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Sri Lanka's ex-army chief gets bail
A court granted bail for Sri Lanka's ex-army chief Friday, a move seen as a step toward a full pardon for the man credited with ending the country's long civil war but who later was jailed after challenging the president in elections. Sri Lanka's (...)

19 - 05 - 2012
Lanka wins on Malinga's 3rd hat trick
Fast bowler Lasith Malinga took a record third hat trick as Sri Lanka secured a consolation four-wicket victory over Australia in the fifth and final One-Day International Monday. Malinga removed Mitchell Johnson, John Hastings and Xavier Doherty (...)

23 - 08 - 2011
Sri Lanka president OK's ex-army chief's jail term
Sri Lanka's president approved a 30-month jail term for his former army chief and political rival Thursday, confirming a military court verdict that he was guilty of fraud. The decision may disqualify the ex-general from continuing as an opposition (...)

01 - 10 - 2010
Sri Lanka ratifies Fonseka conviction
Sri Lanka's president approved the dishonorable discharge of his former army chief and political rival Saturday, a day after a military court convicted the general of involvement in politics while in service. President Mahinda Rajapakse confirmed (...)

15 - 08 - 2010
Sri Lanka evicts some war refugees
Sri Lanka has barred some 3,000 villagers who fled the bloody final months of the country's civil war from returning to their homes in the north, possibly so the military can set up camps in the area, ethnic Tamil lawmakers charged Monday. The (...)

03 - 08 - 2010
Sri Lanka faces life without Muralitharan
Sri Lanka entered a new cricketing era Friday, facing an uncertain future without the legendary Muttiah Muralitharan, the world's leading wicket-taker. Muralitharan, 38, quit Test cricket Thursday after reaching the unprecedented 800-wicket (...)

24 - 07 - 2010
‘3 Idiots' movie sweeps annual Bollywood awards
The hit comedy film “3 Idiots” starring superstar Aamir Khan took home most of the awards at the annual Bollywood “Oscars,” including best Indian movie, in a ceremony in Sri Lanka's capital that top actors did not attend amid a boycott call over the (...)

07 - 06 - 2010
Bollywood stars play cricket for charity
Bollywood stars and Sri Lanka's cricketers hit the pitch for charity Friday to help rehabilitate child soldiers and build homes for families affected by the country's civil war. Stars Sunil Shetty, Hrithik Roshan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Sri Lankan (...)

06 - 06 - 2010
Stars to play cricket for child soldiers
Stars of Indian cinema and Sri Lankan cricketers will play a celebrity cricket match Friday to raise funds for reintegrating former child soldiers into their communities. Bollywood stars Hrithik Roshan and Sunil Shetty are set for a celebrity (...)

03 - 06 - 2010
Lanka leader promises peace after poll win
Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse, whose party cemented his political dominance by winning a majority in parliamentary elections, promised Saturday to bring peace and prosperity to a nation battered by decades of civil war. Rajapakse said in (...)

11 - 04 - 2010
Lanka's ruling bloc wins parliamentary polls
President Mahinda Rajapakse's ruling coalition has won Sri Lanka's first postwar parliamentary elections, the Election Department said Friday, further consolidating his political dominance. The department said Rajapakse's United People's Freedom (...)

10 - 04 - 2010
Sri Lankan protesters against Akon throw stones
Protesters outraged at an upcoming concert by R and B singer Akon hurled stones at a Sri Lankan private broadcaster's headquarters Monday, injuring four workers and damaging the building. The attack followed accusations that Akon desecrated an (...)

24 - 03 - 2010
SC allows Fonseka to appeal detention
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court decided Friday to allow former army chief Sarath Fonseka to appeal his detention on Feb. 23. Hundreds of security forces were deployed around the court building. Anti-riot squads were put on alert and barricades set up (...)

13 - 02 - 2010
Lanka drops Jaya suriya and Malinga
Veteran allrounder Sanath Jayasuriya and fast bowler Lasith Malinga were dropped from Sri Lanka's limited over squad as cricket selectors opted for a new-look side for next month's tri-nations series in Bangladesh. “We think this is a good time (...)

31 - 12 - 2009
Lanka resettles nearly 10,000 war refugees
A government spokesman says Sri Lanka has sent nearly 10,000 war refugees back to their homes from government-run camps. Spokesman Senaka Ubesinghe says 9,920 displaced civilians have been taken home by bus to their villages in eastern and northern (...)

12 - 09 - 2009
Kiwis lack experience, accepts Vettori
New Zealand cricket captain Daniel Vettori is confident his team has the talent to compete with the likes of Sri Lanka and India in its upcoming Test and limited overs series, saying the only thing his squad lacks is experience. “We have not played (...)

07 - 08 - 2009
Lanka president, rebels vow to fight on
Sri Lanka's president rejected international appeals for cease-fire in his nation's bloody civil war Thursday, as the Tamil Tiger rebels vowed never to surrender to the advancing government forces. The defiant declarations came in the face of (...)

01 - 05 - 2009
LTTE leader's son hurt: Lanka
The son and heir apparent to Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran has been wounded in a gunbattle with soldiers trying to crush the separatist rebels, the military said on Wednesday. The battle to end the quarter-century war is centered around (...)

02 - 04 - 2009
Lanka to protest pro-rebel rallies
Sri Lanka said Thursday it will protest to Canada, Belgium and Switzerland over pro-Tamil Tiger demonstrations that used the flag of the banned separatist group and displayed pictures of its leader. “This is taking place in countries which have (...)

20 - 03 - 2009
Lanka tightens security after bombing
New security measures will be implemented across Sri Lanka after a suicide bombing killed 14 people and critically wounded a Cabinet minister, the government said Wednesday. Media Minister Anura Yapa said the attack in the southern town of (...)

12 - 03 - 2009
100 die in war at Lanka's last rebel turf
Fierce fighting between Sri Lankan troops and ethnic Tamil separatists defending their last remaining enclave has left about 100 rebels dead in two days, the military said Sunday. The army has ousted the Tamil Tigers from most of their strongholds (...)

09 - 03 - 2009
Sri Lankan forces kill 32 Tamil rebels in north
Sri Lankan soldiers assailed the last slice of land still controlled by ethnic Tamil separatists, killing at least 32 rebels, the defense ministry said Saturday. However, the army could only confirm it killed 7 guerillas in Friday's battle for (...)

08 - 03 - 2009
Sri Lanka deadline for safe civilian passage ends
A Sri Lankan government deadline for Tamil Tiger rebels to let civilians leave the northern conflict zone ended Saturday with only about a hundred reaching safe areas. The government accused the insurgents of holding the civilians as human (...)

01 - 02 - 2009
Tamil Tigers last bastion falls
Sri Lankan forces captured the Tamil Tigers' last major stronghold Sunday, confining the rebels to a narrow slice of jungle and ending their decade-long domination of the country's north. On Sunday afternoon, troops entered the coastal town of (...)

26 - 01 - 2009
Military seizes Jaffna
Sri Lankan government forces seized a final strip of Tamil Tiger rebel-held land in the north Wednesday, securing control of the symbolic heart of the 25-year separatist insurgency, the military said. The country's defense secretary meanwhile (...)

15 - 01 - 2009
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