Sri Lanka leader urges diaspora to return
Feb 04, 2009 (LBO) - President Mahinda Rajapaksa has urged Sri Lankans who left the island because of war to return to help rebuild the nation and revive its …
Feb 04, 2009 (LBO) - President Mahinda Rajapaksa has urged Sri Lankans who left the island because of war to return to help rebuild the nation and revive its …
NEW DELHI, February 4, 2009 (AFP) - Opposition political parties in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu called a general strike Wednesday to protest civilian …
February 2, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has heightened its usually tight security ahead of national day celebrations even though the rebel Tamil Tigers have been …
OTTAWA, January 30, 2009 (AFP) - Hundreds of Tamils on Friday formed a human chain in downtown Toronto, Canada's biggest city, to protest a Sri Lankan military …
Jan 28, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are to launch a programme to fight corruption, a UNDP statement …
NEW DELHI, January 27, 2009 (AFP) - India's foreign minister was set to visit Sri Lanka Tuesday as the Tamil Tiger rebels struggled to defend their last …
January 25, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is in the grip of its biggest military offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels, but the country's journalists are also facing …
LONDON, January 23, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan authorities must ensure that the island's media can work freely and safely, Amnesty International said Friday, as a …
January 24, 2009 (AFP) - Continuing attacks against journalists in Sri Lanka show the deteriorating conditions media workers face in the country, a statement …
January 24, 2009 (AFP) - Continuing attacks against journalists in Sri Lanka show the deteriorating conditions media workers face in the country, a statement …
Jan 23, 2009 (LBO) - An editor of a Sri Lankan weekly newspaper and his wife had been have been assaulted, a staff member said, weeks after an editor of a …
Jan 22, 2009 (LBO) - Britain has urged the Sri Lankan government to take strong action to prevent human rights abuses and called on both sides to the ethnic …
January 14, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government censured a senior international diplomat after he spoke at the funeral of a newspaper editor whose murder has …
January 12, 2009 (AFP) - The funeral of a Sri Lankan newspaper editor and staunch critic of the war on Tamil rebels was held Monday with the island's …
BRUSSELS, January 8, 2009 (AFP) - The European Union condemned Thursday the shooting death of a respected Sri Lankan newspaper editor and expressed concern …
Jan 09, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka needs freedom of information to develop, and Sri Lanka's government should hold full and transparent investigations on …
Jan 09, 2009 (LBO) - The United States has strongly condemned the murder of a prominent newspaper editor in Sri Lanka and an attack on a broadcaster saying the …
Jan 09, 2008 (LBO) – Violence against media is a conspiracy to pave the way for international involvement in the island's internal affairs, President …
January 9, 2009 (AFP) - Hundreds of Sri Lankan journalists took to the streets Friday to protest against the killing of a newspaper editor, as the government …
January 8, 2009 (AFP) - The editor of an anti-government Sri Lankan newspaper was shot and badly wounded on Thursday as he drove to work near the capital …