Sri Lanka News

Archaeologists are seen here cleaning skeletal remains of children and adults some 5000 years old located in Southern Sri Lanka and brought to Colombo to conduct further studies in order to verify its past.

Sri Lankan Cricket Captain Kumar Sangakkara scored another memorable double Tuesday , when he became the proud father of twins.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday urged all political parties to join hands and work as a team shedding differences, in forging national reconciliation and driving the nation towards rapid development.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Tuesday granted Chinese companies a separate economic zone on the island which has just ended nearly four decades of ethnic bloodshed.

Saturday, June 27, 2009 By our correspondent LAHORE: Sri Lankan High Commissioner Air Chief Marshal Jayalath Weerakkody has said in the presence of a free trade agreement, there is a vast scope for expansion of two-way trade between Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. IANS CHENNAI: Safety and proper living conditions are the most important issues for the Tamil community in Sri Lanka at the moment, even if it means a change of stand for parties in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said in the assembly Wednesday.

Thu, Jul 2, 2009, 07:08 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. July 02, Colombo: An unidentified gunman has shot dead a member of an extremist gang in Eravur, Batticaloa last night.

The boss of a Sri Lankan newspaper has told the BBC he is very worried about his staff after a shadowy group ordered them to quit their jobs or be killed.

There's certainly a new "spark" in the bi-lateral relations between India and Sri Lanka and the latest to be floated is a "power sharing" deal.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka and China on Monday signed an agreement on the second and third stages of the $891-million Norochcholai Coal Power 600 MW Project.

SIALKOT/DASKA - High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Pakistan Air Chief Marshal Jayalath Weerakkody has said that it was the high time for both Pakistan and Sri Lanka to ensure easy excess to international trade markets.

CHENNAI: PMK leader S. Ramadoss on Saturday said that he did not agree with Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's argument that there was no consensus among political parties on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue.

Two foreigners involved in a LTTE suicide plot to kill Sri Lanka President - report Sun, Jun 28, 2009, 09:11 pm SL Time, ColomboPage, Sri Lanka.

Fri, Jun 26, 2009, 10:19 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. June 26, Colombo: The United States Thursday said that it would continue to press the Sri Lankan government to grant humanitarian relief organizations full and unfettered access to the internally displaced persons residing in camps in the north, and to engage in political ...

New Delhi News.Net Tuesday 30th June, 2009 Members of the opposition AIADMK, MDMK and PMK were evicted from the Tamil Nadu assembly Tuesday when they sought to raise the issue of Sri Lankan Tamils.

Sri Lanka's army is to establish an ethnic Tamil regiment for the first time, the minister for national reconciliation has told the BBC.

The text of the US travel warning follows: The Department of State warns American citizens traveling to or living in Sri Lanka about the potential for continued instability, including possible terrorist attacks.

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels defeated by the government troops would never be able to regroup, a local radio station quoted defense officials as saying on Sunday.

Sri Lanka beat Singapore to win 7th Asian netball championship in Malayasia .