who feel persecuted by Sri Lanka’s ethnic majority, the Sinhalese. The LTTE is notorious for having pioneered the suicide bomb jacket, as well as the use of women in suicide attacks. They are ...

PNM highlights triumph over terrorism By Shamindra Ferdinando Top National Patriotic Movement (PNM) spokesman Dr. Wasantha ...

The Cardinal maybe a citizen of Sri Lanka, but he reports to the Vatican not to the Sri Lankan President. Thus, his orders ...

The President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, said in the parliament on 28 February 2025 that the Number of persons in all three ...

Sri Lanka’s government has scored ... culture of impunity and indifference" for the attacks on the media, it says. Funding and Support for the LTTE Approximately one-quarter of the global ...

On 1 December, 1984 LTTE cadres, including women fighters, attacked two Sinhala Catholic fishing villages, Nayaru and Kokkilai, killing 59 fishermen. [1] Kokkilai lagoon is an estuarine lagoon on ...

Sri Lankan political highlights of the week - Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyakontha (Retd). Image credit: Sri Lanka Army Facebook page ...

India vs Sri Lanka T20Is: Jasprit Bumrah is also back for the series against Sri Lanka and the bowling attack will get strengthened further. Sri Lanka's first Test captain Bandula Warnapura ...

British tourists today described their terror after they were caught up in a rebel mortar and gunfire attack on Sri Lanka's main airport. Mr Jimmy Bellieni - who was ...

Speaking in Parliament, Archunan stated that he was only seven years old at the time of the attack but, as an MP representing the North, felt it was his responsibility to apologise for the actions of ...

Sri Lanka has the 17th largest ... of IPKF in March 1990, the LTTE grew in strength and conducted several successful guerrilla operations and terrorist attacks. On May 21, 1991, a suicide bomber ...