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

Sri Lanka: news

EU attacks Sri Lanka over rights

Tuesday, March 18th 2008, 19:34

An EU delegations says it has "serious concerns" about reports of human rights abuses in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lankan journalists detained

Wednesday, March 12th 2008, 23:49

The arrest of five Sri Lankan journalists by anti-terrorist police alarms media rights campaigners.
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Ex-Tamil Tigers win local polls

Tuesday, March 11th 2008, 12:20

A group of former Tamil Tiger rebels wins the first elections to be held in eastern Sri Lanka for more than 10 years.
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Key local polls held in Sri Lanka

Monday, March 10th 2008, 14:33

People in parts of Sri Lanka that were held by Tamil Tiger rebels for more than a decade vote in local elections.
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Tamil MP is killed in Sri Lanka

Thursday, March 6th 2008, 19:15

A Tamil member of the Sri Lankan parliament and his driver are killed in an explosion in the north of the country.
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S Lanka rapped over 'disappeared'

Thursday, March 6th 2008, 10:13

Sri Lanka's government is one of the worst perpetrators of enforced disappearances, a report says.
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Burmese migrants found dead

Monday, March 3rd 2008, 7:37
related countries: Bangladesh, Burma

Sri Lanka's navy finds 20 migrants from Burma and Bangladesh dead on a trawler drifting in the Bay Of Bengal.
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'Suicide blast' in Lanka capital

Friday, February 29th 2008, 9:36
related places: Colombo

A suspected suicide bomber kills himself and injures seven people as police raid a house in Sri Lanka's capital.
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Sri Lanka hands over rebel bodies

Tuesday, February 26th 2008, 15:22

Hospital officials in the northern Sri Lanka hand over the bodies of 14 Tamil Tigers to the international Red Cross.
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Cricket: India through to final

Tuesday, February 26th 2008, 6:38
related countries: Australia, India

India will play Australia in the CB Series final after a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka.
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Two killed in Sri Lanka bombing

Monday, February 25th 2008, 5:35

Military officials in Sri Lanka say two people were killed in a suicide bombing by a suspected Tamil Tiger rebel.
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Sri Lanka bus bombing injures 18

Saturday, February 23rd 2008, 7:31
related places: Colombo

At least 18 people are injured by a blast on a bus in the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, officials say.
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Sri Lanka raid 'kills civilians'

Friday, February 22nd 2008, 13:05

An air strike has reportedly killed at least five civilians in territory controlled by the Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka.
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Cricket: Australia into final

Friday, February 22nd 2008, 11:19
related countries: Australia

Australia book their place in the CB Series finals after beating Sri Lanka by 24 runs in a low-scoring encounter.
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Cricket: Crucial win for India

Tuesday, February 19th 2008, 11:41
related countries: Australia, India

Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Dhoni help India beat Sri Lanka in the one-day CB Series in Australia.
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Cricket: Gilchrist inspires Aussies

Friday, February 15th 2008, 12:15
related countries: Australia

Adam Gilchrist hits a century on his final appearance at the Waca to help Australia beat Sri Lanka by 63 runs in the CB one-day series.
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'Dozens dead' in S Lanka fighting

Tuesday, February 12th 2008, 6:42

More than 40 rebels and 10 government troops die in fresh fighting in northern Sri Lanka, the military says.
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Cricket: S Lanka win in Canberra

Tuesday, February 12th 2008, 6:10
related countries: Australia, India
related places: Canberra

Tillakaratne Dilshan hit 62 to lead Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket victory over India - their first win in the one-day CB Series.
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Policemen die in Sri Lanka attack

Monday, February 11th 2008, 8:30

Suspected rebels detonate a landmine in northern Sri Lanka, killing two police officers, the military says.
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Cricket: Aussies thump Sri Lanka

Friday, February 8th 2008, 10:02
related countries: Australia

Michael Clarke's knock of 77 and five wickets for Nathan Bracken helps Australia to a 128-run one-day victory over Sri Lanka.
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'Rising threats' to S Lanka media

Thursday, February 7th 2008, 6:40

Human rights group Amnesty International warns of a dramatic rise in threats to journalists in Sri Lanka.
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Many dead in Sri Lanka bus attack

Monday, February 4th 2008, 11:37
related places: Colombo

At least 13 people are believed dead in an attack on a civilian bus in Sri Lanka, the army says.
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Colombo station attack kills 11

Sunday, February 3rd 2008, 17:19
related places: Colombo

At least eleven people die in a suicide attack on the main railway station in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo.
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'Grenade' attack at Sri Lanka zoo

Sunday, February 3rd 2008, 6:43
related places: Colombo

At least four people are injured in a suspected grenade explosion at a zoo in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo.
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Deadly blast hits Sri Lanka bus

Saturday, February 2nd 2008, 3:30
related places: Dambulla

At least 18 people die as an explosion hits a civilian bus in the central Sri Lankan town of Dambulla.
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Children die in S Lanka bus blast

Tuesday, January 29th 2008, 17:03

Eleven children were among 18 people killed in a bomb attack on a bus in Sri Lanka, the Catholic church says.
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'Scores die' in Sri Lanka clashes

Monday, January 28th 2008, 7:25

Fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels killed at least 55 over the weekend, the army says.
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Renegade Tamil rebel jailed in UK

Friday, January 25th 2008, 16:07
related countries: United Kingdom

An ex-leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, Col Karuna, is jailed for nine months in the UK for identity fraud.
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Sri Lanka in jungle deaths probe

Friday, January 25th 2008, 4:50

A police investigation begins in Sri Lanka after 16 bodies are found at a jungle location in government-held territory.
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Bodies found in Sri Lanka forest

Thursday, January 24th 2008, 18:31

Sri Lankan officials investigate reports of 16 bodies found at a jungle location in government-held territory.
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Sri Lanka urged to devolve power

Thursday, January 24th 2008, 13:32

A panel of political parties tells the Sri Lankan president to devolve power to resolve the decades-old civil war.
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