Roadside bomb kills Sri Lankan Tamil MP: party
March 6, 2008 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan Tamil lawmaker and his driver were killed Thursday in a roadside bomb attack that his party and Tamil Tiger rebels said was …
Sri Lanka intimidation of journalists condemned by rights group
March 05, 2008 (LBO) – Media rights group Reporters Without Borders has condemned attacks against Sri Lankan journalists who exposed by live broadcast an …
Sri Lanka drifting towards dictatorship: civil society
Mar 05, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan civil society groups Wednesday warned that the government's contempt for the rule of law and the constitution was …
Sri Lanka television worker slashed with razor
Mar 05, 2008 (LBO) – A librarian working for a Sri Lanka state television station where a junior minister was held hostage after he stormed its newsroom …
Oil Skills
Mar 04, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's petroleum exploration unit has started to build up its staff as the island waits for offshore exploration work to get …
Sri Lankan forces push into Tiger territory: defence ministry
March 4, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan forces pushed deeper into Tamil Tiger territory in an offensive that has left at least 69 guerrillas and nine government …
Sri Lanka Navy probes suspicious vessel: military
March 03, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan naval vessels have been deployed to intercept a suspicious vessel 150 nautical miles off the island's eastern coast, the …
Sri Lanka rescues migrants adrift after 20 perish
COLOMBO, March 3, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy on Monday rescued 71 Myanmar and Bangladeshi survivors adrift in the Indian Ocean after 20 people died aboard …
Sri Lanka artillery battles kill 27: defence ministry
March 3, 2008 (AFP) - Artillery exchanges between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger separatists across the embattled tropical island's north left at least 25 …
Soldier killed in Sri Lanka blast, says army
March 2, 2008 (AFP) - A government soldier was killed in a roadside bomb attack carried out by Tamil Tiger guerrillas Sunday in northern Sri Lanka, the army …
Sri Lanka mediaman threatened by gangsters; errant minister runs free: rights body
Mar 01, 2008 (LBO) – Another mediaman who filmed a confrontation between state TV workers and a minister who stormed the station's newsroom has been …
Sri Lanka says another 45 Tigers killed as blast toll climbs
March 1, 2008 (AFP) - A police officer wounded in a suicide bombing died in hospital Saturday, a hospital spokesman said as Sri Lanka's defence ministry …
Blast rocks Sri Lanka capital: police
Feb 29, 2008 (AFP) - A powerful explosion ripped through a house in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo early Friday, police said, adding that at least seven people …
Sri Lanka bomb blast injures seven
Feb 28, 2008 (LBO) – A bomb exploded during a search operation in the Kotahena area of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo Friday morning, injuring four police …
Sri Lanka blast a suicide bombing: military
Feb 29, 2008 (LBO) - A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber triggered a bomb during a search operation in Colombo's Kotahena area and a pistol and ammunition had been …
Sri Lanka troops find three suicide jackets following blast
Feb 29, 2008 (AFP) - A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday injuring seven people as police moved in to search his house in the Sri Lankan …
Petrol Performance
Feb 27, 2008 (LBO) – Lanka IOC has made a net profit of 282 million rupees for the December quarter compared with a loss of 327 million rupees in the …
Nine die in Sri Lanka fighting
Feb 28, 2008 (AFP) - Two bombs left at least eight civilians dead in guerrilla-held territory in northern Sri Lanka, Tamil rebels said Thursday as the defence …
Smooth Premium
Feb 27, 2008 (LBO) – Chevron Lubricants Lanka said net profit for the year to December 2007 increased 34 percent to top a billion rupees, with premium …
Sri Lanka military says 41 killed in fresh fighting
Feb 25, 2008 (AFP) - At least 36 Tamil Tiger guerrillas and five Sri Lankan government soldiers have been killed in fresh fighting in and around rebel-held …