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:: Focus - Post-conflict Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka's ruling alliance wins local elections
Colombo, Aug 9 (Xinhua): Sri Lanka's ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has recorded a significant victory in the provincial and local elections held Saturday.
LTTE network shattered forever: Sri Lanka
Colombo, Aug 9: The possibility of the Tamil Tigers regrouping again has been "thwarted completely" with the arrest of their new leader Kumaran Pathmanathan, Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said in remarks published Sunday.
LTTE chief KP knew Rajiv Gandhi was to be killed
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS): The new chief of the Tamil Tigers who is now in Sri Lankan custody was one of the rare few outside the group's intelligence set-up who knew months earlier that former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was to be assassinated.
Sri Lankan army questions captured Tamil rebel leader
Colombo, Aug 7: Kumaran Pathmanathan, the new leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebel movement, has been arrested and is being questioned, Sri Lankan defence ministry spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said Friday.
Sri Lanka confirms arrest of new Tamil Tigers leader
Colombo, Aug 7: Selvarasa Pathmanathan, who was appointed the leader of the Tamil Tigers following the killing of LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran, has been arrested, the Sri Lankan defence ministry confirmed Friday.
Sri Lankan Tamils angry with China, India
New York, Aug 5 (IANS): More than two months after the Tamil Tigers were decimated, Sri Lankan Tamils living abroad remain bitter about the support China and India extended to Colombo during the war.
No LTTE infiltration into India
New Delhi, Aug 4: There has been no infiltration into India of Tamil Tiger guerrillas since the Sri Lankan military crushed them in May, parliament was told Tuesday.
Senior Sri Lankan official arrested for rebel links
Colombo, Aug 2 (Xinhua): A senior civil administration official in the Sri Lankan government has been arrested for alleged links with the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels, police said Sunday.
With Tamil Tigers gone, Sri Lanka opens the Ramayana trail for Indians
Ella (Sri Lanka), July 23 (IANS): With a quarter-century of ethnic conflict and terrorism in Sri Lanka left behind, the island nation, known for its sun-kissed beaches and rolling tea gardens, is wooing Indian tourists like never before by developing a Ramayana trail to enable them to visit the Lanka of demon king Ravana.
Tamils' resettlement within six months, Sri Lanka tells India
Phuket (Thailand), July 22: Sri Lanka Wednesday assured India that it has begun resettling over 300,000 civilians displaced by the military conflict and hoped it would be able to complete the process within six months.
Tamil rebels appoint new leader to continue the fight
Colombo, July 22 (DPA): Tamil rebels defeated by government forces in Sri Lanka two months ago have appointed a new leader as part of a restructuring, the rebels said Wednesday.
LTTE vanquished, tourism to open up in Sri Lanka's north
Colombo, July 22 (IANS): The pristine beaches in Sri Lanka's north, where a 25-year ethnic conflict came to an end two months ago following the crushing defeat of the Tamil Tigers, are getting ready to open up to tourism "in a big way", says an official.
Post-LTTE, Jaffna beaches get ready for tourists
Colombo, July 22: For decades it lay at the heart of Sri Lanka's Tamil conflict. Now that the Tamil Tigers have been crushed, Jaffna's once tranquil beaches are getting ready for tourists from far and wide.
Red Cross closes offices in eastern Sri Lanka
Colombo, July 20: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has closed its offices in eastern Sri Lanka after the government called on the organisation to scale down its operations now that the war with Tamil Tiger rebels is over, officials said Monday.
Sri Lankan troops recover Tamil rebel chief's secret documents
Colombo, July 19 (DPA): Sri Lanka's security forces and police have unearthed secret documents belonging to the deceased leader of Tamil Tiger rebels, a newspaper reported Sunday.
163 civilians die at Sri Lanka's relief camps
Colombo, July 17 (Xinhua): The Sri Lankan government Friday said 163 people have died between May 15 and July 14 at the relief camps in the country's north.
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