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Colombo, Feb 28: Sri Lanka’s hardline JVP Marxist party has alleged that India was leading an international campaign for outside intervention in the island nation’s internal affairs.

Feb 28, Colombo: The Sri Lankan Ministry of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development says the services of the Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau (CECB) will be used to construct a new playground at Penrith Estate in Avissawella.

At least 30 Tamil Tigers were killed in fierce clashes with security forces in Sri Lanka’s restive north where Air Force jets also pounded an LTTE base amid allegations by the rebels that eight civilians died in roadside bomb attacks triggered by troops.

Sri Lanka Army soldiers advancing into terror defences in Mannar today (February 28) achieved a trem..

Melbourne: Australia’s Adam Gilchrist vowed his side will fight hard in Friday’s tri-series match against Sri Lanka, despite already booking a place in the finals of the competition.

Sri Lanka: UNHCR seeks $18.6 mln for civil war refugees (AKI) - The UN refugee agency is appealing for 18.6 million dollars to provide assistance to an estimated half a million people displaced within Sri Lanka by a two-decades long civil war waged by Tamil separatist guerrillas. As the focus of the Tamil separatists’ armed struggle shifts from Sri Lanka’s east to parts of the …

Feb 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka Cabinet of Ministers today approved a proposal submitted by Highways and Road Development Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle to invite bids from six selected contractors….

Feb 28, Colombo: Ministry of Agriculture Development and Agrarian Services in Sri Lanka says that it is going to provide two-wheel hand tractors to farmers at concessionary prices.

Feb 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka Air Force fighters this morning bombed an an LTTE artillery command centre and an underground bunker in Jaffna while fighting in Mannar and Vavuniya killed ten Tigers, the Media Centre for National Security said.

Feb 28, Colombo: Students of government schools in Sri Lanka are to be given the opportunity to follow their advanced level studies in English medium.

Two bombs left at least eight civilians dead in guerrilla-held territory in northern Sri Lanka, Tamil rebels said Thursday as the defence ministry reported killing nine militants.

Feb 28, Colombo: President Mahinda Rajapaksa has proposed to pay a sympathetic allowance for the dependents of the recently assassinated parliamentarians, D.M. Dassanayake and T. Maheshwaran.

Captain Mahela Jayawardene believes Sri Lanka need to “go back to the drawing board” following their disappointing performances during the Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia.

The Tamil Tigers on Thursday accused government troops of killing eight civilians with roadside bombs in their de facto state in north Sri Lanka, but the military denied it.

Source: Reuters By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The Tamil Tigers on Thursday accused government troops of killing eight civilians with roadside bombs in their de facto state in north Sri Lanka, but the …

Two bombs left at least eight civilians dead in guerrilla-held territory in northern Sri Lanka, Tamil rebels said Thursday as the defence ministry reported killing nine militants.

Australia will seek to create momentum for the best-of-three tri-series final against India when they take on Sri Lanka in an inconsequential league match here tomorrow.

Melbourne, Feb 28 (PTI) Australia will seek to create momentum for the best-of-three tri-series final against India when they take on Sri Lanka in an inconsequential league match here tomorrow.

Two bombs have killed at least eight civilians inside guerrilla-held territory in northern Sri Lanka, Tamil Tiger rebels said.

One of the important, and valid messages contained in Satheesan Kumaran`s message, published in the ..

Oil prices set a new record high above 102 US dollars a barrel yesterday.

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Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkrara yesterday said the duplicity and frustration of the ..

India said it is taking new measures to check the activities of Sri Lankan Tamil rebels in the south..

Two bombs killed at least eight civilians inside guerrilla-held territory in northern Sri Lanka, Tamil Tiger rebels said Thursday.

London - At a meeting organised by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on Monday, 25 February 2008 at the Houses of Parliament, chaired by the Foreign Minister Lord Malloch-Brown, the Minister stated that Britain with Europe will be taking a stronger position against the Government of Sri Lanka at the forthcoming UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva next week.