Politics

Sri Lankan journalist wounded in shooting

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 …

Sri Lankan newspaper editor shot dead

January 8, 2009 (AFP) - The editor of a Sri Lankan anti-government newspaper was shot dead on Thursday as he drove to work near the capital Colombo, police …

Sri Lanka urged by media rights groups to punish TV station attackers

January 7, 2009 (AFP) - Media rights groups Wednesday urged Sri Lanka to punish those behind a recent attack on a privately-run television station that was …

Sri Lanka private TV station attacked

Jan 06, 2009 (LBO) - An independent privately-owned TV station in Sri Lanka was attacked by an armed gang who stormed its main studio complex in the outskirts …

Attack on Sri Lanka broadcaster is criminal: United States

Jan 06, 2008 (LBO) – The United States has strongly condemned an attack on an independent broadcaster in Sri Lanka by a heavily armed group that stormed …

Sri Lanka business chambers condemn attack on TV station

Jan 06, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's top business chambers condemned an attack on a private television station, saying the government's credibility is at stake if …

Sri Lanka urged by UK to set out political solution to conflict

Jan 06, 2009 (LBO) - The British government has urged Sri Lanka to urgently draw up a political solution to the ethnic crisis following the fall of a key Tamil …

US renews call for peaceful dialogue in Sri Lanka

WASHINGTON, January 2, 2009 (AFP) - The US State Department on Friday urged the Sri Lankan and Tamil Tigers to start negotiating over the "legitimate" demands …

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 …

Christmas celebrations reflect on war, hardship

VATICAN CITY, December 25, 2008 (AFP) - War and economic hardship loomed over Christmas celebrations across the world Thursday, with Pope Benedict XVI …

Sri Lanka govt says enough fuel stocks available

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, …

Sri Lanka diplomats decry encroachment

Dec 14, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's professional diplomats have slammed a practice by government politicians of appointing friends, relations and cronies to …

Sri Lanka govt opposes no-confidence motion on derivative losses

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 …

Sri Lanka opposition moves no-confidence motion over derivative losses

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, …

Sri Lanka minister gets opposition post: official

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, …

Sri Lanka opposition to take cabinet, central bank to task over oil hedge

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 …

Greenland says ‘yes’ to self-rule

NUUK, November 26, 2008 (AFP) - More than 75 percent of Greenlanders voted Tuesday in favour of self-rule in a referendum that paves the way for independence …

Greenlanders go to the polls to decide on self-rule

NUUK, November 25, 2008 (AFP) - Some 39,000 people in Greenland vote on Tuesday in a referendum on self-rule for the Danish territory, a move that could pave …

Sri Lanka detained journalist says threatened daily; quizzed in court over writing

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 …

Sri Lanka TV censorship condemned by media watchdog

Nov 08, 2008 (LBO) – Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontiers or RSF) has condemned what it called live censorship on a Sri …