Sri Lanka has told a UN counter-terrorism meeting that some countries sought to cling to "well-held" positions after the meeting failed to reach agreement on a convention due to a deadlock on certain issues, even as India asked member states to be flexible on their views for consensus for a draft, when they talk again. -- Saturday, July 04, 2009 12:58:01 AM

A grouping of eminent Tamil people in Sri Lanka pleas for Tamil refugees held in government camps to be given a timetable for their release.

Pakistan's new-look bowling attack dealt regular blows to keep Sri Lanka on a tight leash on the opening day of the first cricket Test here on Saturday.

(Lanka-e-News 04.July.2009 4.30PM) he last phase of Sri Lanka’s low-intensity military conflict saw the elimination of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as a military force. It simultaneously witnessed a poignant human drama...

The "Anada Viru Harasara" organized by the Ananda College, Colombo, to pay tribute to the Old Anandians in the armed forces and police was held at the Kularathna Hall this morning (Jul 3).

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Sri Lanka granted a special investment zone exclusively for Chinese companies to bring much needed foreign investments into the country, a state owned television service in Colombo announced. China?s Huichen Investment Holdings Limited will manage and bring new investments into the Mirigama zone, some 55 kilometers (34 miles) north of Colombo, for a period of 33 [...]