Sri Lanka refugee hunger strike fails to sway Australian PM
SYDNEY, October 16, 2009 (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday refused to be swayed by hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum-seekers who launched a …
Sri Lanka fines US embassy for illegal water supply: official
October 16, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main water utility said Friday it had fined the US embassy in Colombo more than 3,000 dollars for illegally tapping …
Sri Lanka unable to stop migrant outflow: minister
October 15, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Thursday it was unable to prevent migrants leaving the country, as Indonesia intercepted a boatload of asylum seekers …
Sri Lanka asylum-seekers threaten to torch boat
BANTEN, October 14, 2009 (AFP) - More than 250 Sri Lankans seeking asylum in Australia have threatened to set fire to their boat if they are forced to …
Sri Lanka Tamil Tiger suspects on trial for Paris racket
PARIS, October 12, 2009 (AFP) - Twenty-two suspected Tamil Tiger rebels went on trial Monday for running an extortion racket among Paris's ethnic Tamil …
Sri Lanka to hold early elections: state radio
October 13, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka will hold presidential and parliamentary elections before April next year, state radio announced Tuesday, in the wake of the …
Anger grows among Sri Lanka detained refugees: rights group
October 11, 2009 (AFP) - A quarter of a million Tamil civilians detained in state-run camps since the end of Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict are in an increasingly …
Voting underway in Sri Lanka’s final council poll
October 10, 2009 (AFP) - Voting got underway in southern Sri Lanka Saturday in the final local council poll before national elections due next year, officials …
Sri Lanka Tamil refugees should move freely: US
WASHINGTON, October 9, 2009 (AFP) - The United States on Friday called on the Sri Lankan government to allow Tamil refugees displaced by recent fighting to …
Sri Lanka wraps up final council poll ahead of national elections
October 10, 2009 (AFP) - Vote counting got under way in southern Sri Lanka Saturday after nine hours of polling for the final local council before national …
Britain says Sri Lanka war victims should be freed
October 6, 2009 (AFP) - Britain on Tuesday expressed disappointment with Sri Lanka's handling of war-displaced civilians and demanded that they be given the …
Oil Support
Oct 07, 2009 (LBO) - A call for offshore oil field support services by a company exploring for oil in Sri Lanka provides domestic firms the opportunity they …
US responds to Sri Lanka protest over Clinton remark
WASHINGTON, October 4, 2009 (AFP) - The United States, responding to protests from Sri Lanka over remarks by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, said it had no …
Sri Lanka seeks foreign cash for war-displaced
October 5, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka will tap foreign donors to raise more cash to look after over 250,000 people displaced by its offensive against Tamil Tiger …
Circular Debt
Oct 05, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan government organisations owed the state-owned refiner, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), 61 billion rupees in unpaid bills …
Wife of jailed Sri Lankan reporter accepts Peter Mackler Award
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Sri Lanka protest Clinton’s rape remark
October 3, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka lodged a protest over US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's remarks that rape had been used as a war tactic on the island, …
UN ratchets up criticism of Sri Lankan camps
September 29, 2009 (AFP) - The United Nations on Tuesday issued its strongest criticism yet of Sri Lanka over its continued internment of 250,000 people who …
Sri Lanka says to resettle displaced Tamils quickly
UNITED NATIONS, September 26, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's prime minister vowed anew here Saturday that Colombo would quickly resettle civilians still in state-run …
Sri Lanka under pressure from rights groups over war refugees
September 23, 2009 (AFP) - Human rights groups urged world leaders Wednesday to pressure Sri Lanka over the immediate resettlement of quarter of a million …