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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Minister and Defence spokesperson Keheliya Rambukwella said here on Wednesday that Colombo would make an announcement about the fate of the Norwegian brokered 2002 Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) in a `couple of weeks.’ …

With Tamil Tigers stepping up attacks, Sri Lanka has quietly alerted India that it will need to approach Pakistan and China for urgent arms purchases to counter the LTTE’s aerial threat.

With Tamil Tigers stepping up attacks, Sri Lanka has quietly alerted India that it will need to approach Pakistan and China for urgent arms purchases to counter the LTTE s aerial threat. But Colombo has asked Delhi for technical assistance to train radar operators and flight controllers manning the two Indira radars provided by India last year, besides an additional pair of radars to detect …

Chennai, May 30 (UNI) Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder-leader S Ramadoss today urged India not to supply any arms or weapons to Sri Lanka and prevail upon that country to come to a negotiating table to resolve the ethnic crisis.

The needs of Sri Lanka’s Muslim community have been ignored in the country’s ongoing conflict.

May 30, Colombo: President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressed a meeting of the Economic Council at Temple Trees yesterday evening.

May 30, Colombo: Youichi Yamada, Chairman of Noritake Lanka Porcelain in Matale, called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees this evening.

May 30, Colombo: In the first study of its kind, Sri Lanka has placed 111th on the Global Peace Index.

May 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka Ministry of Youth Affairs has taken steps to open a political academy in the house belonged to the slain leader of the Marxist People’s Liberation Front (JVP) Rohana Wijeweera.

May 30, Colombo: Former Chairman of the Sri Lanka Airport and Aviation Authority Tiran Alles, a very close ally of the ousted minister Mangala Samaraweera, was taken into custody this evening by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

May 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka Defense Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said to media today that the time is ripe for the government to take a decision on the ceasefire agreement signed with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE).

May 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka Telecom Workers’ Union announced that it is getting ready for a countrywide trade union action to urge the government to take over all the stakes of the Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT).

May 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Health and Nutrition Nimal Siripala de Silva stated that the country’s smoking population dropped by seven percent after the government introduced new Tobacco and Alcohol Act this year.

May 30, Colombo: The biggest economic centre of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka situated in Weerawila in the Hambanthota district has been closed just two months after its opening, sources from the down south said.

May 30, Colombo: Five Sri Lanka Army soldiers were killed in fighting with the Tamil Tiger rebels near the famous Roman Catholic shrine, Madhu church…

May 30, Colombo: Central Committee of Sri Lanka’s ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is meeting today to take a decision on the party disciplinary committee report on ousted ministers Mangala Samaraweera and Sripathi Suriyaarachchi.

Sri Lanka - LTTE - Truce Sri Lanka today said it will decide within two weeks whether to maintain the Norwegian-brokered ceasefire agreement with Tamil Tigers in the backdrop of escalating violence.

May 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka Air Force fighter jets destroyed a LTTE logistic facility this afternoon in Tiger controlled Puthukkudiyiruppu, located north west of Mullaittivu, the military said.

Police in Sri Lanka are questioning businessman Tiran Alles who was arrested on alleged financial de..

May 30, Colombo: Children from a Samurdhi recipient family sold the first flag for Anti-cigarettes Samurdhi Flag Week to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Yesterday.

May 30, Colombo: Commemoration of the International Day for UN Peace Keeping Forces was held in Sri Lanka at the Army’s Institute of Peace Keeping Operations Support Training (IPSOTSL) at Kukuleganga yesterday.

May 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka urged India to provide more military equipment and intelligence assistance to fight against escalating attacks by the Tamil Tigers, Indian media reported yesterday.

Three Sri Lanka Air Force bombers targeted a civilian area in Ve’navil in Puthukkudiyiruppu in Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) controlled Mullaiththeevu district for the second day on Wednesday. A 7-year-old girl, identified as Nilaxana was wounded on Wednesday.

Liberation Tigers Wednesday said they confronted a contingent of Sri Lanka Army troopers who attempted to advance through LTTE defence line in Madu. The SLA suffered casualties and fled the battleground carrying their own casualties, Irasiah Ilanthirayan, the military spokesman of the Tigers told media Wednesday evening. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka military spokesman in Colombo, Brigadier Samarasinghe …

The International Red Cross resumed work on Sri Lanka’s battle-scarred front lines on Wednesday as 16 people died in fresh violence, officials said.