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'Any country facing terrorism should follow Lankan model' In an exclusive interview, with 'The Asian Age' Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that Sri Lanka's military victory over the LTTE offers lessons for the international community. Following are excerpts of...

Palk Strait continues to be a problem: Sri Lankan Navy Chief Sri Lanka Navy Chief T.S.G. Samarasinghe on Thursday said that the understanding between Colombo and New Delhi on handling contentious issues arising from the fisher folk of both sides straying in to each other’s waters has eased...

For Tamils, it's a choice between devil and deep sea New Delhi: With a sizeable population and the tendency to vote en bloc, the Tamils can make or mar political fortunes in Sri Lanka. This truism in mind, politicians from the island nation have been busy wooing India aggressively in the...

New Tamil group People’s Liberation Army vows to start a fresh war Marxist group of Tamil militants with connections to the Palestinian Liberation Organisation and Cuba is preparing to mount a new insurgency in Sri Lanka six months after the Government declared an end to the 26-year-old...

Sri Lanka to freeze 600 LTTE bank accounts COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is considering taking steps to freeze about 600 bank accounts of the LTTE held the world over. Defense spokesman, Keheliya Rambukwella told reporters here on Wednesday that the Attorney General was looking into the ways and means...

Sri Lanka allows Tamils to leave war camps VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka — Tens of thousands of Sri Lankan civilians held in state-run camps following the island's ethnic conflict were allowed to walk free Tuesday, ending their internationally-condemned detention.Men, women and children were given...

VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka — Tens of thousands of Sri Lankan civilians held in state-run camps following the island's ethnic conflict were allowed to walk free Tuesday, ending their internationally-condemned detention. Men, women and children were given their first opportunity to leave the northern...

LTTE cadres fleeing Sri Lanka via India New Delhi: The decimation of the LTTE in Sri Lanka has given a big push to illegal immigration involving Sri Lankan Tamils in India. There is a sudden spurt in Sri Lankan Tamils illegally crossing over to India to take a flight abroad. Agents have kept...

Sri Lanka to hold presidential poll in January COLOMBO — Sri Lanka will hold presidential elections on January 26, the electoral office said Friday, with President Mahinda Rajapakse expected to face his former military chief Sarath Fonseka. "Elections will be held on the 26th of January,"...

S. Lanka opposition endorses ex-general for president - Sri Lanka's main opposition party said on Thursday it will support former army chief Sarath Fonseka's candidature for presidential elections, in the most serious challenge to President Mahinda Rajapaksa's bid for re-election.Fonseka...

Fonseka looks forward to support from India Colombo, Nov 25 (PTI) Former top General Sarath Fonseka, expected to run as the Sri Lankan Presidential candidate, today said that he was looking forward to support from India for his nation's future. Expressing that he was "very fond" of India...

General Sarath Fonseka is UNF’s Presidential Candidate The United National Front has decided that General Sarath Fonseka will be its Presidential Candidate, but no official announcement would be made, until the government Gazettes the election notification.Senior Vice President of the...

Fonseka threatens to approach court seeking more security Amid indications that the Sri Lankan Government would announce the date for Presidential election on Monday, the just retired General Sarath Fonseka and a possible opposition candidate against President Mahinda Rajapaksa has...

Sri Lanka Tamil refugee camps 'to be opened next month' Sri Lanka's government says people held in special camps since the end of the conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels will be free to leave next month.The camps were set up in the north for Tamils fleeing the final stages of the civil war -...

Sri Lanka Top General Signals Bid For Presidency COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's top general, who quit amid speculation he could run for president, pledged on Friday to fight for democracy and human rights after the end of a 25-year separatist war, suggesting he would soon announce his...

Sri Lanka approves $891 mln China loan for coal power COLOMBO, Nov 19 - Sri Lanka has approved $891 million loan from China's Export-Import bank to fund a coal power plant, an official said on Thursday, as the island nation focuses on infrastructure after the end of 25 years of war.China...

Sri Lanka signs agreement with SSTL for space capability The Director General of the Sri Lankan Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, Priyantha Kariyapperuma and Professor Sir Martin Sweeting of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited ( SSTL ), signed a landmark agreement today. This...

Trouble at the top in Sri Lanka? Speculation continues to grow in Sri Lanka that there is a rift at the top of the country's establishment.It is said to pit the armed forces chief, Gen Sarath Fonseka, against two ultra-powerful brothers, the president and the defence secretary, Mahinda and...

Sri Lanka says LTTE gone but suicide bombers remain The Tamil Tigers are finished as a military outfit but a small group of their feared suicide bombers still remain in Colombo, a top Sri Lankan official visiting India said.Rajiva Wijesinha also said that the number of Tamil refugees who...

US House pressures Sri Lanka on camps Thu, Nov 05, 2009 WASHINGTON, US - The US House of Representatives urged Sri Lanka's government Wednesday to guarantee the safety and quick release of some 300,000 Tamils and other war-displaced people currently held in camps. By an overwhelming...