India, Sri Lanka to double trade to $10 bn by 2015
August 3rd, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Aug 3 (IANS) India and Sri Lanka have set a target to double bilateral trade to $10 billion by 2015, India's Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said Friday."We ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan politician arrested for human smuggling
July 25th, 2012 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, July 25 (IANS) A politician and another suspect have been arrested over a human smuggling operation in Sri Lanka, police said.Police spokesperson Ajith Rohana told Xinhua that the politician ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka to establish warning system for n-disasters
June 30th, 2012 - 1:30 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, June 29 (IANS) Sri Lanka's Atomic Energy Authority is to set up nuclear disaster early warning system in the naval bases around the island in the wake of increasing ... Read more...
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Huge earthquakes strike off Indonesia, generate small tsunamis (Update 3)
April 11th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Two major earthquakes struck off the west coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia on Wednesday afternoon, generating small tsunamis and shaking buildings as far away as Singapore, ... Read more...
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Kerala boat hit-and-run: Cargo ship sailor arrested
March 8th, 2012 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 8 (IANS) A sailor of cargo ship M.V. Prabhu Daya was arrested by Kerala Police here Thursday in connection with a hit-and-run case involving fishing boat Don-1 off ... Read more...
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My son was thrown out of MV Prabhu Daya: Father
March 8th, 2012 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 (IANS) The father of 24-year-old Prasobh Sugathan, second officer on MV Prabhu Daya, the merchant ship under investigation for ramming into a Kerala fishing boat, denied that ... Read more...
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India asks Sri Lanka to find political solution
September 2nd, 2010 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo/New Delhi, Sept 2 (IANS) India Thursday asked Sri Lanka to look beyond the resettlement of war-displaced Tamils and start a political process that would meet the needs and aspirations of the ... Read more...
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Ruling party wins parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka (Roundup)
April 9th, 2010 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, April 9 (DPA) Sri Lanka's ruling party, led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, won the first parliamentary elections held since last year's end of the country's 26-year civil war, election officials said ... Read more...
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Former Tamil chief minister returns to Sri Lanka - after nine years
April 7th, 2010 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Tamil chief minister of Sri Lanka's northeastern province when Indian troops were deployed has returned to the country for the first time after ... Read more...
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India assures Sri Lanka support for Tamil resettlement
March 7th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo/New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) India Sunday assured Sri Lanka of its support in resettling nearly 300,000 Tamil civilians displaced by the civil war in the island-nation and pushed for ... Read more...
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President Pratibha Patil congratulates Rajapaksa on re-election
January 27th, 2010 - 8:21 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 27(ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Wednesday congratulated Sri Lanka's incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa on his re-election in Tuesday's Presidential elections.Rajapakse achieved a landslide victory in Sri ... Read more...
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Rajapakse close to landslide victory in sixth Lanka presidential election
January 27th, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, Jan.27 (ANI): President Mahinda Rajapakse is in the process of achieving a landslide victory in Sri Lanka's sixth presidential election, which was conducted yesterday.Results of 112 out of the total ... Read more...
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Torrential rains disrupt life in different parts of Tamil Nadu
December 15th, 2009 - 9:54 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Dec.15 (ANI): Inclement weather in Tamil Nadu resulted in torrential rains disrupting daily life of local people on Tuesday (December 15).Meteorologists, however, attributed this to the cyclone 'Ward' that has weakened ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan Police nab three LTTE propagandists
July 16th, 2009 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, July 16 (Xinhua) The Sri Lankan Police said Thursday that they captured three propagandists of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the Eastern Province.
The LTTE supporters were nabbed at ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka has 200,000 refugees displaced by conflict, says UN
April 29th, 2009 - 3:23 am ICT by IANS
New York, April 29 (DPA) Tens of thousands of Sri Lankans are still trapped in conflict zone while some 200,000 others remain in swollen refugee camps waiting for relief assistance, the top ... Read more...
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More LTTE strongholds captured after pre-dawn attack: Sri Lanka
April 28th, 2009 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, April 28 (IANS) Troops forcing their way deep into the last Tamil Tiger stronghold in the northeastern Mullaitivu district have captured "two heavily fortified defence positions" after launching pre-dawn attacks, defence ... Read more...
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Confident of LTTE rout, Sri Lanka draws tourism plans
April 27th, 2009 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government plans to turn the country's war-torn northeastern region, which boasts of some of the island's most scenic beaches, into a tourist attraction as ... Read more...
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Indian military doctors save lives in Sri Lanka
April 19th, 2009 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) As Sri Lankan troops battle the Tamil Tigers in their very last bastion, a small group of Indian doctors are quietly treating scores of ... Read more...
