Protecting tuskers important for Sri Lanka: Minister
May 25th, 2011 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Sri Lanka will strengthen its policies to save elephants, according to the island country's Minister of Environment Anura Priyadarshana Yapa."The elephant is of special importance ... Read more...
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Row over fishing causing a crisis: Sri Lanka minister
March 16th, 2011 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) A Sri Lankan minister has warned that recurring clashes between Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen may spark off a major showdown because the dispute is ... Read more...
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Fasting Sri Lanka minister quits to protest UN inquiry
July 9th, 2010 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, July 9 (DPA) A cabinet minister on hunger strike to protest a UN inquiry into alleged human rights abuses at the end of Sri Lanka's civil war tendered his resignation Friday, ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka minister on hunger strike (Lead)
July 8th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, July 8 (DPA) A Sri Lanka cabinet minister and other protestors went on indefinite hunger strike Thursday outside the UN offices in Sri Lanka to protest an enquiry into alleged war ... Read more...
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India for revival of political process in Sri Lanka (Lead)
December 4th, 2009 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) India Friday said it wanted a revival of the peace process in Sri Lanka and has been assured by Colombo that all people displaced by the ... Read more...
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India keen on revival of political process in Sri Lanka
December 4th, 2009 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) India Friday said it was keen to see the revival of the political process in Sri Lanka to meet the legitimate interests and aspirations of all communities.
"Government ... Read more...
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Political settlement ‘very important’ in Sri Lanka: Minister (Interview)
November 13th, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Now that the Tamil Tigers have been defeated, it is "very important" to have a political settlement to end Tamil grievances, a senior Sri ... Read more...
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Lanka minister accuses UK’s Miliband of toeing LTTE line
May 1st, 2009 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, May 1 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Defence Minister Gotabaya Rajapaksa has launched an angry verbal attack on British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, accusing him of basing his policies on Tamil Tiger propaganda. ... Read more...
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Ex-rebel commander sworn in as Sri Lanka minister
March 9th, 2009 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 9 (IANS) Former Tamil Tiger commander Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, well-known as Karuna Amman, Monday took oath before President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the minister of national integration, minutes after joining the ruling ... Read more...
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Pakistan safe to host sporting events, says Sri Lanka minister
February 21st, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Feb 21 (IANS) Sri Lankan Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge Saturday said that Pakistan was a safe place to host sporting events.
Loguke, who is on a visit here on the invitation of ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka minister among 12 killed in suicide blast
April 6th, 2008 - 1:54 pm ICT by admin
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By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, April 6 (IANS) A Sri Lankan cabinet minister who was a confidant of President Mahinda Rajapaksa was among 12 people killed outside Colombo Sunday morning in a powerful ... Read more...
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