Six killed as UN envoy visits Sri Lanka
Aug 7, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops killed six suspected Tamil Tiger rebels in overnight clashes in the north of the country ahead of a visit by a top UN …
Aug 7, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops killed six suspected Tamil Tiger rebels in overnight clashes in the north of the country ahead of a visit by a top UN …
NEW YORK, Aug 6, 2007 (AFP) - Unlawful killings, abductions and other violations by government forces in Sri Lanka have increased dramatically amid escalating …
Aug 6, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Monday there was no credible evidence for a rights group's claim that government forces were responsible for intensifying …
August 06, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's entry to the ASEAN at the formation of the regional grouping was opposed in 1967 by Singapore, a retired Thai …
NEW DELHI, Aug 5, 2007 (AFP) - The death toll from raging floods in India neared 1,100 Sunday as more people drowned in swollen rivers that have stranded …
Aug 5, 2007 (AFP) - A top UN official is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka this week to discuss the island's deepening Tamil separatist conflict and the plight …
Aug 3, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Friday rejected charges that it had tampered with evidence in the investigations into the massacre of 17 workers employed by a …
Aug 4, 2007 (AFP) - At least 32 Tamil civilians have been killed and another 24 "disappeared" last month in Tamil-dominated areas of Sri Lanka's embattled …
August 4, 2007 (LBO) - Sri Lanka’s government has significantly altered its budget halfway through the year slashing public investment and bringing down …
August 03, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank said its target for July reserve money was met with billions of rupees to spare and most of the …
August 03, 2007 (LBO) – India has called on Sri Lanka to 'speed up' talks on the enhanced free trade pact between the two countries during talks with a …
August 3, 2007 (LBO) – The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has called for applications from Sri Lankan companies for its annual 'Ten Best Corporate Citizen …
August 02, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has formally joined the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), a body that discusses security issues in which both Asia-Pacific …
MANILA, Aug 2, 2007 (AFP) - The international community must step up efforts to safeguard maritime security in the face of terrorist threats, Sri Lanka said …
August 02, 2007 (LBO) – Members of a Sri Lankan political party, Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC), that helps keep the ruling coalition in power submitted …
August 01, 2007 (LBO) – Gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed a journalist in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna peninsula Wednesday, the Free Media Movement …
July 31, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's bloated public sector has consumed a bulk of the additional tax collections in the first five months of the year, with …
July 31, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's consumer prices shot up to 17.6 percent in the year to July with the index growing 2.8 percent in the past 30 days, the …
July 31, 2007 (AFP) - Three soldiers died in a bomb attack in northern Sri Lanka Tuesday, while the military said it had uncovered a new Tamil Tiger weapons …
July 30, 2007 (AFP) - When India and Sri Lanka signed a peace pact two decades ago it was hailed as a landmark that could end Asia's longest running civil war. …