08/29/2011
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Al Jazeera
The civil war is over in Sri Lanka, but many men suspected of being Tamil Tiger fighters continue to be detained.
07/25/2011
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news.yahoo.com
Sri Lanka's former president has warned of a "short-lived peace" unless the government shares power with the ethnic Tamil minority after the end of the island's civil war, her office said Monday.
02/27/2011
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Groundviews
On 4 February, Sri Lanka celebrated its 63rd birthday. After nearly three decades of armed conflict, it is now one of Southasia’s calmest and fastest-growing countries. Its social indicators, apart from the northeast zone, remain the best in the region, and its strategic location is inviting investments from both Asian giants, China and India. Its stock markets are booming, its growth rate bouncing at around eight percent, and tourists are back to enjoy sun, sand and sea. Along with big sister India, Lanka is the only other country in the South Asian region with unbroken if rather tattered democracy since independence from the British Raj in 1948, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently congratulated the government of Sri Lanka when it released a Standby Agreement (SBA) loan tranche despite the high ratio of public debt to GDP.
01/30/2011
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Boston Lanka
VIDEO: Sri Lankan UN Deputy Permanant Residen, Maj. Gen. Shavendra Silva visited Boston.
He spoke to Sri Lankan community in New England.
11/12/2010
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Express Buzz
COLOMBO: Maj Gen Mahinda Hathurusinghe, commander of the Sri Lankan army in Jaffna peninsula, is the only South Asian to be awarded the prestigious Gusi Peace Prize this year.
06/14/2010
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United Nations
14 June 2010 – The top United Nations political official is heading tonight to Sri Lanka as part of the world body’s continuing efforts to assist authorities in the South Asian island nation tackle key challenges in the wake of last year’s end to the long-running civil war.