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Sri Lanka: Fonseka barred from political office

Former Sri Lankan Army chief General (retired) Sarath Fonseka has been barred from political office ...

`Fonseka a pawn in game to check mate Rajapaksa`

The story of Fonseka`s release on Monday dominated the local media on Tuesday, with many a speculati...

Former SL Army chief Fonseka released from prison

Jailed former Sri Lankan Army chief general Sarath Fonseka has been released after more than two yea...

Fonseka finally walks free from Lanka prison

Sri Lanka`s war hero Sarath Fonseka walked free from prison on Monday on a presidential pardon after...

Sri Lankan President orders Fonseka`s release

Sarath Fonseka is currently serving a three-year jail term having been convicted in what was termed ...

`LTTE Diaspora has not given up separatism`

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa rejected international calls to withdraw troops from the coun...

S Lanka marks war anniversary with military parade

Sri Lanka celebrated three years since the end of a 30-year war with Tamil Tiger rebels by staging a...

Sri Lanka: HC grants bail to Sarath Fonseka

Sarath Fonseka led the Sri Lankan Army to victory against LTTE in the war which crushed the Tamil se...

Former Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels ‘disappear’

A rights campaigner claims the men have apparently been taken away by the Sri Lankan government auth...

‘Former Sri Lankan Army chief Fonseka to be freed’

Former Sri Lankan Army Commander Sarath Fonseka is to be freed from prison soon, a legislator said.

India encouraged LTTE in the 1980`s: Book

The book, `Gota`s War`, talks about India`s "covert" role in LTTE`s growth as the outfit undertook f...

Sri Lanka’s top leaders hold reconciliation talks

Ranil Wickremesinghe led a UNP delegation to the `Temple Trees`, residence of Mahinda Rajapaksa at h...

EU wants fair trial for detainees in Sri Lanka

Several hundreds of suspected Tamil Tiger rebels and other political prisoners are in Sri Lankan pri...

Sri Lanka: Mosque dispute not prompting Muslim party`s withdrawal

Rauff Hakeem, leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress told reporters that he believed President Mahi...

Sri Lankan govt, oppn trade charges over reconciliation

A revived debate in Sri Lanka on devolution package for the Tamils appears to have run into rough we...

Sri Lankan President leaves for South Korea

Several bilateral agreements would be signed during Mahinda Rajapaksa`s visit with emphasis on bilat...

Sri Lanka celebrates Sinhala and Tamil New Year

The new year is observed by the Sinhala Buddhist community which forms 74 percent of Sri Lanka`s pop...

Sri Lanka keen to implement war commission report

The Sri Lankan govt has told parliament that it has no objection in implementing recommendations of ...

India slams SL media report on LTTE camps in TN

Reports in a section of the Sri Lankan media suggested the existence of LTTE-training camps in Tamil...

US court dismisses case against Rajapaksa

The US State Department had entered a motion asking the case be dismissed because of the immunity p...

India-Sri Lanka joint sea patrolling sought

A Sri Lankan minister has called for joint patrolling by Indian and Sri Lankan Navies to prevent cla...

No one needs to tell us what to do: Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka is ready to walk an extra mile to establish permanent peace in the country through reconc...

‘India introduced a balanced UN resolution on SL`

PM Manmohan Singh wrote to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, telling him that India succeeded in introduc...

Lankan Army Chief slams resolution at UN meet

Lt Gen Jagath Jayasuriya said that the motive behind the move was to frame President Mahinda Rajapak...

Sri Lanka monks protest US move

Several hundred Buddhist monks marched to the US embassy vowing support for President Mahinda Rajapa...

US court dismisses case against Rajapaksa

A federal US court dismissed a lawsuit against Mahinda Rajapaksa, noting he is immune as a sitting H...

Sri Lanka ready for UNHRC sessions: Officials

Sri Lanka is ready for the upcoming session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva with an impres...

Top US officials arrive in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka`s rights record is expected to be the centre of discussions at the UN Human Rights Council...

‘Give Rajapaksa Bharat Ratna for wiping out LTTE’

Subramanian Swamy has said that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa should be awarded Bharat Ratn...

Pak, Lanka to strengthen cooperation in defence, banking

The Sri Lankan President extended his deep sense of gratitude to Pakistan for helping in surmounting...

Sri Lankans demand release of jailed ex-Army Chief

Opposition lawmakers and activists demanded the release of Sri Lanka`s jailed ex-Army Chief, shouti...

Rajapaksa to visit Pakistan to boost ties

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will visit Pakistan on February 10 for talks aimed at boosti...

`Imported solutions won`t work in Sri Lanka`

Differences over a political solution are hampering Sri Lanka`s efforts to resolve the Tamil issue.

Rajapaksa shifted Pongal reception for Krishna

Sri Lankan Prez Mahinda Rajapaksa made a last-minute change to the timing of his traditional `Thaipo...

‘Formulate political solution of Tamil issue’

India Tuesday told Sri Lanka that the "most important" issue before it was to come out with a politi...

Krishna meets Sri Lankan President

External Affairs Minister SM Krishna Tuesday met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa here and is ...

Tigress, cubs kill, eat farmer in Yavatmal

A tigress from a nearby forest reserve killed a farmer while he was working in the field and, along ...

No deliberate targeting of civilians: Lankan probe

A Sri Lankan war commission has cleared the nation`s Army of deliberately targetting civilians in ...

Sri Lankan opposition attacked inside Parliament

Opposition members were protesting inside Parliament during a budget speech by Sri Lankan President.

PM to Sri Lanka: Use of force on fishermen not acceptable

The two leaders also discussed the speedy resettlement of Tamils displaced by armed conflict with th...

PM meets Lankan President, discusses Tamil issue

PM Manmohan Singh is understood to have discussed the Tamil issue during his meeting with President ...

War crimes charges filed against Lankan Prez

Ahead of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, a Sri Lankan man has filed war crimes ch...

Advisor`s murder suspects held in India: Rajapaksa

The suspects have been arrested following cooperation received from the Indian government.

Voting underway in Sri Lanka`s mid-term test

Voters are set to elect 420 members from among 6,488 candidates, with results are due by tomorrow.

Attempt to create unrest in Lanka: Rajapaksa

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa warned of an attempt to create religious and ethnic unrest i...

SL war crimes panel to submit report by Nov 15

A Sri Lankan inquiry commission probing the country`s civil war with LTTE between February 2002 and...

S Lanka: Might of powerful nations cannot prevail

Rajapaksa said every country`s values, traditions and religious convictions cannot be diluted or dis...

Rajapaksa denies Indian pressure over Tamil issue

Sri Lankan Prez said that any settlement to Tamil matter would have to be approved by Parliament.

Work out political arrangement with Tamils: India to Lanka

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has accepted President Mahinda Rajapaksa`s invitation to visit Sri Lan...

India should not support Rajapaksa, says BJP

Tamil Nadu BJP unit on Wednesday said India should not repeat the "mistake" of supporting Sri Lanka...

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