Sri Lanka president takes over media portfolio
January 1, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse on Thursday took the country's influential media ministry under his wing ahead of a key mid-term …
January 1, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse on Thursday took the country's influential media ministry under his wing ahead of a key mid-term …
VATICAN CITY, December 25, 2008 (AFP) - War and economic hardship loomed over Christmas celebrations across the world Thursday, with Pope Benedict XVI …
Dec 19, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has enough stocks and it is continuing to supply fuel stations, a minister said, …
Dec 14, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's professional diplomats have slammed a practice by government politicians of appointing friends, relations and cronies to …
Dec 08, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's ruling party has opposed an opposition attempt to move a no-confidence motion on an oil hedging deal saying it related …
Dec 08, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's main opposition has put forward a no-confidence motion against the government Monday on the eve of a budget vote, …
Dec 08, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party has appointed a rebel member who is a government minister as its deputy leader, …
Dec 02, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka' main opposition United National Party says the cabinet of ministers and the central bank is also responsible for a hedging deal …
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Nov 16, 2008 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan journalist who had been detained for over eight months had been questioned about what he wrote, and had also revealed …
Nov 08, 2008 (LBO) – Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontiers or RSF) has condemned what it called live censorship on a Sri …
WASHINGTON, November 5, 2008 (AFP) - Here is a tally of preliminary results in the US presidential election, based on projections by US networks. online …
CHICAGO, November 5, 2008 (AFP) - US President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday that a new dawn of American leadership was at hand and stressed the shared …
WASHINGTON, November 5, 2008 (AFP) - Americans elected Democrat Barack Obama as their first black president Tuesday, in a transformational election which will …
COLOMBO, October 31, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has the lowest press freedom rating of any democracy and has been the first to use anti-terror laws to prosecute …
Oct 29, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's top business chambers have called for political unity to back government efforts to devolve power to minority Tamils and …
NEW DELHI, October 26, 2008 (AFP) - A senior Sri Lankan minister on Sunday held talks with the Indian foreign minister over the safety of the island nation's …
Oct 23, 2008 (LBO) - A Sri Lanka media rights group has condemned more deaths threats against human rights activists and lawyers and demanded a police …
NEW DELHI, October 22, 2008 (AFP) - India voiced concern Wednesday over the conflict in Sri Lanka as Tamil MPs in parliament clashed over charges of "genocidal …