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 6th 2009 – November 1st 2009
• October 29th 2009 – September 9th 2009
• September 6th 2009 – July 12th 2009
• July 9th 2009 – May 29th 2009
• May 28th 2009 – May 16th 2009
• May 16th 2009 – April 26th 2009
• April 26th 2009 – April 8th 2009
• April 7th 2009 – March 5th 2009
• March 5th 2009 – February 9th 2009
• February 8th 2009 – January 21st 2009
• January 20th 2009 – December 4th 2008
• December 1st 2008 – September 21st 2008
• September 19th 2008 – July 19th 2008
• July 16th 2008 – April 25th 2008
• April 25th 2008 – February 26th 2008
• February 26th 2008 – January 11th 2008
• January 10th 2008 – December 5th 2007
• December 4th 2007 – October 22nd 2007
• October 17th 2007 – June 28th 2007
• June 22nd 2007 – April 29th 2007
• April 28th 2007 – March 23rd 2007
• March 21st 2007 – January 24th 2007
• January 20th 2007 – November 14th 2006
• November 13th 2006 – September 26th 2006
• September 25th 2006 – August 14th 2006
• August 14th 2006 – July 27th 2006
• July 26th 2006 – June 7th 2006
• June 6th 2006 – April 28th 2006
• April 27th 2006 – March 27th 2006
• March 25th 2006 – December 31st 2005
• December 29th 2005 – December 5th 2005
• December 4th 2005 – November 12th 2005

Sri Lanka: news

Indonesia 'might expel' refugees

Thursday, October 29th 2009, 9:46
related countries: Indonesia

Indonesia says 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers in a boat off Sumatra must co-operate with authorities or risk expulsion.
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Australia refuses Tamil refugees

Wednesday, October 28th 2009, 9:50
related countries: Aruba, Australia, Indonesia

Australian authorities say 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers in Indonesia will not be allowed into Australia.
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Sri Lanka to probe rights abuses

Monday, October 26th 2009, 16:44
related countries: United States

Sri Lanka says it will appoint a committee to probe US claims of human rights abuses during the final phase of its civil war.
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Detained Tamil publisher is freed

Monday, October 26th 2009, 16:20

A court in Sri Lanka frees the Tamil publisher of a monthly magazine more than a year after he was held under anti-terror laws.
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Thousands leave Sri Lankan camp

Thursday, October 22nd 2009, 16:09

Some 6,000 Tamils are freed from Sri Lanka's main camp for people displaced by war, the largest group since the conflict ended.
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Abuses may hit EU-Sri Lanka ties

Monday, October 19th 2009, 21:01

Sri Lanka could lose special trading rights with the EU after a report roundly criticises its recent human rights record.
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Insider trading?

Monday, October 19th 2009, 12:50

Spotlight on hedge funds as Sri Lankan billionaire held
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Fraud case hits Sri Lankan shares

Monday, October 19th 2009, 10:36

The Sri Lankan stock market falls sharply after the arrest of a Sri Lankan billionaire investor in New York on insider trading charges.
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Australia PM unmoved by refugees

Friday, October 16th 2009, 3:31
related countries: Australia

Australia's PM says the emotional pleas and hunger strike by Sri Lankan asylum seekers will not sway decisions on their fate.
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Sri Lanka to hold early elections

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 14:29

Sri Lanka will hold presidential and parliamentary elections before April 2010, state radio says.
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Australia seeks Sri Lanka migrant help

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 4:08
related countries: Australia, Indonesia

Australia's prime minister calls on Indonesian help to prevent a boat of Sri Lankan suspected asylum seekers reaching its waters.
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Sri Lanka leader wins local poll

Sunday, October 11th 2009, 7:23

Sri Lanka's ruling coalition sweeps to victory in a provincial poll that could pave the way for an early presidential election.
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Protest Tamil denies burger claim

Friday, October 9th 2009, 17:49
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

A Tamil protester in London who claimed to have fasted for 24 days against the Sri Lankan war threatens legal action against UK newspapers.
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Sri Lanka military budget raised

Friday, October 9th 2009, 14:41

The Sri Lankan parliament approves an additional 20% budget for the country's military for the remainder of this year.
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In pictures

Thursday, October 8th 2009, 23:03

Life inside Sri Lanka's vast refugee camp
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Sri Lanka medics allowed to work

Thursday, October 8th 2009, 16:05

Four Tamil doctors have been allowed back to work after being detained and accused by Sri Lanka's government of exaggerating civilian casualties.
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Pleas for help

Tuesday, October 6th 2009, 23:32

BBC hears Sri Lanka refugees' appeals in camp
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UK to cut Sri Lanka camp funding

Tuesday, October 6th 2009, 16:03
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK says it will withdraw all but emergency funding for the camps where 250,000 displaced Tamils are confined in Sri Lanka.
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S Lanka pledge on refugee camps

Tuesday, October 6th 2009, 5:28

Sri Lanka's government says it is taking measures to ensure that refugee camps will cope with monsoon rains.
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Many injured in Sri Lanka blast

Friday, October 2nd 2009, 6:01

An explosion in a van in central Sri Lanka has wounded 13 people, including many school children who were about to get on the vehicle, the military says.
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UN in Tamil 'bitterness' warning

Tuesday, September 29th 2009, 18:21

The UN says Sri Lanka faces the risk of creating "bitterness" if it fails to resettle Tamil refugees soon.
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Live text - England v Sri Lanka

Friday, September 25th 2009, 12:06
related countries: United Kingdom

England's bowlers make a dream start in their ICC Champions Trophy match against hotly-tipped Sri Lanka.
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South Africa v Sri Lanka as it happened

Tuesday, September 22nd 2009, 20:43

Sri Lanka set South Africa 320 to win in the opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy.
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Sri Lanka cruise to opening win

Tuesday, September 22nd 2009, 20:28
related countries: South Africa

Tillakaratne Dilshan's 106 helps Sri Lanka to a 55-run win over South Africa in the opening match of the Champions Trophy.
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UN warning over displaced Tamils

Friday, September 18th 2009, 19:10

A senior UN envoy says the plight of Tamils displaced by the recent war is putting Sri Lankan reconciliation at risk.
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UN envoy touring Sri Lanka camps

Thursday, September 17th 2009, 8:09

A top United Nations envoy is touring camps holding hundreds of thousands of displaced Tamils in northern Sri Lanka.
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UN envoy in Sri Lanka for talks

Wednesday, September 16th 2009, 17:08

A senior UN envoy is in Sri Lanka for talks on Tamils still living in government-run camps four months after the war ended.
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Two key Tamil Tigers given bail

Friday, September 11th 2009, 17:41

A court in Sri Lanka grants bail to two former Tamil Tiger officials in government custody for more than four months.
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UN patience wears thin in S Lanka

Friday, September 11th 2009, 14:43

The UN says it cannot continue funding the main refugee camp in Sri Lanka where the government is keeping nearly 300,000 people.
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Monsoon worry in Sri Lanka camps

Thursday, September 10th 2009, 6:03

A charity worker warns that 250,000 refugees living in camps in north Sri Lanka may be vulnerable to the monsoon.
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UN criticises Sri Lanka expulsion

Wednesday, September 9th 2009, 10:33

The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, criticises Sri Lanka for its decision to expel a UN children's agency spokesman.
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