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UK: `Tamil asylum seekers to be forcibly deported`

Dozens of Sri Lankan asylum seekers will be forcibly removed from Britain on a secretive deportation...

`Sri Lanka north not just for Tamils’

The Sri Lankan Army defeated the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels after 26 years o...

India reviews rehabilitation work in Sri Lanka

Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Ashok K Kantha has visited the stronghold of former Tamil Tige...

Lanka dismisses US human rights report

Sri Lanka dismissed a US report that questioned the human rights record of its police and security f...

Sri Lanka: UK envoy`s military comments cause stir

John Rankin said that the UK hopes that the military presence in the North and East of Sri Lanka can...

Five Sri Lankan fishermen held in AP

Five Sri Lankan fishermen were arrested when they were caught entering Indian waters in the Bay of B...

Sri Lanka: Fonseka barred from political office

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

Five Sri Lankan fishermen held in Andhra

Five Sri Lankan fishermen were arrested and seized with their boats when they were caught entering t...

Sri Lanka to launch its first satellite in 2015

China will help Sri Lanka launch its first satellite by 2015, officials said.

Punjab govt plea against terror suspects dismissed

The Punjab government had sought cancellation of bail granted to terrorists linked to an attack on S...

Lankan oppn asks govt to implement LLRC recommenda

Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing the Parliament said that recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and R...

After release, Fonseka to form his own party

Sri Lanka`s former Army chief Sarath Fonseka, who had dared to challenge the country`s powerful Pres...

`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...

Sri Lanka must co-operate on war probes: Fonseka

Fonseka said some Sri Lankan leaders were "hiding their faces" over the conduct of the war, as if th...

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...

Over 200 Tamil prisoners stage protest in S Lanka

The inmates of three prisons located in the capital Colombo are demanding that they be charged for t...

Sri Lankan President orders Fonseka`s release

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

Hillary praises Lankan plan to implement LLRC repo

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has praised Sri Lanka`s plan to implement the post-conflict re...

Fonseka’s release held by legal snag

Fonseka is currently serving the 3-year jail term having been convicted by the High Court in what wa...

Sri Lanka: Woman bites off lover`s penis

The man, identified as Chandana Pradeep, had argued with the woman after she refused to give him mon...

`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...

Will probe war abuses: Sri Lanka to US

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, GM Peiris, presented to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a detail...

S Lanka: ‘There cannot be freedom of the wild ass’

Sri Lanka hit back at accusations of media stifling, saying it was not pursuing a policy of banning ...

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...

Sri Lanka announces new scheme for dual citizenship

Sri Lanka announced a new scheme to encourage those who have settled abroad to return home under a p...

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.

SL cautions US against imposing external solution

Sri Lanka has cautioned the US against imposing any foreign solution to the issues concerning its pe...

SL cracks down on illegal workers after Indian`s death

Sri Lanka has cracked down on foreigners working illegally after an Indian died while working in a s...

Fonseka could be freed soon: Report

Jailed former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka, who led the successful battle against the Tamil ...

Sri Lanka’s top leaders hold reconciliation talks

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

Biggest-ever secret LTTE arms dump busted

Sri Lankan security forces made their biggest-ever haul recovering 6,250 kgs of hidden LTTE explosiv...

Sri Lanka to release information on war detainees

The ministry of defence said that a decision has been made to release information on the detainees o...

Sri Lankan parties brace for snap elections

Snap elections for 3 of the 9 provincial councils are expected to take place after September this ye...

LTTE sympathiser freed after 5 years in US prison

Karunakaran Kandasamy had pleaded guilty in 2009 to purchasing IEDs, missiles and machine guns and r...

8 Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan jails: Minister

A total of eight Indian fishermen are currently held in Sri Lanka while 36 Lankan fishermen are lodg...

Lanka govt to bring back fishermen held by India

Indian coast guards arrested the six fishermen for illegally fishing in Indian waters.

Sri Lankan Buddhists demand demolition of mosque

Last month, thousands of Buddhist monks stormed the mosque in town of Dambulla, saying it was constr...

Sri Lanka to lodge protest against UNHRC chief

Sri Lanka accuses Navi Pillay of violating her mandate over adoption of a resolution that censured C...

Lankan fishermen held for entering Indian waters

Six Sri Lankan fishermen were arrested by Marine police for illegally fishing in Indian waters off N...

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...

Six Lankan fishermen arrested in Andhra coast

The Coast Guard personnel first spotted a Sri Lankan boat with six fishermen on board during routine...

Delegation discusses problems of Tamils in SL

India`s concerns over the problems being faced by Tamilians in Sri Lanka were conveyed by a multi-pa...

Sri Lanka: Outrage as LTTE flag displayed at rally

The Sri Lankan government accused the opposition of giving comfort to separatism through the May Day...

Free Fonseka, Sri Lankan opposition says

Sri Lanka`s main opposition party has called for the immediate release of the jailed Sarath Fonseka.

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...

`Compensate kin of fishermen killed by SL navy`

Manithaneya Makkal Katchi Party Prez Dr MH Jawahirullah said that more than 500 fishermen had been k...

Sri Lanka party calls for calm over disputed mosque

The main Muslim party in Sri Lanka said a disputed mosque should not be relocated without the consen...

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