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Help Sponsor Rural Students

Karuna Trust will give 300 new scholarships this year to student in rural Sri Lanka. Students from 10 schools in batches of 30 students from each school will be selected this year. ...more

Help a Lankan with Micro Credit

YMicro is a web-based platform that connects donors and their gifts directly to beneficiaries through micro philanthropy and micro credit. Visit www.ymicro.org, as well as on Facebook at YMicro Sri Lanka, were we have videos, photos and stories of our projects ...more

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
On this day in ...

1991 Rajiv Gandhi, prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989, was killed by a female suicide bomber belonging to Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at an election rally in Tamil Nadu.

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2006 The LTTE's Eastern intelligence chief, Ramanan, was killed in Batticaloa allegedly by the dissident Karuna group.

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UK warns Sri Lanka on abuses before Commonwealth summit
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Wednesday there would be "consequences" for Sri Lanka i...

Rights, liberties threatened in Sri Lanka, says rights body
Colombo, May 20 (IANS) Respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four ...

SRI LANKA PELAWA LEBIH BANYAK PELABURAN M'SIA UNTUK BANGUNKAN PRASARANA
KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Mei (Bernama) -- Sri Lanka, yang sedang membina semulapasarananya selepas perang sa...

Sri Lanka hype runs out as economy struggles
After crushing Tamil rebels four years ago Sri Lanka expected to become South Asia's tiger econo...

Sri Lanka refinery faces closure over supply delay, maintenance
COLOMBO, May 14 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's sole refinery facestemporary closure this week for upto ...

Cricket-Sri Lanka recall Welegedara for Champions Trophy
* Welegedara recalled to Sri Lanka squad * Last played a one-day international in 2010 * Tharanga an...

Cyclone kills 7 in Sri Lanka; thousands displaced
COLOMBO (Reuters) - A cyclone caused by a tropical depression in the Bay of Bengal killed at least s...

Don't dilute autonomy, India tells Sri Lanka
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) India has told Sri Lanka not to dilute the autonomous powers granted to its...

No increase in Sri Lanka Haj quota
Sri Lanka signed the annual Haj agreement with the Kingdom on Sunday, allowing Colombo to send 2,800...

Tamil Nadu wants Sri Lanka to return Katchatheevu
Chennai, May 21 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has reiterated that Katchatheevu, the ...