Sri Lanka project wins BBC World Challenge '09

"Sri Lanka project wins BBC World Challenge '09 A project nominated from Sri Lanka has won the first place in the BBC World Challenge '09 with a record breaking number of votes, the organizers announced today. ...

'Few Tamil refugees leaving camps in Sri Lanka'

" 'Few Tamil refugees leaving camps in Sri Lanka'   P K Balachandran First Published : 04 Dec 2009 05:04:49 PM IST ...

Sri Lanka to resettle Muslims evicted by LTTE from North

" Sri Lanka to resettle Muslims evicted by LTTE from North Sat, Dec 5, 2009, 01:12 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 05, Colombo: Sri Lankan government is taking steps to resettle the Muslims who...

Suspected Tamil Tigers Set Fire to Toronto Buddhist Temple Again!

" Suspected Tamil Tigers set fire to Toronto Mahaviharaya again November 27, 2009  04:25 pm Suspected Tamil Tigers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Toronto have set fire to the Toronto...

Sri Lanka To Hold Snap Presidential Poll

" Sri Lanka To Hold Snap Presidential Poll By: Ramjit--> COLOMBO, Nov 23 (Bernama) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has decided to opt for a presidential election two years ahead of schedule,...

Q&A: Sri Lanka's top general mulls presidential bid

" by Shihar Aneez COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's president Friday accepted General Sarath Fonseka's resignation, which frees up the veteran soldier to run for president after playing a decisive role in defeating...

President Rajapaksa does not need magic - Sri Lanka Minister

" Fri, Nov 13, 2009, 08:57 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 13, Colombo: The Minister of Trade, Marketing, Corporative Development and Consumer Affairs Bandula Gunawardena says that every family...

Sri Lankan general behind Tigers defeat may stand for president

" The general who masterminded Sri Lanka’s victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels in May resigned from the army yesterday and strongly hinted that he would stand against President Rajapaksa in an election due by...

General Fonseka to be the opposition common candidate?

" November 8, 2009  10:44 am General Sarath Fonseka who returned to the island a few days ago is tipped to be the common candidate of the Opposition Alliance for a future Presidential poll, sources from...

US can't quiz Gen. Sarath Fonseka: Sri Lanka

"Colombo: Sri Lanka Monday strongly protested US plans to question Chief of Defence Staff Gen Sarath Fonseka over alleged human rights violations in the last phase of the civil war, saying he has no authority to...

Stand-off refugees can't choose destination, says Australia

"SYDNEY: Australia told a group of rescued Sri Lankan asylum-seekers they could not choose their destination and refused to rule out using force after they refused to disembark in Indonesia. Foreign Minister...

Raj (King) Rajaratnam sued by victims of LTTE Tamil terror

" Founder of the Galleon Group, Raj Rajaratnam, is in more hot water. The world's 551st richest person is now facing a civil suit, in New Jersey, for funding the terrorist group Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam....

Tamil Tigers join race for asylum

" A SENIOR member of the Australian Tamil community says former Tamil Tiger fighters are definitely among the influx of boatpeople to arrive on our shores. Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations secretary...

LTTE training Maoists cadre?

"VISAKHAPATNAM: Union home minister P Chidambaram’s assertion that the naxalites are acquiring arms from abroad is only the tip of the iceberg, as central intelligence agencies have found fresh evidence...

Former child soldiers move on in Sri Lanka

" Vinojan’s boyhood ended when Sri Lanka’s civil war reignited. Fifteen at the time, he says he joined the separatist Tamil Tigers to save his older brother from forcible conscription, and became a reluctant...