Sri Lanka extends emergency rule ahead of vote
March 2, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has used his executive powers to extend a state of emergency that gives sweeping authority to police and troops …
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Sri Lanka bank chief on lawmaker list
March 01, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's NDB Bank said its chief executive Eran Wickremaratne is on the so-called 'national list' of the main opposition United …
Protest outside British embassy in Sri Lanka
March 1, 2010 (AFP) - Hundreds of Sri Lankan ruling party activists demonstrated outside the British High Commission in Colombo on Monday, denouncing what they …
Sri Lanka crackdown shreds hopes of reconciliation
February 25, 2010 (AFP) - In the afterglow of his thumping re-election last month, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse promised to build a strong and …
Top Sri Lanka economist seeks parliamentary entry
Feb 26, 2010 (LBO) - Top Sri Lanka economist Harsha de Silva has been nominated as a candidate from the main opposition United National Party for parliamentary …
Sri Lanka civil rights body warns of growing repression
Feb 24, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Civil Rights Movement (CRM) said recent attacks on peaceful anti-government protestors by government supporters indicated an …
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court refuses to free Fonseka
February 23, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court refused Tuesday to order the release of detained opposition leader and former army chief Sarath Fonseka as …
Sri Lanka ex army chief gets luxury jail treatment: president
NEW DELHI, February 20, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president says arrested ex-army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka is getting …
Sri Lanka monks complain of government pressure
February 19, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's top Buddhist monks called off a special gathering this week because of government pressure, a spokesman said Friday, …
Sri Lanka’s opposition files court challenge to president
February 16, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka on Tuesday petitioned the Supreme Court challenging …
Sri Lanka lawyers criticise government over crackdown
February 15, 2010 (AFP) - Lawyers in Sri Lanka accused the government Monday of illegally suppressing protests at the arrest of former army chief Sarath …
Sri Lanka monks back arrested ex-army chief
February 14, 2010 (AFP) - Leaders of Sri Lanka's influential Buddhist clergy backed opposition demands Sunday for the immediate release of former army chief …
Sri Lanka president dismisses concern over rival’s arrest
February 13, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president said Saturday there was no reason for concern over the arrest and detention of ex-army chief and defeated …
Sri Lanka opposition urges Rajapakse to free rival
February 12, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main opposition pressed President Mahinda Rajapakse on Friday to release detained presidential candidate and former army …
Sri Lanka’s defeated presidential candidate urges calm
February 11, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka has appealed for calm, his wife said Thursday, after …
Sri Lanka police break up protest over Fonseka arrest
February 11, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police used batons and tear gas Thursday against protesters demanding the immediate release of defeated presidential …
India urges fair trial for Sri Lankan ex-army chief
NEW DELHI, February 11, 2010 (AFP) - India urged Sri Lanka on Thursday to follow "due process" in its prosecution of Sri Lanka's former army chief and defeated …
Sri Lanka slammed by rights group over Fonseka court martial
February 11, 2010 (AFP) - A regional human rights group sharply criticised Sri Lanka Thursday over plans to court martial the island's former army chief on …
UN chief alarmed by fate of Sri Lanka’s Fonseka
UNITED NATIONS, February 9, 2010 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon is alarmed by the arrest of Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka and urged …
France worried by arrest of Sri Lankan presidential loser
PARIS, February 9, 2010 (AFP) - France said Tuesday it was "extremely worried" about the arrest of Sri Lanka's defeated presidential hopeful and deplored the …