Sri Lanka News Portal

Feb 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka naval patrol units prevented an attempt by an LTTE arms trawler to smuggle a cache of arms and explosives in to the South at ‘Dondra Point’ in Matara, this morning, Navy said.

Sri Lanka’s navy exchanged fire with an unidentified ship off the southern coast and engaged a flotilla of Tamil Tiger boats off the island’s northeast, a navy spokesman said.

Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka’s government said an attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam that wounded the U.S. and Italian ambassadors was an attempt to “assassinate'’ diplomats after the rebels suffered military losses.

It is with shock and dismay that we note yesterday`s dastardly terror attack in Batticaloa, where sh..

An LTTE suspect detained by the Criminal Investigation Department allegedly committed suicide by han..

UNP and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says the last Presidential election was rigged throug..

Defence spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told The Island that the Government had repeatedly t..

The LTTE peace secretariat was yesterday in the process of contacting foreign embassies in Colombo t..

Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka’s government said an attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam that wounded the U.S. and Italian ambassadors was an attempt to “assassinate'’ diplomats after the rebels suffered military losses.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned an attack in Sri Lanka which injured senior aid officials, including one from the United Nations.

Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. and Italian ambassadors to Sri Lanka were slightly injured in an artillery attack by Tamil Tiger rebels in the island’s east. The Tigers accused the government of putting the diplomats in danger.

Feb 27, Colombo: An exhibit organized by the U.S. Department of State on city of New York was opened today at the Harold Peiris Gallery in Lionel Wendt Art Center in Colombo. The exhibition will run from today through March 10 in Colombo.

Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson won praise from British-based international aid agency Oxfam Tuesday for missing the Oscars to tour their projects in India and Sri Lanka.

The Italian and U.S. ambassadors to Sri Lanka were slightly hurt on Tuesday when Tamil Tiger rebels shelled a delegation of diplomats led by the island’s human rights minister to the restive east, officials said.

Feb 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka Foreign Minister who is in China accompanying the Sri Lankan President this evening condemned the mortar attack by the LTTE and accused them of deliberately launching the attack.

At least two foreign diplomats were injured in Sri Lanka Tuesday in a Tamil rebel artillery attack that wounded a dozen other people and drew swift military retaliation, the government said.

Feb 27, Colombo: After injuring their Ambassador in Colombo, Italian government today sought urgent clarification from Sri Lanka over the incident.

Feb 27, Colombo: Italian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Pio Mariani, who was injured due to Tiger artillery attack underwent minor surgery at Colombo National hospital.

HIS EXCELLENCY Michael Lummaux, French Ambassador in Sri Lanka who narrowly escaped unhurt in the Ti..

Feb 27, Colombo: Germany as the head of the European Union this evening condemned the artillery attack on a convoy of Western diplomats in Eastern Sri Lanka and called for peace negotiations to resume soon.

Feb 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka stocks tumbled today at the Colombo Bourse as local investors skimmed profits from recently gained shares amid a rebel mortar attack on a helicopter carrying a diplomatic delegation in Batticaloa which injured the US and Italian ambassadors slightly.

Feb 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa met his Chinese counterpart today for talks on bilateral cooperation.

An open letter to H.E., the Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa

Feb 27, Colombo: A mortar fired by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at a Sri Lanka Air Force helipad in Batticaloa, eastern Sri Lanka, injured the Ambassadors from the United States and Italy today.

The ambassadors of Germany, Italy and the United States were wounded in Sri Lanka on Tuesday in an artillery attack by Tamil Tiger rebels, a minister said.