News: Sri Lanka

We have started to collect the most important news related to Sri Lanka in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• September 4th 2013 – March 19th 2013
• March 17th 2013 – November 13th 2012
• November 13th 2012 – August 21st 2012
• August 19th 2012 – April 3rd 2012
• March 30th 2012 – November 29th 2011
• November 29th 2011 – July 21st 2011
• July 21st 2011 – June 7th 2011
• June 7th 2011 – April 17th 2011
• April 14th 2011 – January 24th 2011
• January 24th 2011 – November 12th 2010
• November 11th 2010 – August 16th 2010
• August 15th 2010 – June 9th 2010
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• November 12th 2009 – August 30th 2009
• August 26th 2009 – June 9th 2009
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• February 3rd 2009 – December 21st 2008
• December 18th 2008 – September 17th 2008
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• February 26th 2008 – January 1st 2008
• December 27th 2007 – November 2nd 2007
• November 1st 2007 – June 9th 2007
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Sri Lanka: news

In pictures: War-ravaged Sri Lanka

Sunday, August 19th 2012, 0:08

North-eastern Sri Lanka bears scars of war
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VIDEO: Beached ship in Sri Lankan village

Friday, August 17th 2012, 15:00

On a visit to the still-deserted village of Mullivaikkal in northern Sri Lanka, Charles Haviland came face to face with a huge ocean-going vessel.
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Plea over Sri Lanka jail deaths

Wednesday, August 15th 2012, 16:20

Sri Lanka must seek UN help in investigating violence in jails, including the deaths of two Tamil prisoners, human rights activists say.
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VIDEO: Sri Lanka's final battlefield

Wednesday, August 15th 2012, 1:21
related places: Putumattalan

The BBC's Charles Haviland reports from Putumattalan, the scene of fighting between the Sri Lankan army and Tamil Tiger militants three years ago.
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China Sri Lanka fishermen 'freed'

Tuesday, August 7th 2012, 16:03
related countries: China

A group of 37 Chinese fishermen who were intercepted for illegal fishing are handed over to Chinese diplomats, the Sri Lankan navy says.
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S Lanka arrests Chinese fisherman

Monday, August 6th 2012, 17:29
related countries: China

Sri Lanka arrests 37 Chinese fisherman on suspicion of fishing illegally off its eastern coast.
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Inside post-war Sri Lanka

Saturday, August 4th 2012, 11:44

Granting access to a war-torn region of Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka lawyers boycott courts

Friday, July 20th 2012, 18:46

Lawyers and judges across Sri Lanka boycott legal proceedings because of alleged political interference with the judiciary.
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Concern over Sri Lanka child rape

Wednesday, July 18th 2012, 15:47

A girl of 13 in Sri Lanka identifies four men including a local government politician who she says were involved in gang-raping her in June.
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Pietersen not in Twenty20 squad

Wednesday, July 18th 2012, 13:40
related countries: United Kingdom

Kevin Pietersen is left out of England's 30-man preliminary squad for World Twenty20 but one-day captain Alastair Cook makes cut.
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Ex-rebel snipers in S Lanka team

Friday, July 13th 2012, 14:49

Former Tamil Tiger snipers have been selected to represent Sri Lanka in shooting sports at national level, an official says.
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'Ancient' S Lanka skeleton found

Tuesday, June 19th 2012, 17:25

A complete human skeleton - which could be the oldest found so far in South Asia - is found in Sri Lanka, archaeologists say.
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VIDEO: Sri Lanka debates elephant capture

Thursday, June 14th 2012, 1:22

A debate is under way in Sri Lanka over how to tackle an acute shortage of elephants used in religious ceremonies.
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Sanctuary or ceremony for Sri Lanka's elephants?

Wednesday, June 13th 2012, 23:53

Sanctuary or ceremony for Sri Lanka's captive elephants?
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Sri Lanka off child conflict list

Tuesday, June 12th 2012, 11:44

The UN removes Sri Lanka from a blacklist of countries failing to protect children, after making progress in child welfare.
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Authors win Commonwealth prizes

Friday, June 8th 2012, 14:26
related countries: New Zealand

Writers from Sri Lanka and New Zealand are announced as the winners of the Commonwealth Foundation's literary prizes for 2012.
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Sri Lanka expels Channel 4 TV man

Wednesday, June 6th 2012, 14:02

A senior official from Channel 4 has been expelled from Sri Lanka by the country's government.
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S Lanka reporter's fate 'unknown'

Tuesday, June 5th 2012, 14:44

A senior Sri Lankan official says that he has no idea about the whereabouts of a missing journalist seven months after saying he believed the man was alive and living abroad.
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Fonseka prohibited political role

Thursday, May 24th 2012, 14:33

Sri Lanka's ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka is barred from political office for the next seven years despite being freed from jail on Monday, his lawyer says.
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Sri Lanka 'must face war probes'

