Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger have asked the United Nations to recognise their right to sovereignty as a “constructive” approach to ending the two-decade long civil war …
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By P.K. Balachandran, Colombo, Jan 30 : Sri Lanka Wednesday denied responsibility for a bus blast in the island’s rebel-held north that killed 18 civilians including 12 children. But the Tamil Tigers have told the UN that the army committed the outrage.
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Armed men who came on motorcycles shot and killed a mother, her son and daughter at Choalaiyamman Koayiladi in Manththuvil in Thenmaraadchi sector of the Jaffna Peninsula, in the early hours of Thursday, sources in Chaavakachcheari said. The attackers, alleged to be members of the Sri Lanka Army Field Bike Squad, surrounded the house while […]

Armed men who came on motorcycles shot and killed a mother, her son and daughter at Choalaiyamman Koayiladi in Manththuvil in Thenmaraadchi sector of the Jaffna Peninsula, in the early hours of Thursday, sources in Chaavakachcheari said. The attackers, alleged to be members of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Field Bike Squad, surrounded the house […]

Armed men who came on motorcycles shot and killed three siblings at Choalaiyamman Koayiladi in Ma’nduvil in Thenmaraadchi in Jaffna Peninsula, in the early hours of Thursday, sources in Chaavakachcheari said. The attackers, alleged to be members of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Field Bike Squad, surrounded the house while a few entered inside and […]

By P.K. Balachandran, Colombo, Jan 30 : Sri Lanka has formally proposed that the summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) be held here from July 27 to Aug 3.
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CANBERRA - Sri Lanka kicked off their limited overs tour of Australia in good style, beating the Prime Minister’s XI by four wickets here yesterday.
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Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) patrol units on Vadamaraadchi seas confiscated the passes of more than one hundred fishermen Wednesday, accusing the fishermen of violating the distance limit set by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) , Fisheries Society sources in Vadamaraadchi said. The SLN told the fishermen that they will not be allowed to fish for […]

Despite Monday morning`s LTTE artillery attack, on the Palaly Air Base, targeting the aircraft f..
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Jan 30, Colombo: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) warned that the safety of journalists in Sri Lanka is in serious jeopardy….
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