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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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' …
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 …
July 10, 2010 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan lawmaker entered the fifth day of a protest outside the main UN compound in Colombo Saturday despite a plea from UN chief …
July 10, 2010 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan lawmaker ended a "death fast" Saturday outside the main UN compound in Colombo after failing to get the world body to …
UNITED NATIONS, July 8, 2010 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon recalled Thursday his main representative in Sri Lanka and closed down offices in Colombo that have …
July 6, 2010 (AFP) - Protesters led by a Sri Lankan cabinet minister surrounded the United Nations office in Colombo on Tuesday to protest at a UN panel set up …
SYDNEY, July 6, 2010 (AFP) - Australia's new leader Julia Gillard Tuesday revealed surprise plans to ship asylum-seekers to impoverished East Timor, in a …
SYDNEY, July 5, 2010 (AFP) - Human Rights Watch urged Australia's new prime minister on Monday to lift a controversial freeze on Afghan and Sri Lankan asylum …
BRUSSELS, July 1, 2010 (AFP) - The European Union urged Sri Lanka's government on Thursday to cooperate with a UN panel probing alleged war crimes during the …
NEW DELHI, June 28, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president vowed to resist international calls to investigate war crimes allegedly committed during the country's …
June 24, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka will ban visits by the three-member United Nations panel investigating alleged human rights abuses in the final months of the …
June 23, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka accused the UN on Wednesday of a "hidden agenda" behind its plans to investigate alleged human rights abuses by soldiers in the …
UNITED NATIONS, June 22, 2010 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon Tuesday set up a panel to investigate allegations of human rights abuses in the final months of the …
June 21, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is "deeply unhappy" at a move by UN chief Ban Ki-moon to name a panel to look into alleged war crimes committed during the …
June 20, 2010 (AFP) - A senior leader of Sri Lanka's defeated Tamil Tiger rebels has agreed to help the government in its post-war reconstruction efforts, a …