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...

Colombo, July 3 : Despite promising to resettle 80 percent of Tamil refugees by the end of this year, the Sri Lankan Government has reportedly started building permanent camps for most of the 300,000 refugees, who are being held there since Tamil Tigers' defeat in...

Lahore, July 3 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is unlikely to participate in the meeting with the three hosts of the 2011 World Cup India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, to discuss and sort out the hosting rights...

Back to top Umpires: I J Gould, D J Harper, A G Hurst, H D P K Dharmasena Sri Lanka: Warnapura, Paranavitana, Sangakkara (C/W), M Jayawardene, Samaraweera, Dilshan, Mathews, Kulasekara, Thushara,...

CHENNAI: Six new trains were proposed for Tamil Nadu in the railway budget on Friday. They are: a non-stop point-to-point Chennai-Delhi bi-weekly express, a weekly Bilaspur–Tirunelveli...

"Under the impact of the global economic setback, the downtrend in foreign tourists visiting Sri Lanka will prevail till the yearend," said SriLankan Airlines Chairman Nishantha Wickramasinghe. "But...

(RTTNews) - Britain has lifted travel restrictions imposed on its nationals in Sri Lanka at the height of the war between the Sri Lankan Army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE).In May,...

JOHN McFARLANDAssociated Press WriterDALLAS (AP) — Marc Colombo lowers his bald head and leans his sweaty, 6-foot-8, 318-pound frame toward the microphone, growling to the crowd that the next...

BEIJING: Sri Lanka is carving out a large piece of land near Colombo for establishing a special economic zone exclusively for investment by Chinese companies. The work of setting up the zone has...

Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will miss the first Test with Pakistan after hurting his knee while fielding during a practice session on Thursday.Off-spinner Suraj Kaluhalmulla and left-arm...

China would work with Sri Lanka to promote the comprehensive and cooperative partnership to a new height, said Vice Premier Li Keqiang here on Friday. "We attach great importance to the...

COLOMBO - Sri Lankan health authorities have had to combat an upsurge in cases of the lethal Dengue flu in the island nation this year. They have used mass man-power, public awareness campaigns and...

Four months after a deadly terror attack on the Sri Lankan team in Pakistan, the two nations will renew their test cricket rivalry when the first test starts at Galle on Saturday.Their last meeting...

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has said that Jeetan Patel's injury is not serious and that he should be available for selection for next month's tour of Sri...

declared victory over the Tamil Tigers in May, he reached out to the Tamil minority that the defeated rebels had claimed to represent over 26 years of civil war. Speaking in Tamil, as well as...

Sri Lankan authorities appear to be building permanent camps to house many of the 300,000 refugees from the last phase of the war with the Tamil Tiger rebels, despite promising to resettle 80 per...

Pakistan and Sri Lanka make an emotional return to test cricket in Galle on Sunday, almost four months after a militant attack halted their last contest. The three-test series is the first between...

Sri Lanka Terrorist Intelligence Division (TID) in Colombo took into custody Wednesday three Tamil civilians staying in a lodge located in Kotahena, sources in Colombo said. The arrested civilians...

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 4:54 pm Press Release: Christchurch City Council Colombo Street Water Main RenewalThe Council has been investigating the state of the water mains on a small section of...

Inner City Press (ICP) reported Tuesday that after a week of silence by the U.N. the U.N. spokesperson has revealed that "U.N. has hired a lawyer who has visited the U.N. staff and who are still...

In this handout picture provided by Sri Lankan Army Media yesterday, (from left) French ambassador to Sri Lanka Michel Lummaux, Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka, visiting commander of the French...

has stepped up its presence in West Asia with additional services to Colombo and the Maldives from its home base in Dubai. The expansion also signals the resumption...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Thursday raised fuel prices by up to 11%, but the increases were still insufficient to recoup the entire cost of production. The higher grade 95 Octane gasoline was...

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 4:00 pm Press Release: Emirates Airlines Emirates Advances In Sri Lanka And MaldivesEmirates airline has stepped up its presence in Sri Lanka and the Maldives,...

