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Heavy fighting continues in an area roughly the size of a square kilometer in Puthukudirippu, ahead ..

Mar 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka Air Force today rejected a news report published by some international media outlets saying that there is another light aircraft of LTTE.

Mar 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka Air Force today rejected a news report published by some international media outlets saying that there is another light aircraft of LTTE.

Mar 29, Colombo: Another group of Sri Lankan house maids who faced severe hardships at their working places in the Middle East have returned to the country yesterday.

Mar 29, Colombo: Most of the members in rebellion group of the main opposition United National Party (UNP) have boycotted the dinner…

Mar 28, Colombo: The Presidential Secretariat today released a response to the letter sent to Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa by the members of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA)….

Tangalle police in Hambantota district in the south arrested five Tamil youths Wednesday early morning in a house owned by a Sinhalese at Walsmulla-Kohulana area. The owner was also taken into custody for renting out his house to strangers, the police said. Three Tamil youths had fled from the house when the police raided the [...]

The military said yesterday that it had killed at least 26 Tamil rebels and lost six soldiers in northern Sri Lanka as it fights to capture the last remaining guerilla-held ground on the island.

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) attacks have claimed the lives of 179 civilians within the three days of Thursday, Friday and Saturday, according to the casualty figures collected by TamilNet correspondent in Vanni. At least 76 of the slain victims were children below the age of 15. At least 16 pregnant mothers were among the slain. [...]

Counsel for the US-based activist group, Tamils Against Genocide (TAG), in a letter addressed to Secretary of the US Treasury, Timothy Geithner, and to the US Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Meg Lundsager, Friday, said that TAG will be filing a complaint Monday in the United States District Court for the District [...]

Sri Lanka led by Fazil Marija, put up a brave resistance before going down fighting 56-12 to impressive Australia, while suffering a 33-14 defeat to Zimbabwe, in their two Pool ‘C’ matches, on day two of the on-going Cathay/Pacific Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens, continued at the Causeway Bay Stadium in Hong Kong, yesterday.For Sri [...]

The much talked world’s lowest priced passenger car, Tata Nano would be available in Sri Lanka by end of the year. Tata Motors launched the world’s smallest car, the Tata Nano last week.

A Sinhala TV reporter attached to the state-run Rupavahini Corporation and posted to cover the conflict in the Vanni was arrested on Thursday along with five laptops and ten digital cameras allegedly plundered from Tamil Tiger bases, police confirmed. Several artifacts allegedly removed from Hindu temples were also found on his possession, according to the [...]

A Sinhala TV reporter attached to the state-run Rupavahini Corporation and posted to cover the conflict in the Vanni was arrested on Thursday along with five laptops and ten digital cameras allegedly plundered from Tamil Tiger bases, police confirmed.

A senior European official said Saturday that aid groups want to help Sri Lanka meet the humanitarian needs of civilians in the country’s battle zone and are “not against” the government.

More than 5,000 protesters took to the streets of Sydney Saturday demanding action against the Sri Lankan government and the atrocities being committed against Tamil civilians caught up in the war in the Vanni. Sydney’s Central Business District suffered traffic congestion and delays as demonstrators took over major city roads as [...]

(Lanka-e-News, 28.March.2009, 9.30PM) Mathara High Court Judge P. Padman Surasena sentenced former magistrate Shyamini Mihinchiarachchi to 45 years imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs. 60,000….

(Lanka-e-News, 28.March.2009, 9.30PM) Peolple’s Liberation Organization of Tami Ealam (PLOTE) leader D. Siddharthan says that certain European countries and political parties of Tamil Nadu…

Mar 28, Colombo: The Sri Lanka government says the total number of people who die in road accidents is greater than the number of people killed by the LTTE annually.

Mar 28, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Police Department has decided to establish a few official dog units for police stations in the Northern and Eastern Provinces.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday called upon all Tamil parties to join him to obtain the demo..

Rayan Ganeshan recalls perfectly the day his father first brought him to Gavi in south Kerala. I mu..

Sri Lanka s roadmap for defeating the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam is [being] handled very pr..

Mar 28, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Cabinet of Ministers decided that the use of Finger Scanning Machines (FSM) to register arrivals and departures at government and semi-government institutions will apply even to Ministers.

Mar 28, Colombo: The controversial garbage dumb on Bloemendhal Road, Colombo, will be converted into a public park, a media report said.

Mar 28, Colombo: The Election Department yesterday announced that establishment of voters’ identity will be compulsory even for postal voters at the forthcoming Western Provincial Council election.

Mar 28, Colombo: Local government elections for the Jaffna district will be held soon, Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has told representatives of Tamil and Muslim political parties.

Mar 28, Colombo: Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr. Hassan Wirajuda is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka on Sunday for a two-day official visit.

Mar 28, Colombo: The United States government yesterday said that Kumaran Pathmanadan, who is the LTTE’s international representative, is “the appropriate person for the international community to speak.”

Four Tamil civilians who are residents of North and East were arrested by the Katunayake police and Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in a cordon and search operation conducted on Thursday. The owner of the house where they were boarders was also taken into custody for interrogation, police sources said.

Chilaw police Thursday took into custody thirteen Tamil civilians in cordon and search operations conducted in town area to prevent strangeers from infiltrating the area, police sources said. Majority of the arrested are residents of North and Upcountry areas, and employed in business establishments and factories in Chilaw town, police added.

