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Colombo - US Assistant Secretary of StateRobert Blake Wednesday expressed satisfaction on with Sri Lanka's programme of resettling ethnic Tamils displaced by the civil war in northern Sri Lanka. Tens of thousands of Tamils have been held in held in h...
Michael Latham, professor emeritus and graduate professor of nutritional sciences, gave the keynote address Nov. 19 at the "One Asia Forum on Child Feeding in Emergencies," held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Nov. 18-21.
Colombo – Thousands of people have started leaving refugee camps in northern Sri Lanka, six months after the civil war with the Tamil rebels ended, but remain stranded without any means of getting home, aid workers in the area said Wednesday. Since t...
The U.S. diplomat responsible for south Asia landed in Sri Lanka on Tuesday after a U.S. Senate committee urged the United States not to "lose" its relationship with the strategically located island nation.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka gave permission Tuesday to nearly 127,000 Tamil refugees to leave squalid and overrun government camps where they have been detained since the country’s civil war ended six months ago, an official said.
(RTTNews) - Tuesday, the United States expressed satisfaction with the Sri Lanka government's efforts to resettle nearly 290,000 Tamil civilians displaced in the recently-concluded war with the vanquished Tamil Tigers.
Skipper Kumar Sangakkara lashed 78 off just 37 balls to help Sri Lanka amass 215 for five in the first Twenty20 international against India on Wednesday.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. risks losing Sri Lanka as an ally unless it changes its relationship after Western criticism of human rights abuses prompted the country to seek closer ties with China, Myanmar and Iran, a Senate committee said.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka says 94,000 civilians remain in the main transit camp in the north as the government tries to meet a January deadline to settle all displaced people held since the defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels in May.
Colombo – Thousands of refugees from the civil war in Sri Lanka began leaving refugee camps after six months when government opened them Tuesday, an official overseeing the refugees said. Major General G A Chandrasiri said as many as 9,300 people lef...
A report on Sri Lanka to be released next week by the Senate Foreign Relations committee urges a less confrontational approach, citing strategic American interests.
Colombo, Nov 30 (AFP) Sri Lanka will today allow thousands of civilians to leave state-run camps where they have been detained since the military's victory over Tamil Tiger separatist rebels, a senior official said.
A US Senate report has urged more engagement with Sri Lanka as it recovers from war, warning that Washington risks "losing" the island to China and Western adversaries.
Scoreboard after the Sri Lanka innings in the first Twenty20 international against India at Nagpur, India on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka scored 215 for five after being put into bat by India in their first Twenty20 international on Wednesday.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl first against Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 international Wednesday. India included rookie paceman Ashok Dinda in its pace attack after Shanthakumaran Sreesanth was ruled out due to a stomach bug. Sri Lanka goes into the match without its ace spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, who has been sidelined by a finger injury.
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