Sri Lanka News

May 17, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa who was on a four-day official visit to Uganda to participate in the 7th Commonwealth Local Governments Conference returned to the island Friday morning.

May 18, Colombo: Sri Lanka this morning staged an extravagant military parade at the Galle Face Green in Colombo to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the monumental victory over the terrorist war waged by the Tamil Tiger rebels for three decades.

May 18, Colombo: Today we have the fourth opportunity to celebrate with dignity the great victory of our Motherland.

May 18, Colombo: A medium-sized Sri Lankan Navy vessel taking part in the Victory Day celebrations today capsized in the sea off the coast of Bambalapitiya.

A divine denture, spicy seafood, bathing elephants and a rock fortress. Ben Rankin is won over by the magic of Sri Lanka Huge fruit bats skim the treetops above us as the distant drumming grows louder.

Sri Lanka on Saturday celebrated the fourth anniversary of the defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels after 30 years of war and the government is expecting economic boom in the post-war country in the next few years, reports China's Xinhua news agency.

Whichever way you look at it, James Wharton will go far. One of Westminster's fastest-rising MPs, he is also one of its more well-travelled. A Conservative since his teens, he became chairman of his local party association at the age of 18 and entered the House of Commons when he was just 26.

New Delhi, May 17: India has told Sri Lanka not to dilute the autonomous powers granted to its Tamil-majority northern province ahead of provincial elections, official sources said Friday.

Tropical Cyclone Mahasen made landfall Thursday northwest of Chittagong, Bangladesh, with peak winds near 50 mph .

A major diplomatic dispute is in the offing with the District Court of Colombo, Sri Lanka ruling that four Norwegian foreign ministry officials, including its former Ambassador in Colombo, Hilde Haraldstad, are accountable for multiple banking transactions undertaken by local NGO, Foundation for Co-Existence, in support of 'peace projects' ... (more)

The increase in British tourists choosing Sri Lanka 'killing fields' as tourist destination comes following the reports and a law-priced air travel campaign by the British Airways, which recently resumed its services with three flights a week from London Gatwick to Colombo via Male.

Eight fatalities have been reported so far due to the stormy weather which affected a number of areas in Sri Lanka during the last few days.

May 15, Colombo: A mobile diplomatic service has been launched for the welfare of Sri Lankans employed in South Korea.

May 15, Kampala: Sri Lanka considers the local government as the most practical expression of the ideals and aspirations of a functioning democracy and actively works toward strengthening the local government to promote democracy and economic growth with equity, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said.

The SL military is scheming a mass scale appropriation of lands for Sinhalicisation and militarisation.

Britain said on Wednesday there would be "consequences" for Sri Lanka if its leaders did not address international concerns over human rights abuses, ahead of a Commonwealth summit scheduled to be held in Colombo in November.

Colombo, May 15 : Sri Lanka will probe a controversial video on the final stages of the war between the Tamil rebels and the military, an official said Wednesday.

At least seven people have been killed by stormy weather that has also affected over 7,000 people in Sri Lanka, authorities said Wednesday.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) KUALA LUMPUR: Axiata Group Bhd says its Sri Lankan subsidiary Dialog Broadband Networks Ltd has acquired Sky Television and Radio Network Ltd for US$6.35 million .

Sri Lanka, currently rebuilding its infrastructures after 30 years of civil war which ended in 2010, is inviting Malaysian companies to take up the projects being disbursed by the government and the private sector.