Sri Lanka drifting towards dictatorship: civil society
Mar 05, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan civil society groups Wednesday warned that the government's contempt for the rule of law and the constitution was …
Mar 05, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan civil society groups Wednesday warned that the government's contempt for the rule of law and the constitution was …
March 4, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan forces pushed deeper into Tamil Tiger territory in an offensive that has left at least 69 guerrillas and nine government …
March 03, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan naval vessels have been deployed to intercept a suspicious vessel 150 nautical miles off the island's eastern coast, the …
COLOMBO, March 3, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy on Monday rescued 71 Myanmar and Bangladeshi survivors adrift in the Indian Ocean after 20 people died aboard …
March 3, 2008 (AFP) - Artillery exchanges between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger separatists across the embattled tropical island's north left at least 25 …
March 2, 2008 (AFP) - A government soldier was killed in a roadside bomb attack carried out by Tamil Tiger guerrillas Sunday in northern Sri Lanka, the army …
Mar 01, 2008 (LBO) – Another mediaman who filmed a confrontation between state TV workers and a minister who stormed the station's newsroom has been …
March 1, 2008 (AFP) - A police officer wounded in a suicide bombing died in hospital Saturday, a hospital spokesman said as Sri Lanka's defence ministry …
Feb 29, 2008 (AFP) - A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday injuring seven people as police moved in to search his house in the Sri Lankan …
Feb 29, 2008 (AFP) - A powerful explosion ripped through a house in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo early Friday, police said, adding that at least seven people …
Feb 28, 2008 (LBO) – A bomb exploded during a search operation in the Kotahena area of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo Friday morning, injuring four police …
Feb 29, 2008 (LBO) - A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber triggered a bomb during a search operation in Colombo's Kotahena area and a pistol and ammunition had been …
Feb 28, 2008 (AFP) - Two bombs left at least eight civilians dead in guerrilla-held territory in northern Sri Lanka, Tamil rebels said Thursday as the defence …
Feb 25, 2008 (AFP) - At least 36 Tamil Tiger guerrillas and five Sri Lankan government soldiers have been killed in fresh fighting in and around rebel-held …
Feb 24, 2008 (AFP) - A suspected Tamil rebel suicide bomber killed two rival militants in eastern Sri Lanka on Sunday, officials said, as the government …
Feb 23, 2008 (AFP) - A bomb went off in a bus in a Colombo suburb on Saturday, wounding at least eight people, a hospital official said. Passengers were …
Feb 23, 2008 (LBO) – A bomb exploded in a bus in Mount Lavinia, a suburb south of the Sri Lanka's capital Colombo Saturday, police said. The office of …
Feb 23, 2008 (AFP) - A parcel bomb exploded on a bus in a Colombo suburb on Saturday, wounding at least 17 people in the latest in a string of violent attacks, …
Feb 22, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan war planes stepped up bombing raids inside Tamil Tiger-controlled territory Friday, a day after intense ground battles left at …
Feb 21, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's ruling party appointed a new member in place of a rebel member who died in a car crash, strengthening its clout in the …