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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Sri Lanka: news

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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Government wins Sri Lanka vote

Sunday, May 11th 2008, 10:06

Sri Lanka's ruling coalition wins a provincial election seen as key to its strategy against the Tamil Tigers.
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Tigers sink ship on polling day

Saturday, May 10th 2008, 12:46

A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide diver sinks a naval ship on a day of key local elections in eastern Sri Lanka.
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Bombing on eve of Sri Lanka polls

Friday, May 9th 2008, 15:32

A bomb in a cafe in eastern Sri Lanka kills at least 11 people on the eve of the first elections there for years.
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UK transfers former Tamil rebel

Friday, May 9th 2008, 14:40
related countries: United Kingdom

A former leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels who was jailed in the UK is transferred to immigration detention.
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Tamil Tigers 'killed in fighting'

Friday, May 9th 2008, 5:54

Sri Lanka's army says it has killed 15 Tamil Tigers rebels in fighting to capture a town in the north-west.
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India v Sri Lanka live score

Wednesday, May 7th 2008, 11:05
related countries: India
related places: Mumbai

India aim to press home their 1-0 series advantage on the first day of the third Test in Mumbai.
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Iran boosts Sri Lankan refinery

Tuesday, April 29th 2008, 8:17
related countries: Iran

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launches a project to expand Sri Lanka's oil refining capacity.
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Sri Lanka eyes Iranian aid money

Monday, April 28th 2008, 11:38
related countries: Iran

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due in Sri Lanka on the second leg of a South Asian tour.
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Tamil Tiger air strikes on bases

Sunday, April 27th 2008, 8:51

Tamil Tiger rebels have bombed military targets in the north-east of Sri Lanka using light aircraft.
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Many dead in Sri Lanka bus blast

Friday, April 25th 2008, 19:21
related places: Colombo

At least 24 people are killed by a blast on a bus near Sri Lanka's capital, which officials blame on Tamil Tiger rebels.
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S Lanka rebels 'abandon shrine'

Friday, April 25th 2008, 8:21

The Sri Lanka military says it has taken control of the country's most important Catholic shrine.
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Disputed claims on S Lanka clash

Thursday, April 24th 2008, 7:32
related places: Jaffna

Fighting between Sri Lanka's military and the rebels in Jaffna peninsula ends with both sides claiming victory.
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'Heavy losses' in S Lanka clashes

Wednesday, April 23rd 2008, 15:35
related places: Jaffna

Sri Lanka's army says it has seen its heaviest casualties in months during fierce clashes in northern Sri Lanka.
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Bomb blast kills Sri Lanka priest

Sunday, April 20th 2008, 14:18

A Roman Catholic priest is killed by a roadside bomb in an area held by the Tamil Tiger rebels, reports say.
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Sri Lanka puts cap on rice prices

Thursday, April 17th 2008, 13:34

Sri Lanka's government brings in a ceiling on the price at which most varieties of rice can be sold.
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Cricket: Windies win series

Tuesday, April 15th 2008, 18:31

Poor weather in St Lucia denies Sri Lanka the chance of a consolation win as West Indies take the one-day series 2-0.
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Cricket: West Indies v S Lanka

Tuesday, April 15th 2008, 16:46

West Indies meet Sri Lanka in the third and final one-day international having already secured the series.
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Attack on arms sale to Sri Lanka

Thursday, April 10th 2008, 16:17
related countries: Slovakia

An arms trade campaigning group has criticised the sale of 10,000 military missiles by Slovakia to Sri Lanka.
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Tamil Tigers appeal over shrine

Tuesday, April 8th 2008, 14:15
related countries: Norway
related places: Madhu

Tamil Tiger rebels have asked Norway's peace brokers to press Sri Lanka's government into ending violence near the Madhu shrine.
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Sri Lanka bombs Tamil Tiger base

Monday, April 7th 2008, 7:11

Sri Lanka's air force bombs a suspected Tamil Tiger training base, a day after a minister was killed by a bomb.
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Cricket: Windies seal series draw

Sunday, April 6th 2008, 20:33

West Indies beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to win the second and final Test at Queen's Park Oval and level the series at 1-1.
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Blast kills Sri Lankan minister

Sunday, April 6th 2008, 13:43

Sri Lankan Highways Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle is among 14 people killed in a suicide bombing, officials say.
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Cricket: Windies progress stalled

Friday, April 4th 2008, 21:47
related countries: Trinidad and Tobago

Muttiah Muralitharan takes three wickets as Sri Lanka stall West Indies' progress on day two of the second Test in Trinidad.
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Cricket: W Indies v Sri Lanka

Thursday, April 3rd 2008, 14:18

West Indies seek to level the series by winning the second Test against Sri Lanka in Trinidad.
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Sri Lanka probes 'bomber offer'

Friday, March 28th 2008, 10:20

Sri Lankan police investigate posters offering would-be suicide bombers cash if they change their minds.
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Cricket: Sri Lanka in historic win

Wednesday, March 26th 2008, 20:52
related countries: Guyana

Chaminda Vaas takes 5-61 as Sri Lanka wrap up a 121-run victory over West Indies in the first Test in Guyana.
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Sri Lanka navy fights Tiger boats

Tuesday, March 25th 2008, 14:02

Sri Lanka's navy fights a battle with a flotilla of Tamil Tiger boats off the island's north-east coast.
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Sci-fi writer Clarke laid to rest

Saturday, March 22nd 2008, 14:28
related countries: United Kingdom

The funeral of Sir Arthur C Clarke, the British science-fiction writer who died aged 90, takes place in Sri Lanka.
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Ten missing after S Lanka sinking

Saturday, March 22nd 2008, 7:54

Ten crew are missing after a Sri Lankan naval vessel is sunk by the Tamil Tigers, the second such attack this year.
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Sri Lanka criticised over TV boss

Thursday, March 20th 2008, 11:30

Media activists in Sri Lanka attack the appointment of a retired army officer to a top post in state-run TV.
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