Sri Lanka delays local polls for World Cup
January 5, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Wednesday postponed council elections near three cricket World Cup venues as the nation seeks to put on a flawless show as …
January 5, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Wednesday postponed council elections near three cricket World Cup venues as the nation seeks to put on a flawless show as …
January 3, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Monday it was considering banning mini-skirts following complaints about women wearing skimpy clothing in the …
January 1, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka will hold its first nationwide local elections since the crushing of Tamil Tiger rebels, a minister said, with the mid-March …
Dec 31, 2010 (LBO) - The United States has given Sri Lanka 5.5 million US dollars worth of emergency food aid to support the return of refugees displaced by …
December 30, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is to drop all remaining references to its British colonial name "Ceylon" from state institutions, a government spokesman …
December 21, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Tuesday warned the United States to exercise "circumspection" in diplomatic cables after a message released by …
WASHINGTON, December 18, 2010 (AFP) - Dozens of US lawmakers on Friday urged a global probe into alleged rights violations by Sri Lanka in the last stages of …
December 13, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka denied on Monday plans to outlaw the singing of the national anthem in Tamil after the main minority party raised strong …
December 13, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamils expressed concern on Monday over a media report suggesting that the government was set to ban singing the national …
December 9, 2010 (AFP) - A six-year-old girl found at a house in Colombo is believed to have been sold by a hospital worker soon after the 2004 Indian Ocean …
KIEV, December 9, 2010 (AFP) - Ukraine will send a diplomat to the Nobel peace prize ceremony for jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiabo, a foreign ministry …
Dec 10, 2010 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan customs officer who was gunned down after he exposed corruption in the customs service was posthumously awarded the National …
BANGKOK, December 8, 2010 (AFP) - Thai authorities said Wednesday they had arrested 45 migrants from Sri Lanka in the latest of a series of crackdowns in …
OSLO, December 7, 2010 (AFP) - Nineteen countries will shun Friday's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo for jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel …
December 2, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government lambasted the prestigious Oxford Union Thursday for cancelling a talk by President Mahinda Rajapakse following …
December 3, 2010 (AFP) - Hundreds of ruling party activists demonstrated at the British embassy in Colombo Friday to denounce Oxford University's debating …
Dec 03, 2010 (LBO) - The United States has consistently called on Sri Lanka to have a credible probe into alleged war crimes during its war against Tamil Tiger …
December 1, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's President expressed regret after the Oxford Union cancelled a scheduled speech by him amid security concerns, his office …
WASHINGTON, December 1, 2010 (AFP) - The United States questioned if Sri Lanka would thoroughly probe war crimes allegations as the accusations involve …
November 29, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's parliament approved the country's first fully-fledged post-war budget on Monday with a two-thirds majority, officials …