According to an official of the Sri Lankan government, the nation has plans for recruiting Tamils to the police force of the country. Nimal Mediwaka, who is the spokesperson for Sir Lankan police, told the media that Tamils have shown interest in joining the Sri Lankan police force in northern ...

Gabriel Silva has been announced as the new defence minister for Colombia by the Colombian President, Alvaro Uribe.
 
Silva, takes over Juan Manuel Santos, and joins the office in August. Juan Manuel Santos had resigned from his post in May.
 
Colombian Armed Forces chief Gen. Freddy ...

"We are expecting nearly double the number of visitors to the annual pageant as the security has improved vastly following the defeat of the Tamil Tigers," said Pradeep Nilanga Dela, chief custodian of the shrine known as Sri Dalada Maligawa.

"Till last year we used to have about ...

Concerned over the plight of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka's troubled northeastern region, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday announced Rs. 500 crore (USD $100 million) for the rehabilitation and relief to the IDPs in the island nation.

While expressing concern over ...

United Nations Secretary General Ban ki Moon is expected to come down to Sir Lanka to assess the humanitarian situation after the island nation got rid of LTTE terrorism. According to Lankan foreign minister, Rohitha Bogollagama, the UN chief will come on Friday (May 22). Ban ki Moon is likely to ...

As per the reports of Sri Lankan arm forces, LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran has been killed in the island’s north on Monday (May 18). Military sources informed that the Prabhakaran was shot dead while he was trying to escape the war zone. The 54-year-old rebel leader was moving in a convoy ...

As per the defence ministry of Sri Lanka, the dead body of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran’s elder son Charles Anthony has been found by the Lankan army on Monday (May 18). The army has also found the dead body of LTTE's political head B. Nadesan, including that of two other senior leaders. ...

LTTE's suicide attack on Monday (April 20) killed 17 people in the Sri Lanka’s northern war-zone. According to a statement of the defence ministry of Sri Lanka, the brutal incident took place when troops were trying to rescue about 10,000 civilian from the Puthumathalan No Fire Zone (NFZ). ...

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has announced the name of murdered Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge as the winner of the 2009 World Press Freedom Prize. Wickrematunge was assassinated on January 8 this year. The award will be presented by UNESCO ...

On Thursday (12 March), the Sri Lankan troops killed the head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's vast international financing network. The army also captured a hospital complex in Puthukudiyiruppu, the last town the separatist guerrillas hold. At present, Sri Lanka's military has encircled ...

The Sri Lankan rebel group, LTTE struck the capital city of Colombo by dropping bombs near army headquarters on Friday (February 20) night. At least two LTTE planes flew into Colombo's airspace around 10 p.m and bombed the city thereby injuring about 40 people. However, the military has gunned down ...

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday (Feb 13, 2009) appointed Narayana Murthy, Chairman of Infosys Technologies, as his international advisor on information technology. The appointment was made after inviting Murthy as chief guest to the ceremonial launch of '2009-Year of ...

A suspected LTTE's female suicide bomber blew herself on Monday (9th February) killing 24 people. The military said that, the suicide attack occurred when the human bomb blew up her among a group of soldiers, searching civilians fleeing Sri Lanka's northern war zone.
 
The suicide bombing ...

The Sri Lankan military on Saturday (7th February) claimed that, air force jets have killed 11 guerrillas in a strike that left the Tamil Tigers naval wing's leader missing. Meanwhile, the stream of civilians fleeing Sri Lanka's war zone has picked up speed.
 
To crush down the LTTE ...

Sri Lankan forces on Tuesday (3rd February) captured the last airstrip of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at Sundarapuram in the northeastern Mullaitivu district. This information was disclosed to the media by the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) in Colombo.
 
MCNS said ...

On Friday (30th January) Sri Lanka's government again pledged safe passage to thousands of people trapped in fighting between the army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). But it denied that there would be any ceasefire agreement with the separatist groups.
 
On the other hand ...

A day after India announced the second installment of humanitarian assistance for the war-affected Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka, the visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon Saturday (17th January) held talks with President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
 
The humanitarian assistance ...

Sri Lankan forces captured the strategic Elephant Pass base from the Tamil Tigers on Friday (9th January), ousting the rebels from their last stronghold on the Jaffna peninsula and boxing them into a shrinking pocket of land in the northeast. In a nationally televised address, President ...

Sri Lankan troops marched into the Tamil Tigers' de facto capital of Kilinochchi and the town is about to fall into government hands, an official said on Friday (2nd January), in what would be a major blow for the rebels. The Sri Lankan military has had a series of battlefield victories against the ...

The President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa took the control of the media ministry in his own hands on January 1, 2009. As per the director of the government information department Anusha Palpita, the president took over the media ministry of the country and appointed former media minister ...

LTTE chief Vellupillai Prabhakaran, in an appeal to India, said that New Delhi should seek renewal of relationship by lifting the ban on the outfit. He asserted that even the struggle of the LTTE is gaining importance and acceptance in some parts of India.
Addressing at the annual Hero’s ...

The External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to visit Sri Lanka to resolve the issue of Lankan Tamils. The current move from the government of India is the result of pressure from Tamil Nadu government as well as from the International community. The government of India has been ...

15th edition of SAARC has started in Sri Lankan capital Colombo. Mahendra Rajapaksa, the president of Sri Lanka, opening the ceremony said that the SAARC was at a historical moment as the region share common heritage and face common challenges like food security and counter-terrorism. ...

The Sri Lankan Defence Ministry on Sunday, June 8, 2008 revealed that at least forty LTTE cadres have been killed in the past 48 hours in fighting along the Forward Defense Lines (FDL). The military Sri Lanka said that the killings of the LTTE cadre were made possible amid raids conducted by the ...

Early on Friday morning, Sri Lanka’s capital city Colombo witnessed a terrible bomb explosion in which 21 people are reported killed and over 40 people are believed to be injured. The explosion took place in a bus in a southern suburb of Colombo. The blast came two days after suspected Tamil ...

Sri Lanka, condemned for its poor human rights record, lost its bid recently to become a member of the UN Human Rights Council. But four others - Pakistan, Bahrain, Gabon and Zambia also rebuked on the same account have succeeding in winning seats for themselves. A close contest was witnessed for ...

The government of Sri Lanka has announced that its solders have succeeded in capturing an important town from the grasp of the Tamil Tigers in the north of the country. It also said that the clash between the two parties have left 34 rebels killed. The statement posted by the Media Centre for ...

A suicide bomb killed 9 people in Colombo which included six police personnel, two others and the bomber as well. Officials said that the bomber rammed a motorcycle loaded with explosives into a bus carrying police. More than 75 people are said to be injured in the attack which took place in ...

According to a top presidential source the Parliament of Sri Lanka has been suspended by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse for a month. The reason behind this suspension is unknown. As the Parliament has been suspended, all the bills and parliamentary committees which were presented, are now ...

Militant Tamil nationalist organization, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) executed a surprise air raid on the Sri Lankan military bases in Weli-Oya located 280 km northeast from capital Colombo on early Sunday, April 27. Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara, the military spokesman, informed ...