Malinga shocks Sri Lanka Board: Announces retirement from tests

Mumbai: Sri Lankan star bowler Lasit Maling who is playing for the Mumbai Indians team in the ongoing IPL Tournament has shocked his country’s cricket Board bt announcing that he was retiring from test cricket....

Fans imprint their hands on a giant white ball in sri lanka

Fans imprint their hands on a giant white ball being taken around Sri Lanka to promote the 2011 World Cup, Colombo, January 11, 2011© AFP

Sri Lanka lawmakers give sweeping powers to President Rajapaksa

Srilankan legislative has extended the precidencial term amid protest and counter-protest in the capital Colombo, Members of Parliament in the 225-member parliament voted for the proposals by 161 to 17 against."The lifting of the two-term presedeencial limits ...

eelam tamil women living in fear - published today

I feel frozen. My neck is starting to tighten and my heart is beating like a drum. I dont know why. I thought the memories are erased but it is not. It is buried in me and in many other women. Our eyes are...

Sri Lanka government denies safe-zone shelling

The Sri Lankan government has stated that they are not shelling a safe zone intended for civilians in the north-east of the country. The Health Minister of Sri Lanka, Nimal Siripala de Silva, has blamed the Tamil...

Sri Lankan Government attacks hospital again.

Article 18 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states that the civilian hospitals organized to give care to the wounded and sick, the infirm and maternity cases, may in no circumstances be the object of attack, but...

Pakistani agencies failed to avert RAW attack on Lankans

Just like their Indian counterparts who had failed in stalling Mumbai attack despite prior information, the Pakistani law-enforcement agencies too failed to avert attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore on...

Sri Lanka hospital 'attacked again', Patients flee hospital

The Red Cross in Sri Lanka says a hospital in territory held by the Tamil Tigers has been shelled again. Red cross also said that Patients are fleeing a hospital that was hit four times by artillery shells in the war between Tamil Tigers and government forces in northern Sri...

UN concerned over shelling of Hospital in Sri Lanka

The UN has expressed its major concern about the fate of an estimated 250,000 civilians who have been trapped in the conflict zone during an escalation of Sri Lanka's civil war after government forces shelled a hospital in the rebel held area. The military mounted a...

Deadly strike on Sri Lanka hospital

A hospital in Sri Lanka’s tamil dominated zone was hit twice by artillery attacks within hours on Sunday, killing at least six civilians and wounding many others.   The shells in the later attack...

Vanni, a humanitarian catastrophe in the making

Since the escalation of hostilities in early 2006, the movement of goods and people into the northern part of Sri Lanka was restricted by the government. Ever since the attention of the government’s military...

India to play 5 ODIs and T20 match in Lanka next month

Indian cricket team  will play a series of matches against Sri Lanka. The Indian side has canceled its proposed tour of Pakistan in the wake of  Mumbai terror attack. The Indian team will play  a five-match limited overs series next month . Sri Lanka cricket...

SLA shelling targets densely populated Vanni regions

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) fired Sri Lanka Army (SLA) fired artillery shells killed four displaced civilians, including the parents and the daughter of a family, residing in the settlement located behind the hospital of...

Sri Lanka troops enter rebel Tiger Political HQ

Is there a peace in sight in Sri Lanka?. It looks imminent with the recent successes of Sri Lankan government forces. With the beginning of new year Sri Lankan Army has gained a major area of Kilinochchi,...

Colombo steps up bombardment on Vanni

Sri Lanka's ongoing military campaign has reached a genocidal proportion with the deliberate targeting of civilianareas aimed at driving the civilians out of the LTTE held regions. The region has been crippled...

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