UN chief slams rebel shelling in Sri Lanka
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 27, 2007 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned a Tamil rebel artillery attack in Sri Lanka that injured several foreign …
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 27, 2007 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned a Tamil rebel artillery attack in Sri Lanka that injured several foreign …
February, 28 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Navy has fired on an identified ship off the island's south coast after the ship ignored an order to halt and fired on a …
February 28 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's use of anti-terror law against the media has been condemned by the Reporters without Borders (RSF) which called for the …
February, 28 (LBO) – Consumer prices in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo fell 1.3 percent in the month of February easing 12-month inflation to 19.2 percent …
TOKYO, Feb 27, 2007 (AFP) - Japan's ambassador to Sri Lanka is safe after Tamil rebels attacked a group of diplomats Tuesday, wounding the US and Italian …
COLOMBO, Feb 27, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan jets bombed suspected Tamil Tiger positions in eastern Sri Lanka on Tuesday after the rebels shelled two military …
BEIJING, Feb 27, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's foreign minister condemned an artillery attack Tuesday by Tamil Tiger rebels that wounded the German, Italian and US …
February, 27 (LBO) – Lanka IOC, a unit of Indian Oil Corporation emerging from a subsidy and pricing battle with the Sri Lanka government, has turned an …
Feb 27, 2007 (AFP) - The ambassadors of the United States and Italy were wounded Tuesday in an artillery attack by suspected Tamil rebels in eastern Sri Lanka, …
BEIJING, Feb 26, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse began a week-long state visit to China on Monday -- and showed up with an elephant as a …
COLOMBO, Feb 25, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops seized at least four bases from Tamil Tiger strongholds in the northeast in the past week, the defence ministry …
BIYAGAMA, Feb 25, 2007 (AFP) - For some engineers in this Sri Lankan industrial town, making women happy is their main job -- they design sexy bras which are …
Feb 25, 2007 (AFP) - As thousands flee for their lives amid heavy weekend artillery fire in northern and eastern Sri Lanka, analysts say the government, Tamil …
SYDNEY, Feb 24, 2007 (AFP) - Australia vowed Saturday not to send home a group of 85, mostly Sri Lankan boat people if it meant they would face persecution. …
February, 24 (LBO) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Zimbabwe not to print money and called for fundamental policy changes to stabilize …
Feb 23 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank Friday raised its key policy interest rate by 50 basis points to 12.00 percent to dampen rising prices as …
Feb 20 (LBO) – South Asian countries including Sri Lanka could make huge gains by freeing up trade in education, health and tourism and lowering other …
COLOMBO, Feb 23, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka and the rebel Tamil Tigers marked the fifth anniversary of their truce on Friday, hours after the guerrillas said the …
COLOMBO, Feb 23, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka truce monitors pulled out of an embattled northern region where thousands of civilians were on the run fearing a fresh …
COLOMBO, Feb 22, 2007 (AFP) - Three civilians were found shot dead in northern Sri Lanka and a soldier was killed in the country's east Thursday, on the eve of …