Rights groups welcome pardon for Sri Lanka editor
May 4, 2010 (AFP) - Media rights groups Tuesday welcomed Sri Lanka's decision to pardon a Tamil editor sentenced to 20 years in prison, but urged the …
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.Sri Lanka blocks cricketers visiting Dalai Lama
May 4, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka stopped national cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara and another player from calling on the Dalai Lama out of fear that a meeting …
Watchdog names 40 ‘predators of the press’
PARIS, May 3, 2010 (AFP) - Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders named Monday the world's 40 worst "predators of the press" including politicians, religious …
Sri Lanka US embassy salutes journalists
May 03, 2010 (LBO) - The US embassy in Colombo says the World Press Freedom Day which falls on May 03 is a reminder to citizens and government that a free …
Sri Lanka pardons jailed Tamil editor: minister
May 3, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Monday pardoned a convicted Tamil editor whose 20-year prison term last year for supporting "terrorism" drew international …
Sri Lanka suspends Fonseka court martial
May 3, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's court of appeal on Monday suspended a court martial against former army chief Sarath Fonseka, who tried to unseat the president …
Sri Lanka holds first post-war May Day
May 1, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's political parties were holding May Day rallies on Saturday for the first time since the ending of nearly four decades of ethnic …
Immigration debate shakes US to the core
NEW YORK, April 30, 2010 (AFP) - From the deck of New York Harbor's tour boat the Statue of Liberty looks as welcoming today as when greeting new immigrants a …
Sri Lanka demolishes Tiger chief’s house: politician
April 29, 2010 (AFP) - The ancestral home of Sri Lanka's slain Tamil Tiger rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran has been demolished as it was becoming a tourist …
Reforms to allow Sri Lanka president to retain power: report
April 28, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's ruling party will press ahead with constitutional reforms to allow President Mahinda Rajapakse to run for a third term in …
Sri Lankan refugee camps emptying: UNHCR
GENEVA, April 27, 2010 (AFP) - More than 200,000 of some 280,000 mainly Tamil people displaced after the civil war in northern Sri Lanka have left their camps …
Sri Lankan detained in Malaysia after standoff: police
KUALA LUMPUR, April 26, 2010 (AFP) - Malaysian police Monday said they have detained 75 Sri Lankan migrants who refused to get off a fishing trawler, after …
Sri Lanka considers ending emergency laws
April 25, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka may scrap the state of emergency laws that gave sweeping powers to police and troops during the island's long ethnic conflict …
Sri Lanka president retains finance, cuts size of new cabinet
Apr 23, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa retained the finance and defence portfolios in a new cabinet appointed after parliamentary polls …
US asks Sri Lanka to pursue ‘healing process’
WASHINGTON, April 21, 2010 (AFP) - The United States called on Sri Lanka's new government Wednesday to use its mandate to pursue a "healing process" as the …
Sri Lanka’s former army chief launches attack on president
April 22, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's detained former army chief briefly emerged from custody Thursday to attend the opening of parliament and used the …
Sri Lanka public interest lawyer in parliament
Apr 22, 2010 (LBO) - A senior lawyer, M A Sumanthiran, practising in Sri Lanka's supreme court, court of appeal and commercial high court and district courts …
Sri Lanka ruling party wins huge majority
April 20, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's ruling party has won a near two-thirds majority in parliament at national polls, the elections commission said in final …
Sri Lanka ruling party wins 144 seats
Apr 21, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's ruling United People's Freedom Alliance of President Mahinda Rajapaksa has won 144 seats just six seats short of a two thirds …
Sri Lanka new parliament gets finance and legal minds
Apr 21, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party has appointed an economist and a banker to parliament while a minority party has …