Western Province (Sri Lanka)

Lavanam for Lanka

G. Lavanam, a Gandhian activist, will be leading an Indian delegation that would participate in the golden jubilee celebrations of Sri Lank Sarvodaya Movement initiated by A.T. Aryaratne, at Moratuwa in Sri Lanka from December...

Sri Lanka seizes town held by rebels for 18 years (AP)

By KRISHAN FRANCIS, Associated Press Writer Krishan Francis, Associated Press Writer – 26 mins ago AFP/File – Government troops during a passing out parade in Katukurunda, some 43 kms south of Colombo. Sri Lankan … COLOMBO, Sri...

SRI LANKA: Typhoon Nisha affects thousands

COLOMBO, 1 December 2008 (IRIN) - "She had a nice name, but she was not so nice to us," said S. Subraj, 30, from the Jaffna Peninsula, describing Typhoon Nisha, which affected more than 360,000 people in nine districts in...

Sri Lanka: 25 Tamils arrested in Upcountry, Colombo

Twenty five Tamil civilians, including a woman, were taken into custody in two separate combined cordon and search operations conducted by the Sri Lanka Army and Sri Lanka Police Sunday morning, sources in Colombo said. Three...

Sri Lanka slips out of oil deal on Supreme Court ruling

A ruling Friday by Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court’s to halt payments to an international bank in connection to a badly judged oil hedging deal entered into by the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) could harm Colombo’s...

Sri Lanka: 7 SLA deserters escape from army custody

Seven soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) escaped from Panagoda army camp located in Kalutara district Saturday midnight. They were deserters and were being detained in the army camp after being arrested in a search operation....

Sri Lankan troops capture rebel town in north

COLOMBO, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's government troops on Monday recaptured the northern town of Kokavil, which has been under the control of Tamil Tiger rebels for 18 years, said the military. Officials from the Ministry of...

Sri Lanka's 'white van syndrome'

The Sri Lankan government claims to be on the verge of delivering a knockout blow to the Tamil Tigers. The Sri Lankan army has seen recent successes against the Tigers In 2006, an internationally brokered ceasefire between the...

Sri Lankan President to meet Turkish leaders

Dec 01, Colombo: Visiting Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa is scheduled to meet Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul following his visit to Rome. President is to meet Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican this evening.

New intercity train service to hill country inaugurated in Sri Lanka

Dec 01, Colombo: Making another significant milestone in its history, the Sri Lankan Railway Department today commenced a new intercity train service from Colombo to Nanu Oya in the central hill country.

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