Saturday, June 30, 2012 » 07:50pm: Sri Lankan police have sealed off an office that runs independent and pro-opposition news
websites, arrested nine workers and seized computers and documents, says the government and a media rights group in one of the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists.
A government statement said that ‘police officers, acting on a court […]

Saturday 30 June 2012: The United States yesterday joined rights groups in demanding that Sri Lanka stop “harassing” media organizations, a day after police shut down opposition news websites and arrested nine employees.
The US embassy in Colombo said it was closely following Colombo’s shutting down of the websites and the arrest of employees, including several […]

Your excellency Ambassador Sager, Caux Scholars and alumni, Friends of IofC, distinguished guests.
I cannot tell you enough how honoured and grateful I am to have been given the opportunity to be a part of CSP’s 20th year in
existence. That it has already produced over 360 leaders from 88 countries is in itself an amazing feat. […]

10JUNE2012: 15 baby elephants born at Sri Lanka’s biggest elephant orphanage were christened in a mass service today.
The event, which is the biggest so far held at the Pinnawala orphanage saw the baby elephants being given names chosen from thousands of visitors suggestions.
Some were given western sounding names such as Elvina, whilst others now carry […]

 
COLOMBO, 6 June 2012 (IRIN) – Three years after conflict ended in northern Sri Lanka, many thousands of civilians remain separated from their ID cards and other official documents lost in the heat of battle and are consequently unable to access a range of essential government services.
RUNNING FOR YOUR LIFE
From 2008 until the war was […]

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands— Judges at an international war crimes court sentenced former Liberian President Charles
Taylor to 50 years in prison Wednesday, saying he was responsible for “some of the most heinous and brutal crimes recorded in human history.”
The 64-year-old warlord-turned-president is the first former head of state convicted by an international war crimes court since World […]

In bigger barracks
2 JUNE 2011: IN THE run-up to Vesak, the holiest day in the Buddhist calendar, which this year coincided with the second anniversary of its victory against the Tamil Tiger rebels, Sri Lanka’s armed forces had plenty to do. The throngs who clogged Colombo’s streets on May 18th for the festival of light […]

The United States said Sri Lanka had on Friday put forward “a very serious” reconciliation …
The United States said Sri Lanka had put forward “a very serious” plan Friday for reconciliation after its 27-year war, and urged the island to move forward on protecting human rights.
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris met with Secretary […]

WASHINGTON– The United States is encouraged by Sri Lanka’s drive to cut its oil imports from Iran, the U.S. State Department said on Friday in a positive assessment of the island nation’s efforts to escape potential U.S. sanctions.
Sri Lanka’s oil minister, Susil Premajayantha, said this week his government expected to avoid U.S. sanctions after cutting […]

Sri Lanka is looking to ease growing friction with the United States, but it faces exasperation from policy makers who see little progress on concerns three years after a bloody civil war ended.
Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris was to meet yesterday with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after a week of talks in Washington that […]