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Participating in the Ministerial meeting in New York on Friday relating to children associated with armed forces and groups, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said that over 60 per cent of LTTE cadres were children. [...]

A raging blaze gutted a major part of Impala Hotel in Dehiwela around 12.30 a.m yesterday injuring two people and causing extensive damage to property valued at over millions of rupees.

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka Police Special Task Force (STF) commandos foiled an infiltration attempt by a group of Tamil Tigers killing two of the cadres in Ampara district of Eastern Sri Lanka this morning, the military said.

Sri Lanka A finished their tour of South Africa with a victory in the fifth and final unofficial ODI against South Africa A.

Abayaranasinghe Mudiyanselage Chandana Weerakumara alias Sakvithi Ranasinghe, wanted for defrauding thousands of people of millions of rupees deposited with his finance company, is likely to be arrested before Thursday, sources said.

NCC brought an end to SSC’s dominance in the domestic scene when they lifted the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) organised under 23 division one inter club title with a good first innings victory in the three-day final concluded at Maitland Place yesterday.

India's Madras Cements has joined the fray to revive a defunct cement plant in northern Sri Lanka, which government officials say can be done only after the military captures Tamil Tiger strongholds in the region.

The UNP has condemned the statement made to a Canadian newspaper by Army Commander Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka regarding minority communities.

Sept 29, Colombo: The time given to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international NGOs (INGOs) to withdraw from LTTE-held areas of northern Sri Lanka ended yesterday, and the Sri Lankan government says that the safety of humanitarian workers remaining in rebel-held areas cannot be guaranteed further.

US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Robert O` Blake says he was honoured to meet the leader of the Army-back..

COLOMBO: A suicide bomber on a bike in northern Sri Lanka killed one person and wounded nine yesterday in the main army-held town behind the frontlines of the Indian Ocean island nation’s war, the military said.

Photographs of Sri Lanka by Willis Peterson are on display in the Verde Art Gallery of Yavapai College from September 23 through October 11. Peterson said the 50 to 60 images that are on display were taken in 1974. “It was on one trip,” he said. “I used three cameras.”

Sri Lanka’s conflict resolution process has undergone a change during the Mahinda Rajapaksa presidency.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A suspected Tamil Tiger rebel suicide bomber blew up near a vehicle carrying police in a northern Sri Lankan town overnight, killing a civilian and wounding eight others, the military said.

(Lanka-e-News, September 28, 2008, 10.20 PM) One civilian was killed and seven were injured as a suicide bomber blasted himself at Vavuniya…

(Lanka-e-News, September 28, 2008, 10.20 PM) The government has changed its earlier stance that the NGOs providing humanitarian relief to people in north…

(Lanka-e-News, September 28, 2008, 10.20 PM) The raw between Tamil People’s Liberation Tigers (TMVP) leader Karuna Amman and his second-in-command Eastern Provincial Council Chief…

(Lanka-e-News, September 28, 2008, 10.20 PM) Army sources say that the LTTE repeatedly launched CS gas attacks at the troops advancing towards Nachchikuda in the western coast of…

Colombo, Sep 28 : One civilian was killed and nine people, including four police and three military personnel, were wounded Sunday when a suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber blew himself up targeting an auto-trishaw carrying police personnel in Sri Lanka’s restive north, military sources here said.

The series already wrapped up 3-1, Sri Lanka A finished their tour of South Africa with an backs-to-the-wall win over the hosts in game five in Benoni.

Sept 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka Air Force launched air attacks today on LTTE targets in support of the ground troops advancing ahead of northern frontlines while ground battles over the weekend killed 31 Tamil Tigers and 8 soldiers.

AHRC urges UN and judicial bodies to help protect rights defenders after an attack on TISL director’s home.

Sept 28, Colombo: A suspected LTTE suicide bomber blew himself near the main bus stand killing a civilian and injuring 9 others this afternoon, the military said.

Source: Reuters By C. Bryson Hull COLOMBO, Sept 28 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a bike in northern Sri Lanka killed one person and wounded nine on Sunday in the main army-held town behind the frontlines of the …

Source: Reuters By C. Bryson Hull

COLOMBO, Sept 28 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a bike in northern Sri Lanka killed one person and wounded nine on Sunday in the main army-held town behind the frontlines of the …

SC emphasise the importance of taking action against police officers who file false charges against innocent citizens.

A civilian was killed and nine others injured in a suicide bomb attack in Vavuniya, authorities said.

Fresh fighting around Sri Lanka’s embattled northern region left 17 combatants dead on both sides, the defence ministry said Sunday.

Sri Lanka’s military says a suicide bomber has blown himself up near a vehicle carrying policemen in a northern town, killing himself and a civilian and wounding eight others. Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara says separatist Tamil Tiger rebels were responsible for the attack Sunday in the town of Vavuniya. He says four police in [...]

