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 …

Sri Lanka gets less bang for capital buck: economist

Jan 30, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is saving and investing too little and spending too much and the country is also getting less returns than more efficient …

Sri Lanka ready for investors with polls over: BOI chief

Jan 29, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state investment promotion agency is standing by to support businessmen who want to start investing now that the polls are …

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 …

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 …

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 policy certainty higher after polls: CB Governor

Jan 28, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's policy direction is clearer after a President Rajapaksa was returned to power with a bigger majority allowing investors to …

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 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 …

Sri Lanka inflation accelerate to 6.5-pct in Jan

Jan 28, 2010 (LBO) - Inflation in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo accelerated to 6. buy symbicort online …

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 …

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 on edge as results released

January 27, 2010 (AFP) - President Mahinda Rajapakse has taken the lead in Sri Lanka's tense election, officials said Wednesday, but the opposition said it was …

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 …