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The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it is delaying the third tranche of a $2.6 billion loan to Sri Lanka after the government missed its 2009 deficit reduction targets.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A teenage runaway who fled Ohio with the alleged help of Christian pastors, claiming she'd be harmed for converting from Islam to Christianity, says a reconciliation with her Muslim parents is no longer possible….

The Sri Lanka government on Wednesday protested the British government over a forum of Tamil community to be held in Britain. “I summoned Britain’s Acting High Commissioner (in Colombo) to note our protest,” Rohitha Bogollagama, the Sri Lankan foreign minister told reporters. The Sri Lankan government was angered by British Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s decision [...]

Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief who was detained on accusations of sedition after losing presidential elections is set to lead a new opposition coalition in an April parliamentary vote, a party official said Thursday.

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Sarath Fonseka will face fresh charges within two weeks under Penal code & Exchange Control Act, says cabinet spokesman Min GL Peries-JNW

Feb 25, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa says if the ruling party government is elected in April it would have a smaller cabinet and he would remove several ministers who has not done their part in the present cabinet.

Canadian security officials are concerned that last year`s defeat of Sri Lanka`s Tamil Tiger reb..

In the afterglow of his thumping re-election last month, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse promised to build a strong and unified country that would consign its 37-year civil war to the past.

(Lanka-e-News, Feb. 25, 2010, 9.10AM) SLFP (M) leader Mangala Samarweeera when introducing the candidates of the SLFP (M) Headquarters at a…

(Lanka-e-News, Feb. 25, 2010, 9.10AM) On e month has passed since Journalist Prageeth Ekneliyagoda went missing exactly as at 24th February…

(Lanka-e-News, Feb. 25, 2010, 9.10AM) Gen. Fonseka has rejected the proposal package made to him to contest under the elephant symbol, to accept the Deputy leadership of the UNF and appointment of him as an M P through the National list…

Sachin Tendulkar hammered a world-record 200 not out as India posted a massive 401-3 against South A..

The ICT, BPO Industry will achieve USD 2 billion in export revenue becoming the top revenue earner o..

SLFP dissident, ex-MP and former Sri Lanka Cricket skipper Arjuna Ranatunge has said he is watching ..

Feb. 25, Kuwait: A 09-member Sri Lankan Police Shooting Team comprised of some of the best shooters from Sri Lanka participated at the First World Police Shooting Championship (FWPSC) which was held in the Olympic Shooting Range in Kuwait from 15th - 22nd February.

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama yesterday summoned the Acting British High Commissioner in Colo..

Senior Presidential Advisor and UPFA Gampaha District Group Leader at the upcoming General Election,..

(Lanka-e-News 25.Feb.2010 5.55AM) The leader of the Democratic National Alliance General Fonseka signed the nomination papers as Colombo District candidate on 24th noon….

(Lanka-e-News 25.Feb.2010 5.55AM) Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena addressing the media briefing on the 24th , said , the decisions of the Supreme Court…

Adaikkalamuththu Amuthasaakaran, Tamil pundit and poet from I’lavaalai, Jaffna, known by his pseudonym Amuthup-pulavar, passed away at the age of 92 in London, Tuesday. Studied classical Tamil at the prestigious Kaaviya Paadasaalai (School of Classics), which was functioning in the Arumuga Navalar School in Jaffna, Amuthup Pulavar was one of the few surviving authors of [...]

Sri Lanka lodged a protest with Britain yesterday over Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s decision to address a Tamil group that Colombo claims is a front for the former guerrilla army.

Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) arrested 54 women detainees from Pampaimadu and Cheddiku’lam Sri Lanka Army (SLA) detention camps 18 February and took them to Boosa prison 19 February, according to information sent to Jaffna Human Rights Commission (HRC) by Boosa prison authorities. Recently 49 women from the same camps in Vavuniyaa were arrested by TID [...]

In the heartland of Sri Lanka’s minority, Jaffna’s newly restored Tamil library is a potent symbol of decades of ethnic strife.

Colombo, Feb 25 (DPA) Sri Lanka lodged a protest with Britain Wednesday over Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s decision to address a Tamil group that Colombo claims is a front for the former guerrilla army.

A new chill settled on the diplomatic relation between Sri Lanka and Britain as British Foreign Secretary David Miliband addressed a Parliament meeting of the Global Tamil Forum on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka lodged a protest with Britain Wednesday over Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s decision to address a Tamil group that Colombo claims is a front for the former guerrilla army.

The number of independent groups contesting parliamentary election in Jaffna district has risen to six with two more groups depositing money at Jaffna Secretariat Wednesday, sources in Jaffna said. The political parties which had submitted their list of candidates to contest Jaffna district so far are Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pullikal [...]

A new chill settled on the diplomatic relation between Sri Lanka and Britain as British Foreign Secretary David Miliband addressed a Parliament meeting of the Global Tamil Forum on Wednesday.

Mavai Senathirajah, General Secretary of Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Kadchi (ITAK) along with Appathurai Vinayagamoorthy of All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC) submitted the list of Tamil National Alliance (TNA) candidates contesting the general election Wednesday around 11:15 a.m in Jaffna Secretariat. This nomination list has excluded many of the TNA former parliamentarians causing dissatisfaction among several [...]

