Category: Politics

June 6, 2008 (LBO) – Two bus bombings in the capital Colombo and off the central Sri Lankan city of Kandy by suspected Tamil Tigers has left at least 22 dead and more than 80 injured Friday, authorities said. Tigers and the military have been trading charges over civilian deaths in the conflict, which has […]

June 6, 2008 (LBO) – A bomb exploded in a bus off the central Sri Lankan city of Kandy, killing 2 people and injuring 20 within hours of a blast that killed 21 civilians near the capital Colombo, police said. Police spokesman Ranjith Gunesekera said the bomb exploded in a bus traveling from Matale to […]

June 06, 2008 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan government said it wants to introduce a new defence structure, including a joint chiefs of staff committee, for the ‘higher defence management’, to ensure better joint planning and operations by the armed forces. New laws are to be drafted to create the structure under proposals prepared by […]

June 06, 2008 (LBO) – A bomb exploded inside a bus in a southern suburb of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo during the morning rush hour Friday, the media centre for national security said. The blast occurred on the Katubedda-Piliyandala road in front of the university in Moratuwa, officials said. At least 15 injured people […]

June 06, 2008 (LBO) – At least 18 people were killed when a bomb exploded on a highway in a southern suburb of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo during the morning rush hour Friday, the media centre for national security said. The blast occurred on the Katubedda-Piliyandala road in front of the university in Moratuwa, […]

June 05, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan and international media right groups Thursday said they were outraged by recent military criticism of journalists covering the war and urged the government to stop what they called its ‘hate campaign’. The Free Media Movement (FMM) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) to which it is affiliated […]

June 4, 2008 (LBO) – A blast ripped through a suburb of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo in the early morning rush hour, the military said. Military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said the explosion blast had gone off by a rail track. Early reports said the explosion occurred in an area bordering Dehiwela and Wellawatte. Residents heard […]

June 4, 2008 (LBO) – A blast ripped through a suburban rail track in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo in the early morning rush hour Wednesday, injuring at least 17, authorities and eyewitnesses said. Military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said the explosion had gone off on a rail track near Wasala Road in Dehiwela, south of Colombo. […]

June 04, 2008 (LBO) – A bomb exploded on a rail track as a train bound for the island’s capital Colombo was passing through a southern suburb of the city, injuring more than a dozen people Wednesday, authorities and eyewitnesses said. Police spokesman Ranjith Gunesekera said a hunt was on for the suspect. An explosion […]

June 04, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan police Wednesday said they were hunting for a 29-year-old man suspected to be involved in a bomb attack on an early morning commuter train on the coastal track near to the capital Colombo that wounded 18 people. Nine people were killed and 84 wounded by a bomb blast […]

June 2, 2008 (AFP) – The elusive head of the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka has placed a senior rebel leader under house arrest over a worsening internal dispute, the defence ministry said Monday. Seevaratnam Prabaharan, alias Pulidevan, who is attached to the Tigers’ peace secretariat, has been placed under arrest on the direct orders […]

June 3, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lankan government commandos killed six civilians including two children with a roadside mine inside the Tamil Tiger-held north of the island, the rebels said Tuesday.The LTTE has been fighting to carve out a separate Tamil state in the ethnic Sinhalese-majority island since 1972. Tens of thousands have died on […]