Sri Lanka said Saturday it would grant free movement to the remaining war-displaced civilians held in internment camps, meeting a key demand of ...
Nearly 60,000 people were left homeless in Sri Lanka Thursday following flash floods in the capital Colombo and the suburbs, an official said. ...
Sri Lanka's top military commander, General Sarath Fonseka, is to be questioned by US authorities over allegations of war crimes during the island's fight against Tamil Tiger rebels, a report said Sunday. The privately-run Sunday Times newspaper said Fonseka, who is visiting ...
Sri Lanka has called on US authorities to drop plans to interview the island's military commander over allegations of war crimes against ethnic Tamil rebels, an official said Sunday. The Colombo government held "very high-level" talks to prevent General Sarath Fonseka, currently ...
Sri Lankan traders reacted with shock at the weekend to US fraud charges laid against a billionaire Sri Lankan-born hedge fund manager who had big interests in the island's stock market. The US Justice Department filed insider trading charges against Raj Rajaratnam, ...
Sri Lanka's main water utility said Friday it had fined the US embassy in Colombo more than 3,000 dollars for illegally tapping supplies from the national network. The National Water Supply and Drainage Board said it found that the supply to US ...
Sri Lankan troops opened fire to stop dozens of war-displaced Tamil civilians from escaping a government-run camp where they have been detained in the island's north, the military said Sunday. Internees at the Manik farm camp pelted soldiers with stones and tried ...
Sri Lanka's prime minister vowed anew here Saturday that Colombo would quickly resettle civilians still in state-run camps after being displaced by the government rout of Tamil separatists. Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka told the UN General Assembly that a key priority for his government ...
In this handout photograph provided by Sri Lankan President's office, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, talks with U.N. Undersecretary General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe, right, during their meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. Hundreds of Tamil ...
A Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil woman holds a portrait of her missing relative during an assembly of relatives of missing civilians in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. Hundreds of relatives of civilians who were arrested or disappeared after being abducted ...
A top UN official issued a strong call for "truth-seeking" into alleged excesses by security forces during the crushing of Tamil rebels as he ended a visit to Sri Lanka, a UN statement said Saturday. "We feel that ideally the Sri Lankans ...
With tourism booming in Sri Lanka following the end of decades of ethnic conflict, authorities have ordered hotels in the capital to increase room rates and curb an aggressive pricing war. Luxury hotels in Colombo will be forced to charge a minimum ...
