Sri Lanka News

Media Group Challenges Sri Lankan Government For Blocking News Websites

AP | BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI | Posted 02.05.2012

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A media rights group has filed a court challenge over the Sri Lankan government's blocking of five news websites for conten...

Sri Lanka Arrests Astrologer For Upsetting Prediction

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan police say they have arrested a popular astrologer for publicly predicting President Mahinda Rajapaksa's imminen...

Velupillai Prabhakaran, Tamil Tiger Rebel Chief, Killed: Sri Lanka

AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka declared Monday it had crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels, killing their chief, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and ending hi...

Sri Lanka: Nearly 6,500 Civilians Dead And 50,000 Still Trapped, Reports UN

AP | ERANGA JAYAWARDENA | Posted 05.25.2011

PUTTUMATTALAN, Sri Lanka — Hundreds who fled intense fighting in Sri Lanka's war zone were awaiting evacuation from this tiny coastal village as...

Pakistan Cricket Attack: New Video Shows Gunmen Casually Leaving Ambush Scene With No Fear Of Pursuit (VIDEO)

AP | RIZWAN ALI and CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 05.25.2011

LAHORE, Pakistan — A day after the ambush of the Sri Lankan cricket team, Pakistanis asked Wednesday how terrorists managed to attack such a hig...