1. Lanka opposition vows to defy ban on rally

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s opposition vowed to go ahead with a massive rally in the capital Colombo today to protest the suspension of parliament despite police warnings that demonstrators would be arrested.

Thursday, 19 July 2001 | 236 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

2. Tiger bombers blown up in botched mission

COLOMBO: Two Tamil Tiger rebels preparing to launch an assassination mission were blown to pieces in northwestern Mannar area in Sri Lanka yesterday when explosives strapped to their bodies went off accidentally, officials said.

Monday, 30 July 2001 | 359 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

3. Colombo forms panel to

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka said yesterday it had set up a high-level committee to oversee new security measures at its international airport and an adjoining airbase following last week’s devastating guerrilla attack.

Saturday, 04 August 2001 | 199 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

4. Lankan trade chamber urges Chandrika to drop referendum

COLOMBO: A leading Sri Lankan business group appealed to the president yesterday to suspend a referendum due later this month as it would be a divisive exercise.

Saturday, 04 August 2001 | 193 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

5. Hemmed in~ Chandrika puts off vote

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga bowed to opposition pressure yesterday and put off an August 21 referendum on controversial constitutional reforms.

Wednesday, 08 August 2001 | 180 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

6. Kumaratunga resignation demanded

Thursday, 09 August 2001 | 244 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

7. Lankan president waging a losing battle on constitutional referendum

COLOMBO: President Chandrika Kumaratunga has postponed this month’s referendum, which most Sri Lankans anyway expected her to do for a poll that drew very little interest across the war-battered island.

Thursday, 09 August 2001 | 209 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

8. Sri Lanka steps up battle against war-risk insurance

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is to open talks with international underwriters in a bid to lower the prohibitive war-risk insurance premiums slapped on ships and aircraft entering the island, officials said on Friday.

Sunday, 12 August 2001 | 195 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

9. JVP calls the shots in Lanka political crisis

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Marxists, who have failed twice to seize power, have become the country’s most potent political force offering a life-line to beleaguered President Chandrika Kumaratunga, political sources said yesterday.

Monday, 13 August 2001 | 192 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

10. Sri Lankan minister holds talks with Tiger rebels

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s aviation minister has had face-to-face talks with separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in the first such encounter in 11 years, officials said yesterday.

Wednesday, 15 August 2001 | 205 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...