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Forty two Tamil Tiger rebels die in fresh fighting with security forces in Sri Lanka, the military says.

Forty two Tamil Tiger rebels die in fresh fighting with security forces in Sri Lanka, the military says.

Sept 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa will launch a project this morning to popularize bio manure.

Sept 01, Colombo: Quoting an unnamed senior MP of United National Party (UNP) of Sri Lanka, the state owned Sinhala language daily reported in its lead story today that the campaign of a section of the UNP MPs to oust their leader Ranil Wickremasinghe would be futile.

Sept 01, Colombo: Employees’ Trust Fund (ETF), the private sector workers’ social security system of Sri Lanka, has been opened for the self-employed workers as well, ETF Chairman K.M.A. Egodawaththa said.

His Excellency the President and the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka Honourable Mahinda Rajapaksa has once again honoured his soldiers for their valiant effort to rid the motherland of the scourge of terrorism.

Sri Lanka urged civilians living in Tamil Tiger rebel-held areas to flee to government-controlled territory as fighting escalated in the embattled north, officials said Friday.

Police found no truth in the bomb rumour in the Sri Lanka Deputy High Commission office in Chennai. According to sources, Tamil Nadu police thoroughly searched the premises of the Deputy High Commission office, located at 196 TTK Road, Alwarpet, Chennai for suspected bombs and found nothing.

COLOMBO, Aug 29 (Reuters) Sri Lanka scored a convincing 112-run victory in the fifth and final one-dayer today to leave India as 3-2 series winners.

The moment someone is put behind a counter, Albert Camus has said, he or she begins to put on airs a..

Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayaka has urged public servants not to abuse the recently launched..

The army has released a section of the High Security Zone (HSZ) situated in Ariyalai east between ra..

The Health service in Sri Lanka is considerably better than in Russia despite considerably higher incomes in Russia than Sri Lanka, said Sir Michael Marmott, Professor Epidemiology and Public Health who chaired the World Health Organization’s Commission on the Social Determinants of Health.

Hemtours, one of Sri Lanka’s largest Destination Management Companies and part of the Hemas Group, will operate as Diethelm Travel Sri Lanka Ltd from today.

On a day dominated by the bat, Sri Lanka A seized a 181-run lead over their South African counterparts, with five wickets still remaining in their first innings.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) _ People in the poor, mainly Tamil neighborhood in Colombo described it as a harrowing day.

Sri Lanka’s Tamils say they are victimized by security forces as war with rebels escalates

Aug 31, Colombo: Clashes between the Sri Lankan troops and the Tamil Tigers killed at least 11 LTTE cadres and three security personnel in the embattled North, the Defence Ministry said today.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — People in the poor, mainly Tamil neighborhood in Colombo described it as a harrowing day. It was 5 a.m. on a Wednesday when police started knocking on doors.

A group of LTTE cadres that infiltrated through a gap in the Army`s FDL were hunted and killed by th..

Army`s elite Special Forces (SF) troops in pursuit of terrorists encircled at Konketiyawa, East of t..

Aug 31, Colombo: The 29th GSM Asia Pacific Conference of the GSM Association is scheduled to kickoff on September 7, 2008 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Aug 31, Colombo: Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has reportedly approved the request made by the Shell Gas to increase the price of a 12.5Kg domestic gas cylinder.

Aug 31, Colombo: Defense Ministry report said that Sri Lankan peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) have helped victims of Hurricane Gustav in the aftermath of the storm.

Aug 31, Colombo: Government of the United Kingdom has come forward to help the Government of Sri Lanka to build 7 flyovers and 54 bridges around the country.