News: Xinhua

10/10/2011 | Xinhua
Death toll from Sri Lanka's shooting incident that happened during the local government elections has risen to four as one more person succumbed to their injuries in hospital on Monday, police said here.
08/11/2011 | Xinhua
BEIJING, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapakse met on Thursday, pledging to enhance the two countries' cooperation.
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04/30/2011 | Xinhua
BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) -- China said Saturday that it believes the Sri Lankan government and people will handle properly problems conerning its civil war and urged the international community not to complicate the issue.
03/12/2011 | Xinhua
Sri Lanka's main opposition accused Friday that Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne had misled the parliament by talking about the alleged training camps in India for the Tamil Tiger rebels. Jayaratne told the parliament earlier that the government received information that at least two training camps existed in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
11/12/2010 | Xinhua
COLOMBO, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Over 260,000 people were marooned by flash floods in Sri Lanka's Western Province, relief officials said Thursday.
09/10/2010 | Xinhua
COLOMBO, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's court martial against former Army chief and opposition parliamentarian Sarath Fonseka is to sit in continuous trial from Sept. 13 throughout Sept. 18, military officials said on Friday.
09/07/2010 | Xinhua
Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) vowed here Tuesday to boycott the parliamentary sessions on the 18th amendment to the constitution.
08/31/2010 | Xinhua
Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) expressing its opposition to the proposed amendment to the constitution challenged the government to hold a referendum on the changes.
08/29/2010 | Xinhua
COLOMBO, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- At last, these Sri Lankan Tamils reached the alien soil ending their harrowing sea journey through the Pacific.
08/12/2010 | Xinhua
COLOMBO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government rejected a call by U.S. Senators for an independent probe on alleged human rights abuses during the last stages of Sri Lanka's conflict with the Tamil Tiger rebels.