POLITICS: No Return to Arms Despite Sri Lankan Minister’s Slaying

Although the dramatic assassination on Friday of Sri Lankan foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar has sorely tested relations, the three-year-old truce between the separatist, militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government will likely hold.

POLITICS: Tigers Threaten War After Norway Mission Fails

Following the failure of Vidar Helgessen, Norway's deputy foreign minister, to get the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to resume dialogue with the Sri Lankan government, the Tigers have warned that a truce, holding since February 2002, was about to end.

ENVIRONMENT: Tiger Methods Needed to Keep Sri Lanka Clean

Known as one of the world's most ruthless militant outfits, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are now earning a green reputation for enforcing a ban on polythene carry bags and other non-biodegradable plastics in territories under its control.

SRI LANKA: Triangular Struggle Threatens Truce with Tigers

As a triangular struggle for control of the island country’s restive East, among the Tamil Tigers, a renegade faction led by 'Col. Karuna' and the Sri Lankan army worsens, observers fear that the fragile truce brokered by Norway in February 2000 is about to come unstuck.

TSUNAMI IMPACT- SRI LANKA: One Room But Still a Home

The rows of wooden houses, 12 kms from the coastal town of Galle seem out of place inside this state-owned rubber plantation and so do the people who once lived along the beach.

POLITICS-SRI LANKA: Internecine Wars Rob Glory From Tiger Suicide Squads

When Vasanthan Vallipuram rammed a truck laden with explosives into a building full of soldiers in northern Jaffna Peninsula, 18 years ago, internecine killings within the Tamil Tiger militant group would have been the last thing on the mind of this member of its elite ‘Black Tiger’ suicide squad.

SRI LANKA: Political Tsunami Threatens Rebuilding

Almost six months to the day since devastating waves savaged most of its coastline, Sri Lanka braced for a political tsunami following the signing of an agreement between the government and the separatist Tamil Tigers to distribute aid.

SRI LANKA: Political Tsunami Threatens Rebuilding

Almost six months to the day since devastating waves savaged most of its coastline, Sri Lanka braced for a political tsunami following the signing of an agreement between the government and the separatist Tamil Tigers to distribute aid.

SRI LANKA: President Stakes Job on Rebuilding With Rebels

At midnight tonight, beleaguered Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga faces her most important deadline since first elected 11 years ago. The People's Liberation Front, a partner in her government, has threatened to walk out unless she withdraws a proposed deal with the separatist Tamil Tigers to handle tsunami reconstruction efforts.

SRI LANKA: AIDS Numbers Low – Risk High

With only 614 confirmed cases of AIDS in a population of 19.5 million people and an HIV prevalence rate below 0.1 percent, Sri Lanka looks almost untouched by the deadly disease -but an epidemic is still possible, warn experts.

TSUNAMI IMPACT – SRI LANKA: Pledges and More Pledges, But Where Are the Houses?

Last week international donors pledged an unprecedented 3 billion U.S. dollars in tsunami reconstruction aid to Sri Lanka; the pledge, at the latest conversion rate would be 300 billion rupees. But it is not making any difference to some people in need.

TSUNAMI IMPACT-SRI LANKA: Pledges and More Pledges, But Where Are the Houses?

In his 68 years, V T Piyasena has never lived through anything like the last five months. He lost a daughter and his son-in-law in the Dec. 26 tsunami, and was left with a partially damaged house.

TSUNAMI IMPACT-SRI LANKA: Tragedy Rekindles Memories of Dead President

In times of tragedy, nations will look for solace in the most unexpected of places, even among the dead. Almost five months after tidal waves from the Dec. 26 tsunami killed more than 31,000 Sri Lankans and left another 200,000 destitute, this seems to ring true in the island-nation.

TSUNAMI IMPACT: Last Chance for Gov’t and Tigers to Work Jointly

Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga's wish for the traditional Sinhala and Tamil New Year, which fell on Apr. 14, was that the devastating tsunami would finally bring unity in her divided nation.

TSUNAMI IMPACT-SRI LANKA: New Year Brings Little Cheer to Survivors

The Sinhala and Hindu New Year that fell on Thursday is a season well known for good cheer and festivity. But T A Somawathi, a survivor of the Dec. 26 tsunami that left more than 31,000 Sri Lankans dead and an additional 200,000 still displaced, will have none of that.

TSUNAMI IMPACT: 100 Days Later And Still Living in Limbo Zones

It's a hundred days since Asia's devastating Dec. 26 tsunami and communities across the region are trying to rebuild and heal. In the face of tragedy, Sri Lankans have always looked towards religion as an antidote to the battered national psyche.

SRI LANKA: Violence, Lack of Reconstruction Feed Civilians’ Fears

This fishing village in eastern Sri Lanka, in territory controlled by the Tamil Tiger rebels, had been enjoying the precious breathing space made possible by the three-year-old ceasefire in the ethnic conflict.

TSUNAMI IMPACT: An Easter Sunday Reminder of the Dead

It's Easter Sunday morning, three months since the Asian tsunami killed over 30,000 Sri Lankans the day after Christmas. And Ivar Dilama wants to be closer to God.

TSUNAMI IMPACT: An Easter Sunday Reminder of the Dead

It's Easter Sunday morning, three months since the Asian tsunami killed over 30,000 Sri Lankans the day after Christmas. And Ivar Dilama wants to be closer to God.

/ARTS WEEKLY/SRI LANKA: Where Pavement Artists Still Rule

The Sri Lankan capital's weekly open-air art market comes alive amidst an odd set of neighbours. It's not unusual to see a mahout tend to a tusker about 10 meters from where artists sell their work.

TSUNAMI IMPACT: New Zoning Rules Confuse Sri Lanka Survivors

When forty seven year old businessman Anura Ananda opens the front doors of his drapery shop, he is now greeted with a clear view of waves lapping the beach.