Will participate in meeting only in absence of PM Mahinda Rajapaksa and Cabinet: Sri Lankan political leaders"We will be going for the meeting but under one condition that it has to be without the presence of the prime minister (Mahinda Rajapaksa) ...
Sri Lanka's political crisis should end with snap election: Nanayakkara"This government cannot move forward now. There must be a government with everyone participating for at least 6 months and then have an ele...
Sri Lanka talks over Mahinda Rajapaksa's political comeback failsRajapaksa, 69, who lost to Sirisena in the January presidential election, publicly announced yesterday that he wanted to lead an opposition...
Lanka president Maithripala Sirisena slammed for nod to Tamil version of national anthemHowever, former languages minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara said there was no harm to allow a Tamil version of the national anthem.
Allies want Mahinda Rajapaksa to lead coalition in the parliamentary electionsMahinda Rajapaksa, 69, has shunned politics since his defeat despite demands from supporters to make a comeback.
- Rajapaksa wins historic election
Rajapaksa won re-election in an historic post-war vote.
- DNA test confirms Prabhakaran is dead: Lanka army
Sri Lanka's military said Thursday it has proved conclusively through DNA testing that Tamil Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed ...
- LTTE chief body believed found: Sources
A body believed to be that of Tamil Tiger founder leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran has been found but the identity of the corpse has not been...
- Two LTTE leaders surrender, 95,000 flee war zone
Two LTTE leaders have surrendered to the Sri Lankan military.
- LTTE planes attack Colombo, 2 killed, several hurt
Defying the government's efforts to destroy them, Sri Lanka's rebels sent two planes on a surprise raid over the capital Friday night befor...
- Female suicide bomber kills 28 in Sri Lanka
A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself killing 28 people in Sri Lanka.
- Airtel to roll out Lanka ops on Jan 12
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom company, will launch services in Sri Lanka on January 12, becoming the fifth cellular player in the ...
- Bharti to launch services in Sri Lanka on January 12
Bharti Airtel will launch services in Sri Lanka on January 12, becoming the fifth cellular player in the island nation.
- 30 killed in new fighting: Sri Lanka military
A wave of fighting in Sri Lanka's civil war killed 25 Tamil Tiger rebels and five soldiers, the military said.
- Blast rocks Sri Lanka's capital, wounding 45
A bomb blast blamed on separatist Tamil Tigers wounded 45 people in Sri Lanka's capital on Saturday, while renewed fighting in the embattle...
- Military: New fighting kills 20 LTTE, 2 soldiers in volatile north
A series of battles between govt forces and LTTE across Sri Lanka's embattled northern region killed 20 rebels and two soldiers.
- Bharti Airtel to launch Lanka services in 2008
Bharti will launch its services in Lanka in 2008 and is looking at cornering a high market share in the next few years.