Politics

Bollywood Sri Lanka war film pulled in UK, south India

MUMBAI, August 24, 2013 (AFP) - A Bollywood spy thriller set against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan civil war has been pulled from British and some Indian …

UN rights chief in Sri Lanka on fact finding mission

August 25, 2013 (AFP) - The UN's top rights official begins a fact-finding mission to Sri Lanka on Sunday after the government dropped public hostility towards …

Korea Prime Minister to visit Sri Lanka

Aug 22, 2013 (LBO) - Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-Won will visit Sri Lanka from August 28, the country's embassy in Colombo said. online pharmacy …

Sri Lanka army intimidates media over shooting: rights group

COLOMBO, August 18, 2013 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan media rights group on Sunday accused the military of intimidating journalists who reported a deadly army …

EU concerned over Sri Lanka protestor killings, attacks on mosques, churches

Aug 13, 2013 (LBO) - The European Union Delegation in Sri Lanka has expressed concern over the killing of unarmed protestors by the military and series of …

Muslims close Sri Lanka mosque after Buddhist unrest

COLOMBO, August 12, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Muslim leaders closed down a new mosque in Colombo on Monday after attacks by a Buddhist mob revived simmering …

Curfew in Colombo as tensions rise after mosque attack

August 11, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police clamped a fresh curfew on a Colombo neighbourhood Sunday, a day after a Buddhist-led mob vandalised a mosque in an …

Sri Lanka lifts curfew as Muslims fear more violence

COLOMBO, August 11, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police lifted a curfew on a Colombo neighbourhood Sunday after a Buddhist-led mob attack on a mosque raised …

Assault on mosque revives Sri Lanka religious tensions

COLOMBO, August 10, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police deployed commandos and imposed a curfew on a Colombo neighbourhood Saturday after a Buddhist-led mob …

Dumped Queen Victoria to get new life before Sri Lanka summit

COLOMBO, August 8, 2013 (AFP) - A statue of Queen Victoria which was banished from Sri Lanka's presidential palace amid fears it brought bad luck will now be …

Cardinal slams Sri Lanka army for attack inside church

COLOMBO, August 7, 2013 (AFP) - The Roman Catholic church Wednesday slammed Sri Lanka's army for storming a church and assaulting residents trying to escape …

Sri Lanka steps up security as protest toll rises

COLOMBO, August 4, 2013 (AFP) - Police poured into a village near Sri Lanka's capital ahead of the funeral Sunday of a teenager shot dead by troops during a …

Hundreds denounce army killing of Sri Lanka protesters

August 5, 2013 (AFP) - Several hundred anti-government supporters staged a rare protest Monday in Sri Lanka's capital to denounce a deadly army crackdown on …

Second Sri Lankan dies after troops fire on villagers

COLOMBO, August 3, 2013 (AFP) - A second Sri Lankan protester died from wounds suffered when troops fired on villagers demonstrating against contaminated water …

Sri Lankan protestor shot dead at tainted water demo

August 2, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces shot dead one protestor and wounded dozens more when they fired on villagers at a demonstration over …

Sri Lanka president invites Pope Francis I to visit

Aug 02, 2013 (LBO) - President Mahinda Rajapaksa had invited Pope Francis I, the head of the Roman Catholic Church to visit Sri Lanka, his media office said. …

Sri Lanka sets date for polls in former war zone

August 1, 2013 (AFP) - Residents of Sri Lanka's former war zone will go to the polls in September in a regional election expected to hand limited autonomy to …

Sri Lanka scales back army presence in former rebel stronghold

July 24, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military said Wednesday it will dismantle over a dozen army camps in the former rebel stronghold of Jaffna, weeks ahead of …

Riots rock Australian refugee centre on Nauru

SYDNEY, July 20, 2013 (AFP) - Buildings were torched as hundreds of asylum-seekers escaped detention during riots at an Australian refugee facility on Nauru, …

Protests in Sri Lanka over French film festival

COLOMBO, July 17, 2013 (AFP) - Hundreds of government supporters protested outside the French embassy in Colombo Wednesday over a film festival which included …