Sri Lanka presidential poll advanced to JanuaryRajapaksa has already declared his intention to contest the election despite legal objections raised by former chief justice Sarath Silva.
20 Oct, 2014, 10.15 PM IST
Jayalalithaa conviction an internal Indian issue: Sri LankaJayalalithaa is quite an unpopular figure in Lanka, due to her staunch positions on Lanka-Indo ties in aftermath of end of Lankan civil war...
30 Sep, 2014, 11.16 PM IST
Lanka north chief minister must seek approval to meet Prime Minister Narendra ModiMedia minister Keheliya Rambukwella said Chief Minister C V Wigneswaran would have to take permission to travel to India.
04 Sep, 2014, 10.11 PM IST
Sri Lanka 'pleased' Jayalalithaa lost clout in New DelhiSri Lanka today said it is pleased that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has lost any bargaining power with the Narendra Modi governm...
19 May, 2014, 08.24 PM IST
Mahinda Rajapaksa did not succumb to international pressure in 2009: Sri Lanka ministerRajapaksa refused to succumb to pressures exerted by some countries to end the military campaign against the LTTE in 2009, a Sri Lankan min...
14 May, 2014, 05.52 PM IST
Sri Lanka ready to probe UN human rights chief Navi Pillay's claimsSri Lanka said it was ready to probe allegations by UN human rights chief Navi Pillay that people she met during her mission were threatene...
01 Sep, 2013, 04.23 PM IST
Lankan PSC to decide on devolution of powers in Tamil northSri Lanka today said that a parliamentary panel would decide whether to dilute regional powers as planned or their devolution as part of th...
11 Jul, 2013, 06.34 PM IST
- Govt rejects reports of Lanka taking over parts of IOC depot
Govt on Thursday denied reports that Sri Lanka had decided to reposses a part of a strategic oil depot Indian Oil as was announced by Infor...
21 Mar, 2013, 07.49 PM IST
Sri Lanka to seize part of IOC's oil depot after UN voteSri Lanka announced it would repossess part of a strategic oil storage depot after India supported international calls to probe war crimes ...
21 Mar, 2013, 07.21 PM IST
- Sri Lanka rejects disturbing new 'war pictures' as lies
Sri Lanka on Friday rejected as 'lies' new photographs broadcast by Al-Jazeera of piles of dead bodies and execution-style killings.
12 Nov, 2010, 11.10 AM IST
- 'Detained LTTE chief KP owns 5 ships, 600 bank accounts'
Detained LTTE chief Selvarasa Pathmanathan alias KP owns five ships and 600 unidentified bank accounts which are sought to be frozen, a sen...
02 Dec, 2009, 04.13 PM IST
- Pathmanathan will be prosecuted under Sri Lankan laws: Govt
Sri Lankan government has said it will prosecute the arrested new LTTE chief K Pathmanathan under the country's laws despite the rebel lead...
08 Aug, 2009, 03.40 PM IST
- They don’t use cyanide capsules anymore
Two top Tamil Tiger leaders on Wednesday surrendered before the rapidly advancing Lankan forces, signalling an imminent collapse of LTTE.
23 Apr, 2009, 02.22 AM IST
- 82,000 civilians flee Sri Lanka war zone: Minister
82,000 civilians escaped from shrinking patch of LTTE's territory.
22 Apr, 2009, 01.04 PM IST
- LTTE planes attack Colombo, 27 hurt
Sri Lanka's military said on Friday at least 27 people had been wounded when two Tamil Tiger rebel planes raided the capital Colombo and bo...
20 Feb, 2009, 11.32 PM IST
- 'If LTTE chief caught, India will have to request extradition'
India will have to follow the standard "procedure" for seeking extradition of LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran, wanted in the Rajiv Gand...
06 Jan, 2009, 04.32 PM IST
- Sri Lanka sets minimum wage for its overseas workers
Sri Lanka has set the minimum wage for its citizens employed as domestic workers overseas at $250 (about Dh918) per month in an effort to s...
09 Oct, 2007, 07.45 PM IST