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US donates medical supplies in Sri Lanka’s north
March 30th, 2009 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 30 (IANS) The US Agency for International Development (USAID) Monday donated equipment and basic medical supplies to Sri Lanka to treat 50,000 civilians in hospitals in the northeast.
James ... Read more...
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Two Sri Lankans honoured by British queen
March 26th, 2009 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 26 (IANS) Two Sri Lankans, members of the British High Commission here, have been honoured by Queen Elizabeth II for their "long and exceptional service", a statement said here Thursday.
Francis ... Read more...
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Indian medical team in Sri Lanka next week
March 6th, 2009 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 6 (IANS) India will send a medical team to Sri Lanka next week to provide emergency care to civilians displaced by the fighting between security forces and Tamil Tiger rebels ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka to send food supply for war-hit people via sea
February 18th, 2009 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, Feb 17 (IANS) Sri Lanka Tuesday decided to send urgently 40 tonnes of food supply via sea for thousands of civilians trapped in the island's northern war-zone, official sources here said. ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka declares new ‘no fire zone’ for civilians
February 12th, 2009 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Feb 12 (IANS) Sri Lankan military Thursday declared a new "Civilian Safety Zone" (CSZ), saying it was in response "to the worsening plight of thousands of civilians held hostage" by the ... Read more...
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Red Cross evacuates 240 wounded civilians from LTTE-held areas
February 10th, 2009 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Feb 10 (IANS) Amid heavy clashes in Sri Lanka's northeastern Mullaitivu district, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Tuesday evacuated 240 sick and wounded civilians from rebel-held areas using ... Read more...
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Japan to send its special peace envoy to Sri Lanka
January 20th, 2009 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 19 (IANS) Sri Lanka's single largest donor, Japan is sending its special peace envoy to Colombo to "encourage a political solution to the ethnic conflict" in the country, at a ... Read more...
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Srilankans arrested for poaching
September 22nd, 2008 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 22 (IANS) Six Sri Lankan fishermen caught poaching in Indian waters were arrested Monday by the Coast Guard and remanded to judicial custody, official sources said.Their mechanised boat was seized. ... Read more...
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Rebel bombing of Sri Lanka naval base kills four sailors (Lead)
August 27th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Aug 27 (DPA) At least four sailors were killed and 13 injured in an airstrike by Tamil Tiger rebels on a north-east naval base adjoining a harbour, military officials said ... Read more...
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India has to act in Sri Lanka, pro-LTTE group tells PM
August 2nd, 2008 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
Colombo, Aug 2 (IANS) A Tamil political party sympathetic to the Tamil Tigers has told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that India has to play a role in ending the ... Read more...
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USAID assists war-hit dairy farmers in Lanka’s East
May 20th, 2008 - 9:41 pm ICT by admin
Colombo, May 20 (IANS) The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Tuesday inaugurated a milk chilling centre in Sri Lanka's Eastern Batticaloa where it has provided assistance to war-affected dairy farmers ... Read more...
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Ex-Tiger guerrilla turns a chief minister in Sri Lanka
May 16th, 2008 - 10:40 pm ICT by admin
By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, May 16 (IANS) A former hardened Tamil Tiger guerrilla who fought the Sri Lankan military for years was Friday sworn in as chief minister of the island's troubled eastern ... Read more...
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India’s Sri Lanka power project runs into Tamil storm
May 10th, 2008 - 12:02 pm ICT by admin
By M.R. Narayan Swamy`
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) An Indian project that seeks to provide electricity to Sri Lanka's war-hit east has run into rough weather amid allegations that it will displace ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka’s deadly bomb blast kills 11 ahead of vote
May 9th, 2008 - 9:57 pm ICT by admin
By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, May 9 (IANS) At least 11 civilians were killed and 29 wounded when a powerful bomb tore through a cafe in Sri Lanka's east Friday evening, a day ahead ... Read more...
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Bomb blast in Sri Lanka, eight killed
May 9th, 2008 - 8:47 pm ICT by admin
Colombo, May 9 (IANS) At least eight civilians were killed Friday when a powerful bomb exploded in a tea shop in Sri Lanka's eastern town of Amparai on the eve of provincial ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka’s president suspends parliament for one month
May 7th, 2008 - 12:25 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Colombo, May 7 (DPA) Sri Lanka's president Wednesday postponed parliament for a month amid claims by the opposition that the move was aimed at diverting attention from corruption allegations ahead of provincial ... Read more...
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India Oil wants to market aviation fuel in Sri Lanka
April 18th, 2008 - 3:12 pm ICT by admin
By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, April 18 (IANS) Having stabilised operations to retail transport fuels in Sri Lanka, the Lanka Indian Oil Corp, a subsidiary of India's state-run oil company, will ask for Colombo's ... Read more...
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