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On a day dominated by the bat, Sri Lanka A seized a 181-run lead over their South African counterparts, with five wickets still remaining in their first innings.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) _ People in the poor, mainly Tamil neighborhood in Colombo described it as a harrowing day.

Sri Lanka’s Tamils say they are victimized by security forces as war with rebels escalates

Aug 31, Colombo: Clashes between the Sri Lankan troops and the Tamil Tigers killed at least 11 LTTE cadres and three security personnel in the embattled North, the Defence Ministry said today.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—People in the poor, mainly Tamil neighborhood in Colombo described it as a harrowing day. It was 5 a.m. on a Wednesday when police started knocking on doors.

People in the poor, mainly Tamil neighborhood in Colombo described it as a harrowing day.

Army`s elite Special Forces (SF) troops in pursuit of terrorists encircled at Konketiyawa, East of t..

A group of LTTE cadres that infiltrated through a gap in the Army`s FDL were hunted and killed by th..

Aug 31, Colombo: The 29th GSM Asia Pacific Conference of the GSM Association is scheduled to kickoff on September 7, 2008 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

CaFFE says violence on the polling day was reduced as a result of raising awareness on pre-poll violence.

Aug 31, Colombo: Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has reportedly approved the request made by the Shell Gas to increase the price of a 12.5Kg domestic gas cylinder.

Aug 31, Colombo: Defense Ministry report said that Sri Lankan peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) have helped victims of Hurricane Gustav in the aftermath of the storm.

Aug 31, Colombo: Government of the United Kingdom has come forward to help the Government of Sri Lanka to build 7 flyovers and 54 bridges around the country.

Aug 31, Colombo: Media watchdog in Sri Lanka, the Free Media Movement (FMM) said it is outraged to note and expresses its serious concern …

NUWAN Kulasekara wrecked India’s top order with a career-best haul of 4-40 to bowl Sri Lanka to a consolation 112-run victory in the fifth and final one-day international in Colombo.

A man killed after a vehicle of Min P.Chandrasekaran knocks threewheeler in Avissawella. Mob assaults his security, Min wasn’t present-police-JNW

At least 43 persons were injured in a bomb explosion near the Bo Tree in Pettah, Colombo. Government say the attack was carried out by the LTTE.

Colombo, Aug 31 : The Tamil Tigers said Sunday that military shelling in the rebel-held Kilinochchi district in Sri Lanka had killed five Tamil civilians, including two children, displaced by fighting.

Machan, a Sri Lanka-UK co-production, is based on a Sri Lanka handball team that vanished in Germany.

NUWAN Kulasekara wrecked India’s top order with a career-best haul of 4-40 to bowl Sri Lanka to a consolation 112-run victory in the fifth and final one-day international in Colombo.

KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka, Aug. 31 (UPI) — Sri Lankan rebels say the country’s military is responsible for the deaths of five civilians at a refugee camp in the northern town of Kilinochchi.

Shell Gas will increase price of 12.5 kg cylinder by Rs126 to Rs1,863 from midnight tonight due to high import prices in Jun-July-Shell Spokesman-JNW

Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka accuse the army of killing five civilians in an attack near one of their bases.

In Padawiya, Konketiyawa in Anuradhapura district bodies of 10 LTTE cadres & stock of arms & ammunition recovered after clash with Army-MCNS-JNW

Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka accuse the army of killing five civilians in an attack near one of their bases.

Colombo, Aug 31 (IANS) The Tamil Tigers said Sunday that military shelling in the rebel-held Kilinochchi district in Sri Lanka had killed five Tamil civilians, including two children, displaced by fighting.

Colombo – At least three soldiers and 22 rebels were killed in fighting in the northern part of Sri Lanka, a military spokesman said Sunday. Weekend combat was reported from Vavuniya, Kilinochchi, Welioya, Mullaitivu and the Jaffna areas, more than 3…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - People in the poor, mainly Tamil neighborhood in Colombo described it as a harrowing day. It was 5 a.m. on a Wednesday when police started knocking [...]

Five Sri Lankan fishermen who were stranded in the middle of the ocean for more than three weeks and ended up on an island off the coast of Thailand were flown back toSri Lanka Saturday morning, a local newspaper reported on Sunday.

Police probing yesterday s explosion in Colombo suspect that a bomb with a timing device had been us..

Colombo Dockyard has secured local as well as foreign orders up to the year 2011.

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Sri Lanka police said Sunday that they have questioned about 30 people about the bomb blast that occured yesterday (Aug 30th) in Pettah, Colombo.

Five civilians, including two children, displaced recently from Mannaar district were killed Saturda..

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan soldiers ambushed and killed 10 Tamil Tiger rebels on Sunday who were trying to infiltrate back into the country's east, from where the guerrillas were driven out last year, the military said.