(Lanka-e-News, September 28, 2008, 3.30 PM) Army Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara says that the Army that has rounded Kilinochchi town from three sides …

(Lanka-e-News, September 28, 2008, 3.30 PM) A hand grenade was thrown at Transparency International Director and human rights lawyer Krishantha Weliamuna’s …

UN says it will send food to civilians displaced by the fighting inside LTTE-held territory in the north.

Is cash strapped Sri Lanka Cricket about to fall into its second financial abyss? According to Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee sources, Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge has requested them to go ahead and call for tenders for TV rights for Sri Lanka Cricket from January 1, 2009.

The police investigating a massive financial fraud committed by a person who called himself Deshamanya Sakvithi Ranasinghe Sir are in a dilemma over the action to be taken against Edwin Ariyadasa, a prominent media [...]

The United Nations says it would send food to those displaced by fighting in Sri Lanka’s rebel-held north, just two weeks after aid workers were ordered out by the government.

Sri Lanka’s military says a suicide bomber has blown himself up near a vehicle carrying policemen in a northern town, killing himself and a civilian and wounding eight others.

Sri Lanka’s military says a suicide bomber has blown himself up near a vehicle carrying policemen in a northern town, killing himself and a civilian and wounding eight others.

Sri Lanka Air Force carried out two separate air strikes targeting LTTE positions in Mullaittivu and Welioya this afternoon (28), according to defence sources.

The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is deeply concerned by and strongly disapproves of statements made by the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, General Sarath Fonseka, in an interview with Stewart Bell of the National Post newspaper of Canada, published on 23rd September 2008.

Source: IRIN Knotting bandages, carefully lifting an injured person and applying pressure to a bleeding wound are not usually all in a day’s work for tuk-tuk drivers. But a pre-hospital care training programme will make thousands of scooter taxi drivers throughout Sri Lanka proficient in first-aid procedures that could help save lives [...]

Colombo - One civilian was killed and nine people, including four police and three military personnel, were wounded Sunday when a suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber blew himself up targeting an auto-trishaw carrying police personnel in Sri Lanka's restive north, military sources here said.

An unknown group has thrown a grenade at the residence of lawyer J.C. Weliamuna say reports.

NEGOMBO, 28 September 2008 (IRIN) - Knotting bandages, carefully lifting an injured person and applying pressure to a bleeding wound are not usually all in a day’s work for tuk-tuk drivers. But a pre-hospital care training programme will make thousands of scooter taxi drivers throughout Sri Lanka proficient in first-aid procedures that could help save [...]

Source: IRIN Knotting bandages, carefully lifting an injured person and applying pressure to a bleeding wound are not usually all in
a day’s work for tuk-tuk drivers. But a pre-hospital care training programme will make thousands of scooter taxi drivers throughout Sri Lanka proficient in first-aid procedures that could help
save lives and prevent disabilities, [...]

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Sri Lanka on October 9, diplomatic sources said today. A highlight of his visit will be the official opening of the Palestinian-funded Yasser Arafat mosque at Beruwela, the sources said.

`Lanka-e-News` London reporter says that a mob has attacked Kingsbury temple in London yesterday (26..

In a significant move amid the building momentum in Tamil Nadu where Tamil leaders are voicing their..

A major catastrophe at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and the Air Force Base at Katuna..

The first convoy of food supplies since the aid workers pulled out on 16 September will travel under..

The United Nations said on Sunday it would send food to those displaced by fighting in Sri Lanka’s rebel-held north, two weeks after aid workers were ordered out of the region.

A wave of fighting in Sri Lanka’s civil war killed 25 Tamil Tiger rebels and five soldiers, the military said Sunday.

A wave of fighting in Sri Lanka’s civil war killed 25 Tamil Tiger rebels and five soldiers, the military said Sunday.

A wave of fighting in Sri Lanka’s civil war killed 25 Tamil Tiger rebels and five soldiers, the military said Sunday.

A wave of fighting in Sri Lanka’s civil war killed 25 Tamil Tiger rebels and five soldiers, the military said Sunday.

In a major escalation of Sri Lanka?s quarter-century-long civil war, military forces pushed toward Kilinochchi, the town that the Tamil Tiger rebels consider their administrative capital.

Sept 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka military said that at least one fisherman was injured when the LTTE Tigers opened fire at a flotilla of fishing boats that went to sea from the Gurunagar jetty in Jaffna yesterday

Sept 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Meteorology Department on Friday warned of more cyclonic effects from October to November with the beginning of inter-monsoon weather and cyclone season.

Sept 28, Colombo: Bringing the total number of Sri Lankan refugees to 133 during this month, 18 more Sri Lankan refuges had landed on Arichalmunai, Dhanuskodi, India.

Sept 27, Colombo: The first convoy of food supplies since the aid workers pulled out on 16 September will travel under the UN flag to LTTE-held areas of Sri Lanka’s North in the next few days, the UN Resident Representative in Sri Lanka, Neil Buhne said on Friday.

Lanka Clear (Pvt) Ltd will implement the Sri Lanka Common Payment Switch in the near future, said chairman, Sarath De Silva. In the first phase it would link all commercial banks through a common switch facilitating online real time transactions.