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.

World news related to Sri Lanka – overview

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• December 28th 2009 – November 15th 2009
• November 15th 2009 – September 29th 2009
• September 25th 2009 – August 7th 2009
• August 7th 2009 – June 8th 2009
• June 7th 2009 – May 19th 2009
• May 19th 2009 – May 5th 2009
• May 4th 2009 – April 18th 2009
• April 16th 2009 – March 12th 2009
• March 11th 2009 – February 17th 2009
• February 17th 2009 – January 27th 2009
• January 26th 2009 – December 22nd 2008
• December 21st 2008 – October 17th 2008
• October 16th 2008 – August 14th 2008
• August 10th 2008 – May 16th 2008
• May 11th 2008 – March 19th 2008
• March 19th 2008 – January 24th 2008
• January 24th 2008 – December 20th 2007
• December 19th 2007 – November 5th 2007
• November 4th 2007 – August 8th 2007
• August 6th 2007 – May 14th 2007
• May 7th 2007 – April 1st 2007
• March 30th 2007 – February 20th 2007
• February 17th 2007 – December 6th 2006
• December 6th 2006 – October 16th 2006
• October 16th 2006 – August 20th 2006
• August 18th 2006 – August 3rd 2006
• August 2nd 2006 – June 19th 2006
• June 18th 2006 – May 13th 2006
• May 12th 2006 – April 10th 2006
• April 10th 2006 – January 14th 2006
• January 13th 2006 – December 14th 2005
• December 13th 2005 – November 12th 2005

Sri Lanka: news

Mendis sets record as India slump

Sunday, August 10th 2008, 12:48
related countries: India

Spin sensation Ajantha Mendis broke a 62-year-old record to help Sri Lanka close in on a series win over India.
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Pakistan to probe embassy bombing

Saturday, August 2nd 2008, 15:03
related places: Colombo

Pakistan offers to investigate the bombing of India's Kabul embassy after claims its spy agency was involved, India says.
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'Kashmir talks' held in Colombo

Thursday, July 31st 2008, 17:24
related countries: India, Pakistan
related places: Colombo, Kashmir

The Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers meet in Sri Lanka for talks thought to have focused on the Kashmir dispute.
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Late wickets give Sri Lanka edge

Thursday, July 31st 2008, 13:35
related countries: India

Sri Lanka end the opening day of the second Test with a slight advantage after four late wickets against India.
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Tamil Tigers 'killed in fighting'

Thursday, July 31st 2008, 8:00

The Sri Lankan defence ministry says at least 24 Tamil Tiger rebels are killed in clashes in the north of the island.
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Dilshan makes history with appeal

Thursday, July 24th 2008, 12:04
related countries: India
related places: Colombo

Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan is the first player to successfully appeal against a decision during his side's Test match against India.
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Rain hits opening day in Colombo

Wednesday, July 23rd 2008, 12:37
related countries: India
related places: Colombo

Malinda Warnapura hits 50 as Sri Lanka reach 85-2 at stumps on the rain-hit opening day of the first Test against India.
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Spin star Mendis set for Test bow

Tuesday, July 22nd 2008, 15:51
related countries: India
related places: Colombo

Sri Lanka's spin bowling sensation Ajantha Mendis will make his Test debut against India in Colombo on Wednesday.
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Tigers call Colombo summit truce

Monday, July 21st 2008, 20:23
related places: Colombo

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels call a truce for the duration of a regional summit in the capital but rule out peace talks.
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Shadow of war

Saturday, July 19th 2008, 1:42

Sri Lanka's shattered east struggles to rebuild
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Tamil Tiger sea base 'captured'

Wednesday, July 16th 2008, 11:03

The Sri Lankan military says it has captured a key coastal town in the north-west from the Tamil Tiger rebels.
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'Four die' in S Lanka bus attack

Friday, July 11th 2008, 7:48

At least four people die and 25 others are injured when gunmen ambush a crowded passenger bus in Sri Lanka, the army says.
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Low key response to Lanka strike

Thursday, July 10th 2008, 7:22

A strike called by Sri Lanka's government workers for better pay appears to have had little impact.
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Dhoni to miss Tests in Sri Lanka

Tuesday, July 8th 2008, 9:37
related countries: India

Wicketkeeper Mahendra Dhoni opts out of India's Test series in Sri Lanka because of fatigue.
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In danger

Friday, July 4th 2008, 3:45

Sri Lanka reporters demand freedom to cover civil war
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Renegade S Lanka leader goes home

Thursday, July 3rd 2008, 16:13
related countries: United Kingdom

Former Tamil Tiger renegade Col Karuna arrives in Sri Lanka after being jailed in the UK, British embassy officials say.
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Cricket: Zimbabwe get S Lankan support

Wednesday, July 2nd 2008, 7:03
related countries: Zimbabwe

Support for Zimbabwe appears to be growing in the sub-continent ahead of Wednesday's ICC meeting.
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Cricket: Superb Sri Lanka surge into final

Monday, June 30th 2008, 18:07
related countries: Bangladesh

Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara hit centuries as Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh to reach the Asia Cup final.
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Army says Tamil Tigers 'defeated'

Monday, June 30th 2008, 15:16

Sri Lanka's army chief says the Tamil Tigers are beaten as a conventional force but may always wage an insurgency.
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Sri Lanka clashes 'kill 26 rebels'

Friday, June 20th 2008, 6:51

The Sri Lankan military says 26 Tamil Tiger rebels and three soldiers have been killed in fighting in the north of the island.
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Italy holds 'Tamil Tiger' members

Wednesday, June 18th 2008, 10:26
related countries: Italy

Police in Italy arrest more than 30 suspected members of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebel group in a series of raids across the country.
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Policemen die in S Lanka attack

Monday, June 16th 2008, 4:40
related places: Vavuniya

At least 12 policemen have been killed in a suicide bombing in Sri Lanka's northern town of Vavuniya, police say.
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Tamil Tigers overrun navy outpost

Wednesday, June 11th 2008, 5:35

Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka attack and destroy a small navy outpost in the north-west, killing at least three government sailors.
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Deadly blasts hit Sri Lanka buses

Friday, June 6th 2008, 12:32
related places: Colombo

Tamil rebels are blamed after bomb attacks on two buses kill 22 people and injure many more in southern Sri Lanka.
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Bomb targets Sri Lanka commuters

Wednesday, June 4th 2008, 14:57
related places: Colombo

A bomb injures at least 24 people on a packed commuter train in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, officials say.
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Monsoon toll rises in Sri Lanka

Tuesday, June 3rd 2008, 15:04

The number of people killed by floods and landslides in southern Sri Lanka rises to 19, officials say.
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'Six killed' by Sri Lankan army

Tuesday, June 3rd 2008, 11:31

Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka say at least six civilians are killed by the security forces in the north of the island .
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Two killed in Sri Lanka explosion

Saturday, May 31st 2008, 17:47
related places: Colombo

Two people are killed and nine more injured by an explosion in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, officials say.
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Bomb rocks busy Sri Lankan train

Monday, May 26th 2008, 21:13
related places: Colombo

At least eight people die in a bombing on a packed Sri Lankan commuter train on the outskirts of Colombo.
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Journalist in Sri Lanka kidnapped

Friday, May 23rd 2008, 12:14
related places: Colombo

Journalists protest in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, after a colleague was abducted and beaten up.
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Suicide bomb in Sri Lanka capital

Friday, May 16th 2008, 14:27
related places: Colombo

At least 10 people are killed in a suicide attack in the heart of Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, the army says.
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