Feb 24, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s cricket authority, Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed former Josephian coach Harsha De Silva to take the reins of the national Women’s squad.

Sri Lanka has climbed the Kuoni list as the fourth best selling travel destination for 2010. Kuoni Travel Ltd is one of the largest travel companies in Switzerland, and also one of the leading travel organisations in the world. It is UK’s most successful specialist tour operator.

The president of the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchchi (ITAK), R.Sampanthan,
Wednesday morning handed over the list of candidates fielding in the
forthcoming general election to the Trincomalee District Returning
Officer at Trincomalee district secretariat. Mr. Sampanthan, who was a
Member of Parliament for Trincomalee district in the dissolved
parliament has been named as the Chief Candidate in the list. [...]

Prime Minister Gordon Brown met delegates of the Global Tamil Forum conference in London. Foreign Secretary Miliband addressed the gathering.

Feb 24, Colombo: The Tamil diaspora’s continued calls for a separate Eelam state in Sri Lanka feed the fears of Sri Lanka and give excuses to maintain the tough anti-terrorism and emergency laws, an international conflict resolution group says.

Fonseka today (Feb. 24) signed nominations under the `trophy` symbol of the Democratic National Alli..

Feb 24, Colombo: Sri Lankan government has resettled another batch of over 1,000 displaced civilians in their original villages in the North.

Feb 24, Colombo: John McCarthy, the Special Representative of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today paid a courtesy call on Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Temple Trees.

Feb 24, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s defeated presidential candidate and former military chief General (Retd) Sarath Fonseka has rejected the post of deputy leader of the main opposition coalition, United National Front (UNF), offered to him by the opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe.

The International Crisis group says that the gap between the diaspora and Tamils in Sri Lanka has widened.

Feb 24, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s defeated presidential candidate and former military chief General (Retd) Sarath Fonseka today signed his nomination papers to contest the upcoming parliamentary elections on April 8th.

Feb 24, Colombo: The British government today defended its Foreign Secretary’s decision to address the inaugural meeting of the Global Tamil Forum in London.

Feb 24, Colombo: Sri Lanka strongly protested British Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s address today at the inugural meeting of Tamils from all over the world that campaign for self-determination in Sri Lanka.

Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) arrested 54 women detainees from Pampaimadu and Cheddikulam Sri Lanka Army (SLA) detention camps 18 February and took them to Boosa prison 19 February, according to information sent to Jaffna Human Rights Commission (HRC) by Boosa prison authorities. Recently 49 women from the same camps in Vavuniyaa were arrested by TID [...]

Colombo – Sri Lanka lodged a protest with Britain Wednesday over Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s decision to address a Tamil group that Colombo claims is a front for the former guerrilla army. Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama summoned Mark Goo…

Newly appointed Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Jaffna Commander, Major. Gen. Kathurasinghe said Tuesday that travel restrictions in Valikaamam North in SLA High Security Zone (HSZ) have been relaxed so that people in Jaffna could travel freely, participating as chief guest in a Marathon race event held in Jaffna town, sources in Jaffna said. But Welfare [...]

Sri Lanka has resettled over 1,000 internally displaced Tamils in their towns and villages in the country’s war-torn northern region.

Supreme Court of the United States, during Monday morning session, heard arguments on the constitutionality of material support provisions in the anti-terrorism laws which the plaintiffs alleged, and 9th circuit court and later Federal Court of appeals of the 9th circuit, partially agreed, as constitutionally vague in a series of law suits during the 1998-2007 [...]

The Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau has commenced a programme to register Sri Lankan workers who return to the motherland.

Nearly 58,000 farming households in Sri Lanka are expected to benefit from a United Nations-funded programme designed to improve their livelihoods, boost their incomes and enhance their participation in the marketing and selling of their products.

Nearly 58,000 farming households in Sri Lanka are expected to benefit from a United Nations-funded programme designed to improve their livelihoods, boost their incomes and enhance their participation in the marketing and selling of their products.

Gen. Sarath Fonseka today (Feb. 24) signed nominations under the 'trophy' symbol of the Democratic National Alliance to contest the upcoming general election from Colombo district.

Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) Tuesday submitted its list of
candidates at the Trincomalee Election Office to contest in the
Trincomalee electoral district in the forthcoming parliamentary
election scheduled to be held on April 8.

National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa yesterday (Feb 23) urged voters to reject corrupt politicians at the upcoming parliamentary election.

Opposition leader of the Uva Provincial Council Upali Samaraweeera (UNP) was remanded today after he surrendered to the police over a shooting incident at Ambagasdowa last month.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband speaking at the Global Tamil Forum Conference in London a short while ago heavily criticized the LTTE for the violence it created and for its use of child soldiers.

Police Media Spokesman Prishantha Jayakodi confirmed to Lankapuvath that a Ukraine couple was arrested yesterday (23) at the Katunayaka International Airport on suspicion of murder while attempting to flee Sri Lanka.

Cairn India which is exploring for oil in Sri Lankan waters is to start gathering meteorological data and monitor ocean currents next month ahead of a test drilling programme, an official said.