The Sri Lanka Red Cross on Monday demanded a probe into the killing of two of its volunteers amid a rash of abductions and murders in a renewed civil war, and urged the government and Tamil Tiger rebels to respect human rights.
Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for lanka

The representatives of ICRC and Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) paid homage to the two employees attached to its Batticaloa officers who were abducted in Colombo on Friday evening at the Fort railway station, and later found shot dead at Kiriella, Ratnapura, 95 km southwest of Colombo on Sunday. Representatives from the Head Office […]

The Sri Lankan government said Monday that the abduction and killing of two Red Cross volunteer workers was aimed at discrediting the government of President Mahinda Rajapakse and tarnishing Sri Lanka’s image abroad.
Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for lanka

Sri Lanka`s military has inked several significant defence agreements with China, including those fo..
Read more

June 04, Colombo: The bodies of the slain Sri Lanka Red Cross volunteers will be transported to their home town Batticaloa tomorrow, the Director General of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Neville Nanayakakara said.
Read more

June 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka university non-academic workers went on a token strike today accusing the authorities for taking revenge from the workers who led the settled strike two weeks ago.
Read more

June 04, Colombo: The Secretary to the Ministry of Trade, Marketing Development, Co-operatives and Consumer Affairs Dr. R. M. K. Ratnayake said that the milk food companies have agreed to sell the welfare packets in government retail stores for a lower price.
Read more

June 04, Colombo: A special cabinet meeting will be held shortly this evening at Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa official residence, Temple Trees, to decide on the petroleum prices and electricity tariff hikes.
Read more

June 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka Marxist People’s Liberation Front (JVP) launched an agitation against the government today in number of places around the country urging the government to ease the cost of living burden.
Read more

June 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed a special committee comprised three ministers and veteran leftist to attend to the welfare of the families of the disappeared individuals.
Read more