World news about “Sri Lanka” published by euronews.
Sri Lankan prison riot – nocomment More than 30 prison guards and inmates were injured when rioting broke out on Tuesday (January 24) at a Sri Lankan prison. 25/01/2012
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana – SriLanka Euronews travelled to ITB Berlin, the world’s leading travel trade show, to speak to representatives from countries worldwide and get a first-hand look at the… 12/03/2011
Christmas preparations in ColomboA boy cleans a picture of Jesus at a church ahead of Christmas day celebrations in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dinuka Liyanawatte/REUTERS 23/12/2010
Asia remembers the tsunami, seven years onAt 9.40 in the morning of December 26, 2004 a tidal wave hit the beaches of Koh Racha. It had taken an hour and a half to reach Thailand, triggered by an… 26/12/2011
Tributes paid to victims of the 2004 tsunamiIt is seven years since the Indian Ocean tsunami. Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa led the country in a two minute silence to honour those swept to… 26/12/2011
Back in the Day: the world’s first elected female leaderJuly 21, 1960. Sirimavo Bandaranaike enters office as the prime minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), becoming the world’s first elected female head of… 20/07/2011
Calls for the truth about the horrors of Sri Lankan warPressure is growing on the Sri Lankan government to fully investigate alleged war crimes committed in the final months of civil war in 2009. Horrific… 15/06/2011
Ferry links resume between India and Sri LankaSea ferry services have resumed between India and Sri Lanka for the first time in 30 years. The aim is to boost tourism and economic cooperation in light… 14/06/2011
Sri Lanka denies UN war reportThe Sri Lankan government has rejected a United Nations report blaming it for thousands of civilian deaths after the end of its civil war with Tamil… 26/04/2011
Number of dead in Sri Lanka blast revised downThree lorries carrying explosives have exploded inside a police compound in eastern Sri Lanka, in what is being described as an accident. Local television… 17/09/2010
Dozens killed in accidental blast in Sri LankaAt least 60 people have been killed after a truck carrying explosives accidentally blew up in Sri Lanka. It happened near the eastern city of… 17/09/2010
Low turnout for Sri Lanka’s first post war parliamentary pollSri Lanka has held its first postwar poll since the army’s defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels last year. Around 50 percent of the electorate cast their vote for a… 08/04/2010
Colombo clashes over arrested opposition leaderThere have been violent scenes in Sri Lanka’s capital when opposition supporters demanding the release of their defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka… 10/02/2010
Fonseka arrested for ‘military offences’The beaten candidate in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, former army chief Sarath Fonseka, has been arrested by military police. He was arrested in his… 08/02/2010
Tension as Sri Lanka announces election resultThere is growing political tension in Sri Lanka, where the incumbant president has been officially declared winner of Tuesday’s elections. Armed government… 27/01/2010
Sri Lanka presidential poll ends amid eligibility rowVoting is over in Sri Lanka’s first peacetime presidential election in nearly three decades. But the contest between Mahinda Rajapaksa and the ally turned… 26/01/2010
Sri Lanka goes to the pollsIts an historic day in Sri Lanka. The country is staging its first national election since the end of a 25 year conflict last May. Its the first time in… 26/01/2010
Sri Lanka prepares for crucial pollElection fever is gripping Sri Lanka, with President Mahinda Rajapaksa pulling out all the stops to try to win a second term. The election takes place on… 24/01/2010
Post-tsunami Sri Lanka – Five years onIt was a giant wave bowling in at 200 kilometres per hour destroying everything in its path. The tsunami of the 26th December 2004 killed more than 230,000… 15/12/2009
The head of the UN has repeated calls for unrestricted aid access to refugee camps in Sri LankaBan Ki-moon spoke as he visited people displaced by the recent brutal climax to the government’s 26-year war with Tamil separatists. Ban also urged Sri… 23/05/2009
UN calls for refugee accessUN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called for full access to more than 300,000 refugees who fled during the war last weeks of the war against Tamil Tiger… 23/05/2009
UN demands full access to Sri Lankan campsThe increasingly desperate plight of thousands of civilians has led the UN to demand full access to Sri Lanka’s refugee camps. More than 300,000 people… 22/05/2009
Body of Tamil leader shown on TVSri Lankan television has been showing what purports to be the body of Tamil Tiger Leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran, the man who led one side in Asia’s longest… 19/05/2009
Fears off terror attacks on Sri Lankan targetsPresident Mahinda Rajapaksa marked victory over the rebels in a weekend battle with an address to parliament. He told the country it had liberated from what… 19/05/2009
Sri Lanka airs video of Tigers leaders’ bodySri Lankan state TV has broadcast images of what it claims is the body of the leader of the recently defeated Tamil Tiger rebels. It comes after the group… 19/05/2009
Sri Lanka claims “final victory” over Tamil TigersThe Sri Lankan government has now declared “total victory” over the separatist Tamil Tigers after the killing of their leader. President Mahinda Rajapaksa… 19/05/2009
Sri Lanka says Tiger rebels are totally crushedAfter years of bloody conflict, Sri Lanka says it has now totally crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels. The government says it has killed the leader of the rebel… 18/05/2009
Divided Sri Lanka needs respite after warSri Lanka is a poor nation of 20 million people, yet four percent of its GDP goes on defence. Civil war has weighed heavily on the Sri Lankan economy, from… 18/05/2009
Tamils in exile call for EU helpTamils living in exile have held demonstrations outside European Union and UN buildings in Brussels and Geneva. EU foreign ministers have been meeting to… 18/05/2009
Rebel leader killed in final Sri Lanka battleIn the immediate aftermath of the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, it has been reported that the leader of the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels has been killed… 18/05/2009
Sri Lankans look forward to era of peaceThe prospect of peace after 30 years of war brought Sri Lankans out onto the streets in celebration. In an outpouring of relief and patriotic fervour they… 18/05/2009
Sri Lanka: the bitter endThe Sri Lankan government is claiming victory over the Tamil Tigers but the fighting is not over yet. Latest footage from the country’s air force shows… 18/05/2009
