORE, June 20, 2007 (AFP) - India's improved bilateral relations with the United States are not intended to try and contain the growing might of China, …

Sri Lanka under fire over Internet censorship

June 21, 2007 (AFP) - Media rights groups attacked Sri Lanka's government Thursday for blocking domestic access to a website favouring the Tamil Tiger rebels …

Media rights bodies condemn Sri Lanka net censorship

June 21, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's top media rights body has condemned a statement by a minister who made remarks about hacking a Tamil news website which …

Sri Lanka UK relations strong as Queen celebrates birthday

June 21, 2007 (LBO) – Relations between Sri Lanka and Britain remained strong with a shared history, cricket and economic ties binding the two nations, …