Links between Pakistan-based terror groups and Lankan outfits under scannerSuspicion is also growing about role of state actors in the serial attacks given sophistication of the strikes and quantum of explosives us...
23 Apr, 2019, 05.52 PM IST
Sri Lanka's Maithripala Sirisena to be in India amid communal violence in countrySri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today left on a foreign tour even as his country has been hit by communal violence that has kille...
10 Mar, 2018, 03.37 PM IST
Sri Lankan President removes PM Wickremesinghe as law and order minister after communal riotsTensions between Muslim groups and the majority Sinhalese Buddhist community in the country have escalated since the end of the civil war i...
08 Mar, 2018, 01.22 PM IST
Sri Lanka declares emergency after Buddhist-Muslim clash but India's T20 tri-series to go onTension has been growing between Muslims and Buddhists in Sri Lanka for a year, with hardline Buddhists accusing Muslims of forced conversi...
06 Mar, 2018, 05.23 PM IST
Tired of your regular vacation? Attend one of these festivals and you'll know what you've missedSome of the must-attend festivals in the coming month of April. Start planning already.
30 Mar, 2017, 05.17 AM IST
Sri Lanka goes to polls with tight security in placeThe duo's rivalry is limited to party positions they hold as Wickremesinghe's support helped Sirisena become president in January.
16 Aug, 2015, 05.04 PM IST
Sri Lanka opposition not to go beyond 13A amendment to settle Tamil issueThe 13A amendment of the Constitution came about as a result of the Indian government's intervention in 1987 during the height of the civil...
28 Jul, 2015, 10.16 PM IST
Sri Lanka violates human rights of Tamil minorities: ReportWhile the army has engaged in running business ventures on land seized from local populations, thousands of Tamils remain displaced on thei...
29 May, 2015, 12.55 PM IST
Sri Lanka President wishes for ethnic unity on Lankan New YearSri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena wished for unity between country's Sinhala majority and its Tamil minority on the occasion of Si...
14 Apr, 2015, 08.22 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets Sri Lankans on their Independence Day"On their Independence Day, my greetings to people of Sri Lanka. The bonds of history, culture & shared values that we share are unbreakabl...
04 Feb, 2015, 12.23 PM IST
Defections a conspiracy, won't be deterred: Sri Lanka's President Mahinda RajapaksaMahinda Rajapaksa, who enjoys support among the Sinhalese majority, claimed he had freed the island from terrorism & given unprecedented de...
23 Nov, 2014, 02.46 PM IST
- Pro-Tamil outfit claims SL settling Sinhalese in Mannar
A pro-Tamil outfit today claimed Sri Lanka was attempting to settle its people in Mannar district, a stronghold of Tamils, and has urged th...
28 Aug, 2013, 10.00 PM IST
Vaiko seeks criminal prosecution of Lankan envoyMDMK chief Vaiko seeks criminal prosecution of a Sri Lankan envoy under sedition charges for allegedly trying to instigate north Indians ag...
27 Mar, 2013, 10.40 PM IST
Karuna lashes out at Centre on Lankan Tamils issueDMK today accused UPA of showing little concern towards the plight of lankan Tamils and failing to see Sri Lanka's "designs" on the matter
23 Feb, 2013, 07.12 PM IST
The search for a real masterLast month, while announcing the end of the war against Tamil Tigers at a World Economic Forum meeting, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapa...
24 Jun, 2009, 01.37 AM IST
- Infighting will undo the gains of successful elections: Prez
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that infighting between Hindu and Muslim Tamils over the Chief Ministership of the Eastern ...
17 May, 2008, 09.46 PM IST
- Ensure history records of "Eelam" is maintained: Prabhakaran
Charging the Sri Lankan government with "destroying evidence of Tamil history" in the country, LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran has said...
13 Mar, 2008, 09.44 PM IST