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Sri Lanka's main presidential candidates addressed public rallies on Friday at the start of official campaigning for what is expected to be a bitterly contested poll next month. President Mahinda Rajapakse and his main rival, former army chief Sarath Fonseka, sought blessings at Buddhist temples before their rallies at historic pilgrim cities. Rajapakse vowed a "new era of development" while launching his campaign from Anuradhapura, 200 kilometres (125 miles) north of Colombo. "It is not... Read Full Story
Sri Lanka's economic growth accelerated at its fastest pace this year after the end of a bloody ethnic civil war in May, helped by new investment, official data released Friday showed. The economy grew by 4.2 percent during the third quarter to September, faster than the 2.1 percent growth it posted in the second quarter. "Peace is a key factor that drove the economy during this quarter," deputy statistics director Nalini Kumarasinghe told reporters, adding that lower interest rates also... Read Full Story
COLOMBO/ACEH (Reuters) - For two of Asia's longest-running insurgencies, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami offered a chance for peace in each. In Indonesia's Aceh, one of the worst calamities in history led to a historic peace agreement, and the former rebels are now in power in a province once under military rule. But in Sri Lanka, the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) saw the tsunami as an opportunity to re-arm, before both sides girded for a final fight in a quarter-century... Read Full Story
The World Bank has announced a 182-million-dollar loan to help Sri Lanka assist refugees and rebuild Tamil majority provinces that were ravaged by nearly 40 years of civil war that ended earlier this year. One loan package for 105 million dollars will go to rebuild major roads linking north and east Sri Lanka, the bank said in a statement. Another tranche for 77 million dollars is "designed to support the return of 100,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their places of origin in the... Read Full Story
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse and his main rival in elections next month, former army general Sarath Fonseka, handed in their poll nomination papers on Thursday. Rajapakse and Fonseka, both dressed in white national dress, were among 22 candidates whose papers were accepted by the national Election Commission. Rajapakse has called the January 26 poll two years early to take advantage of his popularity following the defeat earlier this years of Tamil Tiger rebels that ended a decades... Read Full Story
The European Commission has decided to suspend Sri Lanka's preferential trade status following a probe criticising the island's human rights record, an official said Thursday. Bernard Savage, the head of the European Union delegation to Colombo said the decision would be formally ratified within the next two months, with the suspension coming into effect six months later. "The European Union will continue its dialogue with Sri Lanka during this period to try and iron out issues, so that the... Read Full Story
The European Commission on Wednesday granted more aid for tens of thousands of people who fled fighting between Sri Lankan forces and Tamil fighters, voicing concern for their lack of protection. The commission is "concerned by the lack of protection for the internally displaced, especially for female-headed households and single women returning alone to their villages as well as for the disabled", said EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Karel De Gucht, announcing six million euros (8.7... Read Full Story
Video footage that allegedly shows Sri Lankan troops executing prisoners during the final stages of its battle against Tamil Tiger rebels was not fabricated, a British newspaper said Tuesday. The video, aired on Britain's Channel 4 in August, was rejected at the time by the Sri Lankan military as fake to discredit security forces who defeated Tamil separatists in May after a bloody decades-long conflict. The Times said an analysis by an independent forensic video specialist suggests no... Read Full Story
Video footage that allegedly shows Sri Lankan troops executing prisoners during the final stages of its battle against Tamil Tiger rebels was not fabricated, a British newspaper said Tuesday. The video, aired on Britain's Channel 4 in August, was rejected at the time by the Sri Lankan military as fake to discredit security forces who defeated Tamil separatists in May after a bloody decades-long conflict. The Times said an analysis by an independent forensic video specialist suggests no... Read Full Story
Sri Lanka ’s election commissioner on Thursday accepted a record 22 nominations for the January presidential poll, in which economic policies, good governance and corruption are expected to dominate the campaign.
The candidates for the January 26 poll include incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his former army chief, General Sarath Fonseka, who led the military to victory over Tamil rebels after a 25-year civil war. Successive governments have won national polls promising to end... Read Full Story
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