
New Delhi: The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva adopted the resolution against Sri Lanka on alleged war crimes on Thursday with 24 countries, including India, voting in favour, 15 against and eight abstaining. Welcoming the move of India to vote in favour of the US-backed resolution, DMK MP Kanimozhi said that all the parties in Tamil Nadu were asking for it and the credit for it went to...

05:40 PM, Mar 22, 2012

Colombo: Amid mounting pressure from the western nations on Sri Lanka to investigate alleged war crime during the ethnic conflict, the government today said that that the politically motivated campaign to undermine the sovereignty of the country will fail as its friends would stand by it. Foreign Minister G L Peiris underlined that Sri Lanka had not been internationally isolated in the back drop of the UN Secretary General Ban...

05:02 PM, Jun 21, 2011
Times blames military for civilian deaths, govt rejects claim. ...

06:45 PM, May 29, 2009

LTTE announces his 'martyrdom' almost a week after being in denial. ...

09:40 PM, May 24, 2009

Rebels claim '2,000 innocent civilians' killed; govt denies. ...

08:26 PM, May 10, 2009

Rajapaksa calls evacuation of civilians world's 'greatest rescue operation'. ...

07:48 PM, May 07, 2009

Tamil rebels want Indian spiritual guru to help implement ceasefire. ...

10:51 PM, May 04, 2009

Govt forces claim rebels hemmed in from three sides; refuse to end offensive. ...

08:25 PM, May 04, 2009

Govt refuses to heed world opinion; rebels refuse to surrender. ...

06:24 PM, Apr 30, 2009

President alleges LTTE betrays people who try peace with them. ...

05:39 PM, Apr 30, 2009

Newspaper says Defence Secretary rebuffed visiting foreign diplomats. ...

12:20 PM, Apr 30, 2009

Sri Lanka decided to send 40 tonnes of food supply to trapped civilians. ...

05:10 PM, Feb 18, 2009

28 people lost their lives in the suicide attack by the LTTE. ...

11:15 PM, Feb 09, 2009

3 shells slammed into the pediatrics ward of the hospital in third such attack. ...

04:24 PM, Feb 02, 2009