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Colombo – Sri Lanka's main opposition party Thursday decided to back a former army commander who spearheaded the military campaign against Tamil rebels in the next presidential elections. The opposition United National Party (UNP) led by former prime...
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Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange is planning its first exchange-traded fund and to increase stock listings as investor interest grows in Asia’s best-performing market following the end of the country’s 26-year civil war.
COLOMBO, Nov 23 (IRIN) - The release of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from camps in Sri Lanka's north is welcome, but the government must now ensure they are properly cared for, the UN and NGOs say.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka announced Saturday it will release 130,000 war-displaced Tamils living in a heavily guarded camp near Vavuniya since May.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's president signed a decree Monday calling for early elections, hoping to take advantage of his popularity after ending the country's 25-year civil war to win a new six-year term.
COLOMBO (AFP)--Sri Lanka's former military chief, Gen. Sarath Fonseka, will challenge his President Mahinda Rajapakse in upcoming elections, a key leftist opposition party announced Tuesday.
(RTTNews) - Sri Lanka's main Opposition party has decided to field former army commander General Sarath Fonseka, who stepped down recently, to challenge President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the country's snap presidential elections.
Colombo - President Mahinda Rajapaksa Monday announced new elections for January, two years ahead of schedule, a cabinet minister said. Rajapaksa made the announcement to the leaders of his coalition partners, and told them that he had decided to run...
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Sarath Fonseka , Sri Lanka’s former military chief, will run against the incumbent, Mahinda Rajapaksa , in the presidential election set for next year.
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - With candles glowing next to his computer, Chandrasiri Bandara, the nation's most popular astrologer, looked at his birth chart and predicted that he would soon be assassinated.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s presidential election next year will allow voters to go to the polls in the northern region formerly controlled by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa called a presidential election for 2010, two years before his mandate expires, as he seeks to capitalize on his government ending a 26-year civil war with Tamil rebels.
Nearly 60,000 people were left homeless in Sri Lanka Thursday following flash floods in the capital Colombo and the suburbs, an official said.
(RTTNews) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Tuesday said that he would seek a mandate on the issue of lasting peace and development in the Island nation after his government succeeded in uprooting terrorism that had been an obstacle to country' progress.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s economic growth accelerated last quarter as the end of the island’s 26-year civil war boosted agriculture and tourism, Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal said.
