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'Sri Lankan Air Force can't train in Tamil Nadu'
6 July 2012 6:35 AM ISTPolitical outfits across Tamil Nadu have condemned a training programme for Sri Lankan Air Force personnel at the Indian Air Force base at Tambaram...
Lanka enrolls former LTTEs for civil defence
25 Jun 2012 7:05 AM ISTSri Lanka will enroll over 1,000 former members of the LTTE, who have successfully completed rehabilitation to the country's civil defence force...
Fonseka plans new political culture
15 Jun 2012 8:11 AM ISTSri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka said Thursday that he aimed to topple the government and create a new political culture, ruling out any...
US-nominated envoy plans Lanka targets
8 Jun 2012 7:12 AM ISTThere is a serious and credible allegation of human rights violations in Sri Lanka, the nominated US envoy to Sri Lanka said, noting that America and...
Colombo deports Brit channel employees
8 Jun 2012 7:10 AM ISTTwo employees of the UK-based Channel 4 television which had aired a series of videos accusing Sri Lanka's military of war crimes have been deported,...
Lanka to launch first satellite by 2015
26 May 2012 12:58 PM ISTChina will help Sri Lanka launch its first satellite by 2015, officials said.Local company SupremeSAT said it has reached an agreement with the Sri...
Lanka minorities propose truth commission
23 May 2012 1:24 PM ISTSri Lanka's main Muslim minority party has proposed the setting up of a truth commission to achieve reconciliation in the country which has witnessed...
Fonseka to be free soon
21 May 2012 12:54 PM ISTGiving in to US-led international pressure, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered the release of his former army chief-turned-political...
Lanka to look into war abuse charges
20 May 2012 2:41 PM ISTSri Lanka on Saturday said it will conduct its own investigation into allegations of war abuses including those by its armed forces, the country’s...
Lanka looks within for peace
17 May 2012 9:43 AM ISTSri Lanka will achieve lasting peace only through 'home grown solutions', not those prescribed by the international community, foreign minister G L...
Lanka book claims India aided LTTE
16 May 2012 7:17 AM ISTThe Indian policy on Sri Lanka in the 1980s, the formative years of the LTTE, provided encouragement to the separatist group, a new book has...
Lanka unearths hidden LTTE explosives
15 May 2012 1:38 PM ISTTwo years after the decisive battle in which the Tamil Tigers were vanquished, Sri Lankan security forces made their biggest-ever haul recovering...