08/14/2010
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Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — 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.
08/10/2010
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Associated Press, Canadian Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Journalists protested and demanded Sri Lanka's government disclose information Tuesday on the disappearance of a journalist who supported the challenger in this year's presidential election.
08/06/2010
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Associated Press, The Scotsman
HUNDREDS of state government workers in Sri Lanka staged protests yesterday against a government minister who tied an official to a tree as a punishment for failing to attend a mosquito eradication programme.
08/02/2010
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Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — 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.
08/01/2010
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Associated Press, Canadian Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The U.S. Embassy on Saturday condemned attacks on a Sri Lankan television station saying such acts imperil media freedom in the country.
07/22/2010
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Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A top U.S. diplomat urged Sri Lanka on Wednesday to investigate allegations of war crimes during its civil war and to resettle tens of thousands of displaced ethnic Tamils as a means of reconciliation.
07/06/2010
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Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Hundreds of protesters, led by a government minister, laid siege to the U.N. compound in Colombo on Tuesday, refusing to let the workers out until the world body canceled its investigation of alleged abuses committed during Sri Lanka's civil war.
06/20/2010
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Associated Press, Canadian Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A planned U.N.'s panel look into alleged rights abuses committed during Sri Lanka's quarter-century civil war should not interfere with the government's internal investigation, a Japanese envoy said Sunday.
03/23/2010
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Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Protesters outraged at an upcoming concert by R&B singer Akon hurled stones at a Sri Lankan private broadcaster's headquarters Monday, injuring four workers and damaging the building.
02/03/2010
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Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets of Sri Lanka's capital Wednesday to protest the results of the recent presidential election, which they say was marred by fraud.