Democratic Party (DP) Leader Sarath Fonseka said today his party was prepared to support a common opposition candidate at the next president...
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March 2014
Herath fifer takes Sri Lanka into semis
A remarkable spell of bowling by left arm spinner Rangana Herath (3.3-2-3-5) saw Sri Lanka pull off a remarkable 59-run victory against New ...
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Indian Coast Guard to hand over 17 Sri Lankan fishermen
Indian Coast Guard will hand over 17 Sri Lankan fishermen released from Indian custody and their 10 boats to Sri Lankan Navy at the Internat...
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SL bans LTTE fronts
The Sri Lankan government has in a decisive move with far reaching implications proscribed as foreign terrorist entities, several overseas o...
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Hirunika gets highest preference votes in Colombo
Hirunika Premachandra daughter of assassinated former MP Baratha Lakshman Premachandra has received the highest number of preference votes i...
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US, Sri Lanka military cooperation on CBRN defense
The United States and Sri Lanka militaries will conduct an international defense workshop in Colombo on chemical, biological, radiological a...
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Sri Lankan court grants permission to former Army Commander to proceed with defamation case against deputy minister
A court in Sri Lanka today granted permission to former Army Commander, Democratic Party Leader Sarath Fonseka to proceed with his defamatio...
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India had cheated SL Tamils: TNA
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) opposed India for its decision to abstain from the US sponsored resolution in UNHRC which was passed today...
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UN vote on Sri Lanka sends a clear message - US
The United States says that Thursday’s vote in the UNHRC, on a resolution calling for an international probe into alleged human rights viola...
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Sri Lanka rejects the UN resolution approving an international probe
Sri Lanka flatly rejected the UN resolution led by the United States and adopted by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today calling for ...
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UNHRC adopts resolution on Sri Lanka
The US-sponsored resolution promoting reconciliation in Sri Lanka was adopted during the 25th session of the United Nations Human Rights Cou...
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England beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in World Twenty20
England beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in their World Twenty20 super 10 Group One match at Chittagong, Bangladesh on Thursday ending Sri Lank...
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SL parents seeks pardon for murder in UAE
An old couple living in a remote village in Sri Lanka is pleading for the mercy of an Indian family to save the life of their son who is fac...
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Suspect remanded till April 3 over forging currency
The suspect arrested by the CID over the printing of fake Rs.5000 notes has been remanded until April 3, the Police Spokesman stated. Source...
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Politicized process will only impede reconciliation and engagement with UN body, Sri Lanka warns
Sri Lanka today warned the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that the politicized agenda of the proposed resolution will only impe...
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Murdered British aid worker’s girlfriend in SL Court
British aid worker Khuram Shaikh’s Russian girlfriend was present at the Colombo High Court today when it took up the inquiry into the killi...
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Indian govt. concedes giving training to Lankan Navy
The Union Ministry of External Affairs has conceded that the Centre has been imparting long-term and short-term training in technical and no...
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State mechanisms to investigate rights violations in Sri Lanka not independent or effective - UN Rights Chief
None of the various state mechanisms the Sri Lankan government established during the five years after the end of the war had the independen...
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Daughter keeps tweeting for missing father
‘God loves you more, daddy.... God loves them more. :')’ 17 year-old Maira Elizabeth Nari tweeted yesterday evening, few minutes after t...
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India-Sri Lanka fishermen talks cancelled again
The talks between fishermen representatives of India and Sri Lanka, scheduled to be held in Colombo on Tuesday (25), have been cancelled onc...
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Opposition Leader challenges Sri Lankan President to a public debate on the resolution
Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe has challenged Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to a public debate on the resolution on Sri Lan...
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No need for leadership change : Ketagoda
Rejecting the claims that there were democratic issues within the party, the Democratic Party led by Sarath Fonseka said today that there wa...
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Six arrested in connection with Kegalle murder
Police have arrested six suspects over the murder of a 43-year-old man, who was stabbed to death with a sharp object, during a brawl between...
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Final draft of the resolution on Sri Lanka tabled at UNHRC, eliminates India's complicity in war
The final draft of the resolution on Sri Lanka sponsored by the United States, the United Kingdom and three other countries was submitted to...
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Present resolution has impact-Britain
Hugo Swire, the British Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in a Twitter interview said the US-backed resolution of wh...
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Egypt court sentences 529 Morsi supporters to death
A court in Egypt on Monday sentenced 529 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to death after a mass trial, judicial sources...
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Sri Lanka makes history, bowls out Netherlands for lowest score in T20
Sri Lanka made history in Chittagong today when they bowled out the Netherlands for a record low of 39 in 10.3 overs at the ICC World Twenty...
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Missing plane plunged into Indian Ocean - Malaysia PM
The Prime Minister of Malaysia has confirmed that new data has emerged which points to Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 having crashed into th...
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Expatriate Sri Lankans stage massive demo in Geneva, urge UNHRC not to undermine domestic efforts for reconciliation
A massive demonstration was held this afternoon at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) headquarters in Geneva with the participa...
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Cameron secures ‘full backing’ of EU for resolution
The British Prime Minister David Cameron says that he has secured the “full backing” of all European Union nations for the resolution agains...
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Rivals trying to oust me with global support- MR
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has blamed opposition parties of trying to engineer his downfall with international support saying hi...
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Sri Lanka's Northern PC adopts resolution not to allow mining and quarrying in the province
The Northern Provincial Council of Sri Lanka had adopted a resolution last week to not allow any mining or quarrying of limestone in the pro...
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Army to probe video
Upon finding a Youtube video depicting a group female recruits being harassed by some female as well as male instructors, the Commander of t...
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UNHRC divided over Sri Lanka resolution - Samarasinghe
The Sri Lankan Government today claimed there was a “division” among members of the UNHRC over a US-backed resolution and termed it a victor...
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Presidential Commission probing disappearances in Sri Lanka concludes hearings in East
The Presidential Commission investigating the alleged disappearances of persons in conflict affected areas concluded its first public sittin...
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Would lift ban on LTTE - MDMK manifesto
India’s MDMK has promised in its manifesto released Saturday that it would lift the ban on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), if it ta...
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Sri Lanka Police offer Rs. 1 million reward for information on absconding LTTE cadre
Sri Lanka Police today announced a reward of 1 million rupees for anyone who is able to provide accurate information regarding the wanted cr...
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Cameron secures full backing of EU for resolution on Sri Lanka
The United States expressed concern on Friday about the Sri Lankan government’s arrest of two human rights activists this week and about an ...
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