Winayagaratna Muralitharan alias Karuna, former second in command of tiger terrorist organization and present leader of TMVP accuses international human rights organizations of maintaining silence over the atrocities of tiger terrorists.

It is reported that LP Gas cylinder prices will increase by at least Rs. 100 starting September 1st. The exact increase will be announced tomorrow by the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA).

Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka have accused the army of killing five civilians, including two children, in the rebel-controlled north.

The national carrier, SriLankan Airlines has confirmed that it is facing its worst ever…

Hundreds of Buddhist monks, Catholic bishops, priests and nuns, Hindu and Muslim clergy and several thousand lay people are expected to take part in an all-religions rally at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo today.

Five people, including two children, were killed when Sri Lankan security forces shelled a village in the island’s rebel-held north, Tamil Tiger guerrillas said Sunday.

Aug 31, Colombo: Government of Sri Lanka has decided to hold the elections of the rest of the Provincial Councils as scheduled once their terms end as per the schedule prepared by the Election Commissioner.

Aug 31, Colombo: An earlier travel advisory imposed by the government of Belgium advising visitors to refrain from non-essential travel to Sri Lanka has been revised since yesterday.

Aug 31, Colombo: The Board of Directors of Sampath Bank recently announced the retirement of the Bank’s Managing Director and the Chief Executive Officer, Anil Amarasuriya on reaching the retirement age.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | A bomb blast blamed on separatist Tamil Tigers wounded 45 people in Sri Lanka’s capital Saturday, while renewed fighting in the embattled north killed 19 rebels and six soldiers, the military said.

Unidentified armed men shot and killed a male in Pa’ndaariku’lam in Vavuniyaa Saturday morning. The dead has not been identified yet. His body has been lying in the Vavuniyaa general hospital, according to media sources in the town.

A bomb blast blamed on separatist Tamil Tigers wounded 45 people in Sri Lanka’s capital, the military said.

A bomb blast blamed on separatist Tamil Tigers wounded 45 people in Sri Lanka’s capital, the military said.

COLOMBO, Aug 29 (Reuters) Sri Lanka scored a convincing 112-run victory in the fifth and final one-dayer today to leave India as 3-2 series winners.

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Deep Penetration Unit soldiers triggered a Claymore mine Friday evening around 7:00 p.m. on a convoy of FORUT, a Norwegian NGO, at Kanakaraayanku’lam, a few minutes after the convoy has passed the entry point to Vanni, Tamileelam Police officials told TamilNet Saturday. Tamileelam police officials charged that the SLA has stepped [...]

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka scored a convincing 112-run victory in the fifth and final one-dayer on Friday to leave India as 3-2 series winners.

Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) confronted Sri Lanka Army (SLA) that attempted to advance towards Aalangku’lam in Thu’nukkaay division of Mullaiththeevu district from 9:40 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. Saturday. LTTE fighters have seized 7 T-56 automatic rifles and recovered 3 dead bodies of SLA soldiers after heavy fighting. The Tigers claimed that at least 20 [...]

Thirty year old Naranarayasinghan Loganthan, a native of Punaalai in Jaffna district and resident of Dehiwala in Colombo district was reported missing since July 17, according to a belated complaint lodged with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) and Civil Monitoring Committee by his sister Vijeyaluxmy on Thursday, sources said.

Sri Lanka A’s top order, led by centurion Tharanga Paranavitana, made South Africa’s first-innings total look innocuous as they ended day two of the first unofficial Test 208 runs behind the hosts.

Sri Lanka’s knowledge economy is not developed, therefore we are not yet ready for the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), said Rohantha Athukorala. He was addressing a seminar organised concurrent to the ProFood Propack exhibition in Colombo last week.

CRICKET: Sri Lanka cricket coach Trevor Bayliss termed the 3-2 Idea Cup One-Day International series defeat to India as a “minor hiccup”, and insisted, but for below-par batting, the hosts could have beaten the tourists considering the outstanding effort put in by their bowlers.

Five civilians, including two children, displaced recently from Mannaar district were killed Saturday evening when Sri Lanka Army (SLA) launched artillery attack on Puthumu’rippu village, situated 7 km southwest of Ki’inochchi town. Three civilians were rushed to Ki’inochchi hospital in critical condition, according to medical sources. The SLA attack, targeting the village, densely populated by [...]

Five civilians, including two children, displaced recently from Mannaar district were killed Saturday evening when Sri Lanka Army (SLA) launched artillery attack on Puthumu’rippu village, situated a few kilometers from Ki’inochchi town. Three civilians were rushed to Ki’inochchi hospital in critical condition, according to medical sources. The SLA attack, targeting the village, densely populated by [...]