Lanka lose Chanaka Welegedara for CT

COLOMBO, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government denied plans to roll back power sharing mechanisms with the Tamil minority on Wednesday despite ruling coalition parties' attempting to stop long overdue elections in the former war-torn north.

Colombo: Sri Lanka Army has said that it would reduce the number of military camps in former rebel stronghold of northern Jaffna and hand over lands back to their original owners."We will reduce the existing 17 military camps in Jaffna to just three," Army ...

* Protesters number only a few hundred in Sri Lanka * Unions say people put off by threat of layoffs * Government says demonstrations simply failed By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO, May 21 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's opposition parties and ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- An international human rights group said Monday that respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated separatist Tamil rebels to end a civil war.Human Rights Watch ...

Colombo, May 20 (IANS) Respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated the Tamil Tigers, said Monday. This week marks the fourth anniversary of the brutal civil war's end. Since the ...

Sri Lanka today said it will apprise Canada of the progress in the human rights situation on the island in view of the upcoming Commonwealth summit in Colombo which Ottawa has threatened to boycott.

Beijing: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa would visit China later this month on the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Foreign Ministry here said on Monday. This will be Rajapaksa's first visit after the new leadership took power ...

Colombo, May 20 (PTI) India was the second largest development aid giver to Sri Lanka last year behind China, providing over USD 700 million to the island nation, according to latest official figures.This was contained in the Ministry of Finance and ...

Colombo, May 19 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday renewed his pledge to fight all "external elements" seeking to "disrupt" the country's peace. Speaking on the fourth anniversary celebration of winning the three-decade war against ...