The Government of India has not extended any military assistance to Sri Lanka, Admiral Suresh Mehta, Chief of Naval Staff, said here on Thursday.

Four Tamil civilians who are residents of North and East were arrested by the Katunayake police and Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in a cordon and search operation conducted on Thursday. The owner of the house where they were boarders was also taken into custody for interrogation, police sources said.

At Hong Kong Rugby 7s, Sri Lanka loses their last and third group match to Zimbabwe 34-14, follows 54-12 loss to Australia-JNW

(Lanka-e-News 28.March.2009 4.00PM) Western nations urged both sides in Sri Lanka’s long-running civil war to allow for a “humanitarian pause” as U.N. officials on 26th raised their estimate…

Colombo, March 28 : The military said Saturday that it had killed at least 26 Tamil rebels and lost six soldiers in northern Sri Lanka as it fights to capture the last remaining guerilla-held ground on the island.

Sri Lanka’s president appealed Saturday to the island’s Tamil Tiger separatists to lay down their arms, saying it would ensure the safety of tens of thousands of trapped civilians as a 25-year civil war winds down.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka's president appealed Saturday to the island's Tamil Tiger separatists to lay down their arms, saying it would ensure the safety of tens of thousands of trapped civilians as a 25-year civil war winds down.

The importance of education and higher education in developing countries cannot be contested. Knowledge is a driver of growth. Globally there is an increasing trend towards expanding and maintaining knowledge.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr. Hassan Wirajuda will be visiting Sri Lanka on March 29 and 30 on an invitation extended to him by his counterpart Minister Rohitha Bogollagama.

The main opposition UNP said yesterday the global economic melt down had reduced profit margins of companies registered at the Sri Lanka Stock Market by as much as 60 per cent while the country’s revenue from apparel exports was expected to fall by about US$1000 million this year.

The Dedicated Economic Centre (Arthika Madyasthanaya) to be open today at the Food Department stores complex in Ratmalana, is the second such facility in Colombo.

Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara believes John Buchanan’s idea of having multiple captains in a team is an interesting concept that opens endless possibilities for the game’s future.

Western province Police Intelligence Unit Thursday arrested a Tamil civilian, who was resident of Jaffna, while he was waiting to board a bus to his destination at Borella bus stand in Colombo. The police said he was suspected to be involved in terrorist activity, according to information they received.

(Lanka-e-News 28.March.2009 2.00PM) At a meeting convened by The President on Thursday (26) with leaders of parties representing minority communities, at which several Tamil political…

A human rights crisis is unfolding in Sri Lanka where tens of thousands of people are trapped in the middle of heavy fighting between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lanka Armed Forces in the north eastern Wanni region

Tens of thousands of people are trapped in “safe zones” in the north eastern Wanni region of Sri Lanka.

Colombo - The military said Saturday that it had killed at least 26 Tamil rebels and lost six soldiers in northern Sri Lanka as it fights to capture the last remaining guerilla-held ground on the island. Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara…

(Lanka-e-News, 28.March.2009, 11.30AM) United National Party (UNP) national organizer and Central Provincial Council leader of opposition S. B. Disanayaka says that the country will…

Veteran American civil rights campaigner The Reverend Jesse Jackson, who addressed the diaspora Tamil conference in London on Thursday said that “we [the global community] have a moral obligation to stop the killings” in Sri Lanka. The American civil rights activist also raised the need to increase the international awareness of the crisis and asked [...]

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and police took into custody 301 persons including 257 Tamils in a joint search conducted in Gampaha, in the outskirts of Colombo city, from Thursday 6:00 p.m till Friday 6:00 a.m, according to police spokesman, Ranjith Gunasekara. 8,830 persons were interrogated in the search, he said. The relatives of the arrested [...]

A top-level team from Sri Lanka’s Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) led by Deputy Minister of Tourism, HE Faiszer Mustapha and representatives from the island nation’s travel trade will meet with their counter parts in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait to share insights and discuss ways of boosting tourism to Sri Lanka in the post-war era [...]

45 Tamil activists from 21 countries gathered in London on Wednesday and Thursday to resolve that an immediate ceasefire in Sri Lanka was essential and that humanitarian access to the Vanni should be permitted immediately. The delegates also said that the Eezham Tamils should determine their own destiny and emphasized that the people of the [...]

This country is self-sufficient in awards and honours besides mobile phones and honorary doctorates…

Veteran American civil rights campaigner The Reverend Jesse Jackson, who addressed the diaspora Tamil conference in London on Thursday said that “we [the global community] have a moral obligation to stop the killings” in Sri Lanka.

A 17-year-old student from Jaffna staying with his relatives in Trincomalee was abducted first and then held under detention in Uppuve’li police station, according to complaint made by his parents with Human Rights Commission (HRC) Jaffna office Friday.

Abducted Jaffna University lecturer Selvarajah Raveendran should be released immediately so as to enable the smooth function of Jaffna University and to expel the fear and anxiety that prevails among the tutorial staff of Jaffna University, Jaffna University Teachers’ Association (JUTA) urged in a press report released Friday.

Veteran American civil rights campaigner The Reverend Jesse Jackson, who addressed the diaspora Tamil conference in London on Thursday said that “we [the global community] have a moral obligation to stop the killings” in Sri Lanka. The American civil rights activist also raised the need to increase the international awareness of the crisis and asked [...]