Tuesday, May 22nd 2012, 12:58

Sri Lanka must co-operate with any international war crimes probe, ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka tells the BBC, a day after his release from jail.
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VIDEO: Sri Lanka ex-army chief freed

Monday, May 21st 2012, 22:01

The former Sri Lankan army chief, Sarath Fonseka, has been freed after two years in prison.
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Sri Lanka ex-army chief freed

Monday, May 21st 2012, 13:53

The former Sri Lankan army chief, Sarath Fonseka, is released after more than two years in jail.
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Sri Lanka general to be released

Sunday, May 20th 2012, 3:41

Sri Lanka's President Rajapaksa has signed papers to free his political rival General Sarath Fonseka from prison - three years after the civil war ended.
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VIDEO: Sri Lanka parade marks anniversary

Saturday, May 19th 2012, 15:03
related places: Colombo

Sri Lanka marks the three-year anniversary of the end of its 26-year civil war with a large military parade in the capital, Colombo.
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Fonseka 'to be freed imminently'

Thursday, May 17th 2012, 15:02

Jailed Sri Lankan presidential candidate and former army commander Sarath Fonseka may be freed this weekend, his wife tells the BBC.
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Former S Lanka rebels 'disappear'

Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 13:47

Three Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels who took part in a rehabilitation ceremony last year may subsequently have been taken away by the authorities, a rights campaigner says.
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Sri Lanka 'finds big arms haul'

Monday, May 14th 2012, 13:06

The security forces in Sri Lanka say they have found the largest stock of explosives since the end of the civil war three years ago.
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Canada urges S Lanka murder probe

Friday, May 11th 2012, 14:53
related countries: Canada

Canada says it expects Sri Lanka to make a full investigation of the murder of a Canadian citizen in northern Sri Lanka last week.
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Sri Lankan UN envoy is demoted

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 13:04

Sri Lanka demotes its ambassador to the UN in Geneva after a critical Human Rights Council motion and reports of rifts in the foreign ministry.
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Sri Lanka cluster bombs 'found'

Thursday, April 26th 2012, 17:21

Unexploded and deadly cluster munitions have been found for the first time in Sri Lanka, a UN expert on land mines claims.
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S Lanka Muslims in mosque strike

Thursday, April 26th 2012, 10:36
related places: Dambulla

Muslims in eastern Sri Lanka are on strike following threats against a mosque in the town of Dambulla.
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Sri Lankan Muslims decry attack

Monday, April 23rd 2012, 15:48

The main umbrella group of Sri Lanka's Muslims says radical Buddhists are trying to damage peaceful co-existence between the country's ethnic communities.
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Sri Lanka orders mosque removal

Sunday, April 22nd 2012, 15:12

Sri Lanka's government orders the removal of a mosque from an area it says is sacred to the country's majority Buddhists.
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AUDIO: Sri Lanka chicken born before egg

Friday, April 20th 2012, 14:07

Radio 5 live Up All Night heard how a hen in Sri Lanka gave birth to chick outside of its shell.
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Hen lays healthy 'eggless' chick

Thursday, April 19th 2012, 11:08

A hen in Sri Lanka gives birth to a live chick without an egg, in a new twist on the age-old question of which came first.
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The hazardous journeys of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees

Thursday, April 19th 2012, 0:14

The sufferings of Tamils trying to escape Sri Lanka
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Valuable lessons learnt - Strauss

Saturday, April 7th 2012, 10:44
related countries: India, United Kingdom

Andrew Strauss says England's win over Sri Lanka shows they have learnt "valuable lessons" to take into their India tour.
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Prior praises England's bowlers

Friday, April 6th 2012, 14:01
related countries: United Kingdom

Matt Prior says England got their "just desserts" after Graeme Swann strikes twice in his final over against Sri Lanka.
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Swann's late burst boosts England

Friday, April 6th 2012, 12:25
related countries: United Kingdom

Graeme Swann puts England in charge of the second Test as Sri Lanka move 33 runs ahead with just four wickets remaining.
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Pietersen defends switch-hit shot

Thursday, April 5th 2012, 13:52
related countries: United Kingdom

England batsman Kevin Pietersen defends his trademark switch-hit shot after a time-wasting row against Sri Lanka.
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Pietersen puts England in control

Thursday, April 5th 2012, 12:18
related countries: United Kingdom

Kevin Pietersen shrugs off a warning for time-wasting to score 151 and put England in firm control of the second Test against Sri Lanka.
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Swann targeting big England lead

Wednesday, April 4th 2012, 13:43
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Colombo

Graeme Swann calls on England to bat Sri Lanka out of the second Test in Colombo as the tourists close day two on 154-1.
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Strauss & Cook dominate Sri Lanka

Wednesday, April 4th 2012, 12:59
related countries: United Kingdom

Openers Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook share a 122-run stand to put England in a strong position in the second Test against Sri Lanka.
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Jayawardene stalls England again

Tuesday, April 3rd 2012, 15:00

England fight back with two late wickets after Mahela Jayawardene's second century in as many Tests leads Sri Lanka's recovery.
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