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BBC NEWS | South Asia | Sri Lanka military chief resigns Sri Lanka's armed forces chief General Sarath Fonseka has resigned from his post just months after helping secure the defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels. Gen Fonseka is reportedly considering challenging President Mahinda Rajapaksa in an...

fullstory Ten Tamil MPs to travel to Sri Lanka tomorrow New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) A delegation of MPs from Tamil Nadu will travel to Sri Lanka tomorrow to see for themselves the situation in camps where more than 3 lakh Tamils, displaced due to the civil war there, are currently living...

fullstory Russia will assist Lanka without conditions: Envoy Colombo, Oct 9 (PTI) Assuring that it will render unconditional assistance to Sri Lanka, Russia has said it always respected the national dignity and sovereignty of the country. "My country supported Sri Lanka starting from...

India cautions Lanka against attacking Indian fishermen Sri Lanka Breaking News-Daily Mirror Online Chennai: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said India had cautioned Sri Lanka against its Navy attacking Indian fishermen, and had been taking steps to rehabilitate Lankan Tamils now kept in...

thanks God No more string of pearls:Laie_60A::Laie_60A:

Sri Lanka expels UNICEF official, says he promoted LTTE Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has ordered a UNICEF official to leave the country, accusing him of spreading propaganda supporting Tamil rebels, the agency--the United Nations Children's Fund--has told CNN. UNICEF denies the...

Sri Lanka plans to open up Colombo port | Reuters COLOMBO, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka plans to open a second gate in the island nation's main Colombo port for the first time in a decade, aiming to boost traffic after the end of a 25-year war, a top port official said on Thursday. "We will...

Non-combatants should be free to go, says court @ The Hindu The Sri Lankan Supreme Court has said that war-displaced persons in government-run camps should be allowed to go if they are non-combatants and have a place to go. The Daily Mirror reported on Thursday that the apex court made the...

BBC NEWS | South Asia | S Lanka video prompts probe calls Sri Lanka is facing fresh calls for an international human rights inquiry after video emerged apparently showing extra-judicial killings by troops. The footage was allegedly filmed in January during the final stages of the bloody...

AFP: Sri Lanka frees priests from war camps COLOMBO — Sri Lanka on Wednesday freed nearly 600 Hindu and Catholic priests who were held in internment camps with ethnic Tamils displaced by fighting between troops and separatist rebels, officials said. The clergy were allowed to leave the...

Britain turned down Lankan request to supply ammunitions - South Asia - World - NEWS - The Times of India COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's request for supply of ammunitions during its war against Tamil Tigers was turned down by Britain, according to officials here. "Britain had even declined to...

Sri Lankan army calls execution video a fabrication - South Asia - World - NEWS - The Times of India COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's military rejected on Wednesday a video clip broadcast in Britain allegedly showing its troops executing prisoners during the final stages of its battle against Tamil...

Conspiracy theory not at all possible.

Sri Lanka to train Pak army, offers same to India London: After its success in defeating the Tamil Tigers, the Sri Lankan army has agreed to train Pakistani military in tackling insurgency and offered the same to India. The Sri Lankan army's new commander, Lt Gen Jagath Jayasuriya told...

Now, a film on Prabhakaran- Hindustan Times Kannada director A.M.R. Ramesh, who has already directed an award-winning movie about LTTE suicide bombers, plans to direct a bilingual film on former Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran who was killed by the Sri Lankan army this May. The script...

BBC NEWS | South Asia | US warns of Sri Lankan violence A senior US diplomat has warned that the Sri Lankan government's failure to share power with the minority Tamils could lead to renewed violence. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake told the BBC a delay in devolving powers might...

No proof of LTTE funding films - Chennai - City - NEWS - The Times of India CHENNAI: The allegation by Sri Lankan Minister for Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services, Abdul Risath Bathiyutheen, that LTTE funded Rajnikanth's films has once again turned the deco lights on funding of...

AFP: SLanka to keep defence budget despite rebel defeat COLOMBO — The Sri Lankan government plans to keep up record defence spending despite its recent victory over Tamil rebels that ended nearly four decades of fighting, a senior official said. Defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse said...

Indian assistance and the attached strings Palaly has been receiving some attention in the news recently. Last week, in a move cementing relations between two neighbouring countries, India reportedly made a payment of Rs. 117 million to the Sri Lankan Government, for runway rehabilitation at...

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Tamil Tigers seek arrest inquiry Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have called for an investigation into the overseas arrest and subsequent repatriation of their new leader. The government announced on Friday that Selvarasa Pathmanathan had been returned from an Asian...