REPORT: FRANCE - SRI LANKA: Hundreds march in memory of Tamil ...

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) regarded as the premier political formation of the Tamils of Sri Lanka has been very much in the news lately due to what could be termed as an internal crisis. The TNA that has in recent times been contesting ...

India has processed more than 15,500 transactions and has disbursed Rs 100 crore in the last six months to beneficiaries under the second phase of the housing project in Sri Lanka. India, which launched the direct cash transfer last year, has ...

The ruling coalition in Sri Lanka put out advertisements in Tamil news papers today inviting nominations from those interested to contest the first-ever elections to the northern provincial council in the Tamil-dominated region. The ruling coalition ...

Over 1,000 land owners in Sri Lanka' s northern Jaffna town Wednesday filed cases against the government taking over their land to build military offices, a Tamil political party said.The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said 1,474 people owning land in Jaffna ...

The first phase of Sri Lankas northern railway project funded by a line of credit facilitated by the Indian government was commissioned on Friday. Coaches in bright red chugged along from Medawachchiya in Anuradhapura, the North Central Province, to Madhu ...

The Sri Lankan waters off the northern coast of the island between India and this country may well be the most poached fishing grounds in the world to judge by the numbers of Tamil Nadu and other South Indian fishing craft who enter this area each ...

The Sri Lankan government claimed that it was planning to hold the Northern Provincial Council elections to bring about reconciliation, but it would only help boost hatred after crushing the LTTE militarily four years ago, the Janatha Vimukthi ...

More in: DHAKA/COLOMBO: The cyclonic storm Mahasen' created over southeast Bay of Bengal has weakened and moved slightly towards the northwest, the local Met office said on Sunday. "Latest satellite imagery shows disorganisation of cloud mass and ...

India has told Sri Lanka not to dilute the autonomous powers granted to its Tamil-majority northern province ahead of provincial elections, official sources said Friday.External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid also sought the early release of 31 Indian ...