* Sri Lanka to begin final stage of census next week Colombo Page Feb 23, Colombo: Sri Lanka will commence the final stage of its first island wide census in over 30 years on February 27th, the government announced on Wednesday. The 14th population and housing census of the country will be carried out in four stages.
Sri Lankan monk is condemned to death for murder BBC News By Charles Haviland BBC News, Sri Lanka A Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka has been sentenced to death - the first monk in 50 years to receive such a sentence in the country. Gomadiye Sarana, 37, was convicted for a murder committed before he was ordained ...
* Sri Lanka presenting HR plan at UNHRC bypassing parliament unconstitutional ... Colombo Page Feb 22, Colombo: Sri Lankan government presenting the proposed National Human Rights Action Plan at the United Nations Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva next week without discussing it in the parliament is a violation of the Constitution, ...
In Sri Lanka, Colvin Role in White Flag Killings Recalled as Suspects Surge Inner City Press By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 22 -- The death of journalist Marie Colvin in Homs in Syria calls to mind her work in another war zone: Sri Lanka. Based on her reporting in 2001 forward, she became an intermediary in attempted ...
* Protesting Sri Lanka farmers claim they were attacked by ruling party ... Colombo Page Feb 22, Matale: Farmers in the Wilgamuwa area of Sri Lanka's Matale District protesting for higher paddy purchasing prices claimed that they were attacked by several governing United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) members from the Wilgamuwa ...
Sri Lanka seeks alternative to Iranian crude AFP COLOMBO — Sri Lanka is looking for alternatives to Iranian crude oil in the face of US-led sanctions aimed at spurring Tehran to abandon its nuclear programme, Colombo's petroleum minister said Wednesday. Susil Premajayantha said Sri Lanka imported 92 ... * Sri Lanka stops purchasing oil from IranColombo Page