Galle, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka face a selection dilemma over their wicketkeeper as they gear-up for a tough three-test series against Pakistan starting in Galle on Saturday. Pakistan, buoyed by...

A new group of eminent Tamil people in Sri Lanka has made a plea for those held in government camps to be given a timetable for their release.The group said people were yearning to be released from...

Yet another of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's allies defected from a major opposition party was given ministerial positions in a mini Cabinet reshuffle here Thursday, government officials...

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse told a multi-party forum on Thursday that all political parties in the island should unite as one team of patriots as it was not the time to concentrate on...

The visiting Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said on Thursday that China has always been a friend to Sri Lanka and he is seeking closer bilateral ties during his five-day official...

Lawyers demonstrated last year against threats against them The Sri Lankan government and its legal profession must do more to strengthen the rule of law, according to a panel of international...

The Sri Lankan police has extended the period of amnesty granted to armed groups in the Eastern Province to hand over weapons, a local radio station quoted police sources as saying on Thursday. The...

The managing director of a Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper has alleged that a "shadowy group" has ordered his employee to quit their jobs or get killed, BBC reported Thursday. E. Saravanapavan of...

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced his intention to appoint an All-Party Committee (APC) for development and reconciliation work in the country, even as Colombo on Wednesday...

The Inter-Parliamentary Union is calling on the government of Sri Lanka to mount a thorough investigation of the murders of three Members of Parliament, two of them Tamils. The IPU's Human Rights...

The Sri Lankan government said Wednesday that it had duly informed the government of India of its work plan related to the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the north. Mahinda Samarasinghe, the...

Sri Lanka has beefed up security and announced new restrictions at match venues during Pakistan's upcoming Test and one-day tour, SLC officials said on Wednesday.Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) in a...

The boss of a Sri Lankan newspaper has told the BBC he is very worried about his staff after a shadowy group ordered them to quit their jobs or be killed.The Tamil-language newspaper, Uthayan, is the...

Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau's (SLTPB) Middle East office has announced official support for the forthcoming Lanka Challenge, a ten-day charity adventure rickshaw race taking place in Sri Lanka...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Defence spokesman and Minister Keheliya Rembukwella said on Tuesday that the priority of the government was to make sure that the conditions of the three lakh war displaced were...

Leelawathi Mahagamaralalage's family is proud of their military tradition, despite the human cost It is just over a month since Asia's longest civil war in modern times came to an end, with the Sri...

Sri Lanka plans to add at least 50,000 people to its security forces to help control territory won back from Tamil Tiger separatists in the 25-year war that ended in May, the government said...

Shane Bond is likely to make his return to the New Zealand team in Sri Lanka in September - but he's set to be a late arrival on tour.The New Zealand squad of 15 to play two tests preceded by two...

Location: Canadian Center for Victims of Torture, 194 Jarvis Street, 2nd Floor (west side of Jarvis, south of Dundas) Date & Time: Jun 30, 2009 @ 11am Speakers: John Cartwright, President, Toronto...

The Sri Lankan government has dismissed a travel advisory issued by the United States warning its citizens of possible dangers when visiting the country.Sri Lanka's defence spokesman, Keheliya...

COLOMBO - Consumer inflation in Sri Lanka hit an all-time low of 0.9 percent in June due to lower food prices, the census and statistics department said...

Some 9,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) camped in northern Sri Lanka who are 60 years old or above will be allowed to leave the camps and join their relatives, the police said Tuesday. They...

COLOMBO, 30 June 2009 (IRIN) - Health experts warn that the arrival of monsoon rains in July could increase the risk of waterborne diseases for tens of thousands of internally displaced persons...

The course is designed to rejuvenate young minds At a camp situated on top of a hill overlooking scenic rubber and coconut plantations in Sri Lanka, more than 100 former Tamil Tiger child soldiers...

Sri Lanka's 26 years of civil war effectively ended on May 19, 2009 with a single image. Televisions across the globe broadcast a government-issue photo of slain Tamil Tiger...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka and China on Monday signed an agreement on the second and third stages of the $891-million Norochcholai Coal Power 600 MW Project. Meanwhile, local media reported that the Jathika...