Sri Lanka presidential election results clean, campaign dirty: polls chief
Feb 03, 2010 (LBO) – Results of Sri Lanka’s recently concluded presidential poll was clean, contrary to complaints of malpractices, but election …
Sri Lanka urged by Amnesty to end post-poll ‘clampdown’
February 2, 2010 (AFP) - Rights monitor Amnesty International urged Sri Lanka on Tuesday to end what it described as a post-presidential election "clampdown" …
Sri Lanka president revokes expulsion of Swiss reporter
January 31, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse on Sunday revoked an expulsion order against a Swiss reporter who covered the island's fiercely …
Sri Lanka president to take oaths Feb 04: report
Jan 31, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's re-elected president Mahinda Rajapaksa will take oaths for his second term in Kandy when the country celebrates independence …
EU calls on Sri Lanka to probe reports of election irregularities
BRUSSELS, January 29, 2010 (AFP) - The European Union on Friday urged the Sri Lankan authorities to investigate reports of "irregularities" during the …
Rights group, monitors query Sri Lankan election
January 29, 2010 (AFP) - Poll monitors and human rights groups on Friday raised questions over elections that drove Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse back …
Australia says no asylum request from Sri Lanka’s Fonseka
SYDNEY, January 29, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka has not sought asylum from Australia, Foreign Minister Stephen …
Sri Lanka police raids opposition office
January 29, 2010 (AFP) - Police raided Friday the office of defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka as monitors and rights groups criticised the Sri …
India hopes Sri Lanka poll win will heal ethnic divisions
NEW DELHI, January 27, 2010 (AFP) - India Wednesday congratulated Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on his re-election and voiced hope that he would help …
Sri Lanka to mend fences with West: president
January 27, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president, who won a second term Wednesday, said he was keen to repair relations with Western nations that have been at …
UN chief relieved at Sri Lanka’s relatively peaceful polls
UNITED NATIONS, January 27, 2010 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday voiced relief that Sri Lanka's presidential polls went off relatively peacefully and …
Sri Lanka president must heal ethnic rift: analysts
January 28, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lankans opted for stability in their first post-war presidential poll, but analysts say the results underscored simmering ethnic …
US cheers polls, urges candidate safety, electoral abuse probe
Jan 28, 2010 (LBO) - The United States congratulated Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa on his election to a second term in office but said the safety of …
Sri Lanka’s Fonseka leaves hotel
January 27, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's defeated opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka left a luxury hotel in Colombo on Wednesday where he had been holed up all …
Sri Lanka postal ballots favour Rajapaksa
Jan 27, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa led in postal ballots of mostly state workers with opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka getting a …
Sri Lanka President ahead in early results
Jan 27, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapaksa was leading his rival, common opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka in early results in an election …
Sri Lanka military says looking for deserters at Fonseka’s hotel
January 27, 2010 (AFP) - Heavily armed troops on Wednesday surrounded the hotel occupied by Sri Lanka's main presidential challenger, former army chief Sarath …
Two killed in Sri Lanka post-poll violence
January 27, 2010 (AFP) - A Buddhist monk and another man were killed in a grenade attack on a temple in Sri Lanka's central town of Gampola on Wednesday as …
Sri Lanka president wins re-election
January 27, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse won a bruising re-election battle on Wednesday, but the result was rejected by his opponent who …
Sri Lanka’s Tamils trudge to polls in post-war vote – Scene
VAVUNIYA, January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Kandaswamy Wellarayanam, 73, walked six kilometres to vote in Sri Lanka's election from a state camp where displaced Tamils …