Sri Lanka working on implementing LLRC proposals

Sri Lanka on Wednesday said a task force overlooking the implementation of the reconciliation commission is making progress and has shortlisted 33 of its recommendations to be implemented at the......

India encouraged LTTE in the 1980s: Book

The Indian policy on Sri Lanka in the 1980s, the formative years of the LTTE, provided encouragement to the separatist group, a new book has claimed.The book, Gota's War, talks about India's......

Jayaratne sworn in as Lanka PM

Veteran Sri Lankan socialist leader D M Jayaratne, a close ally of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was sworn-in on Wednesday as the country's 20th prime minister after the ruling party secured a near......

'Lanka Prez helped Cong-DMK alliance in TN polls'

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa helped the Congress-Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam alliance's performance in Tamil Nadu during last year's parliamentary elections by agreeing to halt the use of......