Ship full of Sri Lankan refugees nears Canada: reports
MONTREAL, August 11, 2010 (AFP) - A ship full of Sri Lankan refugees was less than 320 kilometers (200 miles) from Canada's western shores and could be …
Sri Lankan president sacks minister over dengue row
August 10, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president Tuesday sacked a maverick minister who had tied a state official to a tree as punishment for failing to control …
Sri Lanka war: US urged to press for international probe
WASHINGTON, August 10, 2010 (AFP) - A group of US lawmakers is urging the Obama administration to push for an independent international investigation into …
Sri Lanka’s war probe panel to start work
August 10, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka announced the government-appointed panel looking into the island's civil war that ended last year would hold its first public …
All white on the night for Australian elections
SYDNEY, August 8, 2010 (AFP) - Despite its Aboriginal roots and a large Asian population, Australia's politics are almost exclusively white with just a handful …
US, Canada monitor ship said full of Sri Lankan refugees
WASHINGTON, August 4, 2010 (AFP) - The United States and Canada said Wednesday they are monitoring a ship said to be packed with Tamil refugees bound for …
Sri Lankan president boosted as MPs defect
August 5, 2010 (AFP) - Two opposition lawmakers in Sri Lanka defected to the ruling party on Thursday, bringing President Mahinda Rajapakse closer to altering …
Lube Attraction
Aug 05, 2010 (LBO) - The Sri Lankan government has decided to further open up the lubricant market by allowing more suppliers with the aim of increasing …
Global statesmen decry Sri Lanka’s peace without justice
August 3, 2010 (AFP) - A group of global statesmen, founded by Nelson Mandela, Tuesday criticised the Sri Lankan government for failing to build on peace …
Sri Lankan war refugees remain homeless: Tamil party
August 2, 2010 (AFP) - Thousands of men, women and children displaced by Sri Lanka's civil war are living in the open air 15 months after fighting ended, the …
Sri Lanka private TV station torched
July 30, 2010 (AFP) - Unidentified attackers set fire to a private television station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo Friday after smashing editing …
Sri Lanka ex-army chief faces new trial
July 29, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka was brought before the Colombo High Court on Thursday to …
Gas Concern
July 26, 2010 (LBO) - A large industrial user of liquefied petroleum gas as expressed concern over a proposed state take-over of a private gas distributor in …
Vietnam to open Sri Lanka embassy early 2011
July 25, 2010 (LBO) - Vietnam will open an embassy in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo in early 2011, a joint statement following a meeting of deputy foreign …
US urges Sri Lanka to improve rights, media freedom
July 21, 2010 (AFP) - The United States pressed Sri Lanka on Wednesday to improve human rights and media freedoms amid charges that security forces committed …
Indonesia lukewarm on Australia asylum centre plan
JAKARTA, July 15, 2010 (AFP) - Indonesia gave a lukewarm response Thursday to Australia's plans for a processing centre for asylum-seekers in East Timor, …
Sri Lankan cabinet meets in former Tiger capital
KILINOCHCHI, July 14, 2010 (AFP) - The president of Sri Lanka held a cabinet meeting on Wednesday in the northern town of Kilinochchi, the capital of the Tamil …
Sri Lanka cabinet to meet in former Tiger capital
July 13, 2010 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan president and his ministers are to hold a meeting Wednesday in Kilinochchi, the northern town from which the Tamil Tiger …
Sri Lanka UN office ‘blockade’ dismays diplomats
July 10, 2010 (LBO) - Diplomats in Colombo have called upon the government to ensure the security of United National staff and expressed dismay at a 'blockade' …
Ban urges Sri Lanka to ‘normalize conditions’ at UN compound
UNITED NATIONS, July 9, 2010 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon Friday called Friday on Sri Lanka to "normalize conditions" around the UN office in Colombo after …