Lanka won't allow outside 'interference': PM

As the United Nations chief planned to set up an advisory panel on alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka, Premier Ratnasiri Wickremanayake has accused "certain" western nations of......

Lanka resettles over 1,000 displaced Tamils

Sri Lanka has resettled over 1,000 internally displaced Tamils in their towns and villages in the country's war-torn northern region. The government resettled 1,161 displaced Tamils -- 1093......

SL announces dates for snap parliamentary polls

As street violence broke out in Colombo to protest the jailing of defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka on Wednesday announced the dates for snap parliamentary polls which will......

Prabhakaran surrounded by forces: Lankan PM

Sri Lanka on Tuesday said LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran has been surrounded by security forces in the tiny swathe of land on the island's northern war zone and that there was no question of him......