World Vision has condemned the killing of two aid workers in Sri Lanka and called for a full investigation by the Sri Lankan authorities, as funeral plans for the victims were …
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An international panel appointed by the government of Sri Lanka has issued a stark indictment of a presidential commission impaneled to investigate human rights violations.
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New Delhi, June 10 : Indian Oil Corporation and the National Thermal Power Corporation are concerned over the deteriorating security conditions in Sri Lanka. IOC has already invested in the island nation and NTPC proposes to set up a power plant there.
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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake on Sunday expressed `regret’ at Thursday’s eviction of 376 `jobless Tamils’ living temporarily in lodges in Colombo and the suburbs to their places of permanent residence in the north …
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COLOMBO : Sri Lanka National Sciences Academy President Professor Arjuna Aluwihare issuing a condolence message on the death of Professor V.K. Samaranayake states: It is with sadness that I, on behalf of the National Academy of Sciences and in a personal capacity, have to add my comments to the many that will be made about […]

NEW DELHI: The New Delhi-based Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) has urged India to shed its “do-nothing” policy on Sri Lanka, and adopt a proactive one under which the LTTE is denied bases in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka is given economic support, in exchange for devolution of power to the Sri Lankan […]

SINGAPORE: The international community must translate their goodwill shown towards Sri Lanka into practical action, Foreign Secretary Dr. Palitha Kohona said.
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June 10, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Rathnasiri Wickramanayaka today said that LTTE had sent another truck with over 1,000 kilograms of explosives, a week after police found a truck with over 1,000 kilograms of C-4 explosives packed inside 42 boxes.
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June 10, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Rathnasiri Wickramanayaka today expressed ‘regrets’ over the eviction of Tamils from Colombo and said his government is taking the full responsibility over the matter. “We regret and ready to take the responsibility over this unfortunate incident,” the Premier told a media briefing this evening in Colombo.
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COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s government said on Sunday it regretted evicting of hundreds of minority ethnic Tamils from the capital this week on security grounds and promised it would not happen again.
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