Sri Lanka president skips Commonwealth Games
COLOMBO, July 22, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse will skip the Commonwealth Games starting this week in Glasgow despite being chair of the …
COLOMBO, July 22, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse will skip the Commonwealth Games starting this week in Glasgow despite being chair of the …
COLOMBO, July 16, 2014 (AFP) - The head of Sri Lanka's bar association said on Wednesday he feared he might be killed after he described President Mahinda …
COLOMBO, July 9, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has banned non-government organisations from holding press conferences under a new order from the defence ministry seen …
SYDNEY, July 9, 2014 (AFP) - A dozen mothers in an asylum-seeker camp have reportedly attempted suicide so their children can be settled in Australia, piling …
SYDNEY, July 7, 2014 (AFP) - A High Court on Monday barred Australia from handing back a boat carrying 153 asylum-seekers to Sri Lanka, a day after Canberra …
SYDNEY, July 7, 2014 (AFP) - Canberra confirmed Monday a boat load of Sri Lankan asylum-seekers who attempted to reach Australia have been handed back to …
COLOMBO, July 6, 2014 (AFP) - Australia's immigration minister will visit Colombo this week for talks on illegal immigration following international concern at …
COLOMBO, July 2, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police called in a militant Buddhist monk for questioning Wednesday after he was accused of instigating deadly …
COLOMBO, July 1, 2014 (AFP) - A magistrate has postponed Tuesday's scheduled start of an operation to exhume a suspected mass war grave on Sri Lanka's east …
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 …
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 …
COLOMBO, June 18, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's parliament Wednesday rejected a UN-mandated investigation into alleged war crimes while crushing separatist Tamil …
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 …