http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Category/Sri-Lanka/108 Sri Lanka articles from Onlypunjab.com News Rss Follow Up Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:51:41 -0500 Sri Lanka's new school admission policy has been delayed over fears that it might lead to a head-on collision between the legislature and the judiciary. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Sri-Lankan-judiciary--parliament-at-loggerheads/117371 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Sri-Lankan-judiciary--parliament-at-loggerheads/117371 Sri Lanka's Navy destroyed a suspected Tamil Tiger boat and damaged another early on Monday while on a routine patrol near Trincomalee. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/10-LTTE-rebels-reportedly-killed-in-Sri-Lanka-Navy-attack/50016 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/10-LTTE-rebels-reportedly-killed-in-Sri-Lanka-Navy-attack/50016 Sri Lanka's navy said it destroyed an LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) boat and damaged another, killing at least eight insurgents off the island's eastern coast Monday. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Sri-Lanka-navy-sinks-rebel-boats--eight-insurgents-dead/49952 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Sri-Lanka-navy-sinks-rebel-boats--eight-insurgents-dead/49952 Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse left on a three-day state visit to the Maldives today even as dissatisfaction among his recently sacked ministers gathered steam. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Sri-Lankan-President-visits-Maldives-amid-domestic-problems/49104 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Sri-Lankan-President-visits-Maldives-amid-domestic-problems/49104 Sri Lankan air force jets shelled a suspected Tamil Tiger base in rebel-held Mullaitivu district for the fourth straight day today. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Two-Sri-Lankans-killed-in-explosion-in-rebel-held-area/44848 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Two-Sri-Lankans-killed-in-explosion-in-rebel-held-area/44848 Sri Lankan airforce jets today bombed suspected Tamil Tiger targets in the island's east, the defence ministry said. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Sri-Lankan-Jets-hit-Tiger-targets/42702 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Sri-Lankan-Jets-hit-Tiger-targets/42702 The new year dawned with a fresh wave of violence in Sri Lanka, claiming the lives of 10 people in the northern and eastern parts of the island, a military official said Monday. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/10-killed-in-Sri-Lanka-violence/38998 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/10-killed-in-Sri-Lanka-violence/38998 New Delhi, Dec 29 : The state-run National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will set up a 500MW thermal power plant at Trincomalee in Sri Lanka. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/NTPC-to-set-up-power-plant-in-Sri-Lanka/35709 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/NTPC-to-set-up-power-plant-in-Sri-Lanka/35709 Sri Lankan government has invited Inox Leisure Limited to expand its network with new multiplexes in that country, company Director Deepak Ashar said. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Sri-Lanka-invites-Inox-to-build-new-multiplexes/20732 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Sri-Lanka-invites-Inox-to-build-new-multiplexes/20732 Eleven dead bodies of Muslim civilians were recovered from Ampara district in eastern Sri Lanka on Monday morning. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Eleven-workers-killed-in-eastern-Sri-Lanka/18979 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Eleven-workers-killed-in-eastern-Sri-Lanka/18979 Five Sri Lankan refugees have been arrested on charges of attempting to go back to the island nation by an illegal ferry service, police said today. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Five-Lankan-refugees-arrested-while-trying-to-return-illegally/18949 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Five-Lankan-refugees-arrested-while-trying-to-return-illegally/18949 The fresh batch of 378 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees reaching here recounted their horrific experiences of the ongoing battle between the Sri Lankan army and the Tamil Tigers in the Jaffna peninsula. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Tamil-Lankan-refugees-recount-horror-of--Jaffna-battle-/18702 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Tamil-Lankan-refugees-recount-horror-of--Jaffna-battle-/18702 In an emerging diplomatic row, the Sri Lanka Government has said that it is highly disturbed by Norway's Oversea's Development Minister Eric Solheim's unilateral statement about Colombo agreeing to participate in next week's peace talks without even consulting it. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Lanka-disturbed-about-Norway-making-decisions-without-consulting-it/17845 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Lanka-disturbed-about-Norway-making-decisions-without-consulting-it/17845 The Sri Lankan military on Monday recovered some lost ground and took control of the Sampur town in the crucial Trincomalee District which had earlier gone in the hands of Tamil rebels. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Sri-Lanka-military-recovers-lost-ground/13573 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Sri-Lanka-military-recovers-lost-ground/13573 A new flare-up of fighting in Sri Lanka has disrupted people returning to their homes in the northeastern Muttur town, the scene of recent violence and military operations, according to the UN refugee agency. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Lanka-fighting-disrupting-people-s-return-to-homes-in-Muttur/13026 Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Lanka-fighting-disrupting-people-s-return-to-homes-in-Muttur/13026 The Sri Lankan Navy has destroyed 12 boats of the Tamil Tigers in a fierce battle in the northern seas, the government said Saturday. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/12-LTTE-boats-destroyed--Sri-Lanka/13006 Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/12-LTTE-boats-destroyed--Sri-Lanka/13006 The Sri Lankan subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation has raised fuel prices by 7 percent to keep pace with soaring global oil prices. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/IOC-hikes-fuel-prices-in-Lanka/12870 Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/IOC-hikes-fuel-prices-in-Lanka/12870 Amid wide speculation, President Mahinda Rajapaksa suddenly flew to London last afternoon for talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and others, a government source said. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/President-in-surprise-talks-with-Blair/12000 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/President-in-surprise-talks-with-Blair/12000 A Five Year National Plan on Power and Energy Development has been implemented to provide quality service at cheaper rates to people under the direction of Power and Energy Minister W.D.J. Seneviratne, a Ministry official said. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Five-Year-Plan-for-raising-power-capacity/11865 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Five-Year-Plan-for-raising-power-capacity/11865 A kidnapped Sri Lankan Tamil journalist was released this morning after a nearly day of captivity. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Sri-Lankan-Tamil-journalist-released/11711 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Sri-Lankan-Tamil-journalist-released/11711 Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse today made an unannounced visit to London, leaving even some of his top aides unawares. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Lanka-president-makes-surprise-visit-to-London/11519 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Lanka-president-makes-surprise-visit-to-London/11519 Government troops and Tamil rebels exchanged mortar and artillery fire in northeastern Sri Lanka Monday, killing at least 12 soldiers and 20 others, believed to be civilians, military officials and reports from the area said. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/32-killed-in-Sri-Lanka-clashes/10881 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/32-killed-in-Sri-Lanka-clashes/10881 Sri Lankan troops fired at positions held by the Tamil Tiger rebels in the Northeast of the island nation today to offset any attack on a key naval facility. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Lankan-troops-fire-at-rebel-positions-in-northeast/10364 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/Lankan-troops-fire-at-rebel-positions-in-northeast/10364 Securities and Exchange Board of India chief M Damodaran has suggested that Sri Lanka should consider introducing a system of grading public issues, similar to what is prevalent in India, to make it easier for investors to understand IPOs. http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/SEBI-chief-suggests-India-like-IPO-grading-for-Sri-Lanka/10124 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/SEBI-chief-suggests-India-like-IPO-grading-for-Sri-Lanka/10124 The arrest of eight Tamil men in the US on charges of attempting to buy sophisticated weapons marks a new low for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, now battling the most serious.... http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/US-crackdown-a-sweeping-setback-for-LTTE/8904 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/Article/US-crackdown-a-sweeping-setback-for-LTTE/8904