Sri Lanka News

Chaminda Vaas to retire from Test cricket

Veteran Sri Lankan cricketer Chaminda Vaas has decided to retire from Test cricket, chief selector Asantha de Mel said Saturday.

Britain relaxes restrictions on travel to Sri Lanka

The British government has relaxed travel restrictions on its citizens visiting Sri Lanka nearly five weeks after Tamil separatist rebels were defeated to end a more then 30-year war in the South Asian country, the British high commission in Colombo said Friday.9:02 PM on July 03

Tamil legislator arrested in Sri Lanka

An opposition Tamil minority legislator has been arrested for allegedly helping the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a newspaper said Tuesday.12:33 PM on June 24

Canadian lawmaker deported from Sri Lanka

Canadian MP Bob Rae was deported from Sri Lanka Wednesday after accused of being a Tamil Tiger sympathiser, a charge the veteran politician dubbed 'a lie, pure and simple'.9:31 PM on June 10

Canadian lawmaker to be deported from Sri Lanka

A Canadian parliamentarian is to be deported from Sri Lanka on the grounds that he was a sympathiser of the Tamil rebel movement, senior government officials said Wednesday.4:01 PM on June 10

Sri Lanka extends emergency to deal with Tamil Tiger remnants

Sri Lanka's parliament Tuesday extended the state of emergency in the country to deal with the 'remnants' of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) that was defeated in a major military offensive last month, Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake said.10:00 PM on June 09

Sri Lanka turns away ship carrying aid for displaced Tamils

Sri Lanka's navy Monday turned away a vessel carrying relief aid for displaced Tamils after detaining the vessel and questioning its crew for three days.10:31 PM on June 08

Doctors in former LTTE-held areas under interrogation

Three doctors who provided information to the media during the height of the military operations against Tamil Tigers in northern Sri Lanka were being questioned by police before being charged in the courts, a police spokesman said.4:01 PM on June 05

Sri Lanka Navy detains vessel carrying relief aid for displaced

The Sri Lanka navy Thursday detained a vessel reported to be carrying relief aid from Britain for displaced persons in the northern part of the country, a military spokesman said.12:00 AM on June 05

Sri Lanka calls for new era in international relations

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa Wednesday said it was time to start a new era in foreign relations after the end of the war with the rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).8:03 PM on June 03

Sri Lanka to hold victory parade to mark crushing of rebels

Sri Lanka would hold a national victory parade Wednesday to mark the crushing of the rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), officials said.9:00 AM on June 03

Sri Lankan media activist abducted, assaulted and warned

A journalist and media activist abducted and assaulted in Sri Lanka's capital said Tuesday he was warned not to get involved in any more protests related to media freedom.7:30 PM on June 02

Sri Lanka pushes ahead with resettlement plans for displaced

Brushing aside sweeping allegations of widespread killings of civilians in the final stage of their campaign to crush Tamil rebels, Sri Lankan officials said Monday they will press ahead with plans to care for thousands of war refugees who will eventually be sent back to their homes.7:32 PM on June 01

Prabhakaran's parents in government custody

The parents of the now dead Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran are in the 'protective custody' of the Sri Lankan government, a media report said Thursday.2:50 PM on May 28

11 Tamil rebels killed in Sri Lanka

A week after the Sri Lankan government declared the Tamil rebels crushed, army commandos killed 11 rebels in the eastern part of the country and recovered a haul of weapons, the army said Wednesday.9:31 PM on May 27