Colombo Informer

* Sri Lanka Defense Ministry to take away automatic rifles from the prisons Nov 19, Colombo: Sri Lanka Ministry of Defense has informed the Ministry of Prison Reforms and Rehabilitation to hand over all the T-56 automatic rifles that are in the armories of the prisons. The Ministry of Defense has informed this to the [...]

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World T20 cricket: Ireland primed to take Colombo scalp Sri Lanka's capital Colombo is the venue for their World Twenty20 opener against Australia on Wednesday and a meeting with the West Indies five days later. The Irish sense vulnerability in both opponents – Australia's recent malaise saw them fall … Full News here – Read [...]

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* Elections Commissioner of Sri Lanka to take action against election law … Aug 18, Colombo: Elections Commissioner of Sri Lanka Mahinda Deshapriya says action will be taken against the violation of election laws reported from the Trincomalee District in the Eastern Province. He has said the main opposition United National … Full News here [...]

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* Sri Lanka launches joint operation in East to take away unauthorized weapons Aug 02, Colombo: Sri Lanka Police and Army will carry out a joint operation in the Eastern Province to disarm groups and people possessing unauthorized weapons ahead of the Eastern Provincial Council election next month, the local media reported. Full News here [...]

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COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka said on Thursday it would take as long as five years to try people accused of carrying out atrocities at the end of its three-decade civil war, as part of a national action plan that was quickly derided by opposition critics. Full News here – Colombo – Bing News

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COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka said on Thursday it would take as long as five years to try people accused of carrying out atrocities at the end of its three-decade civil war, as part of a national action plan that was quickly derided by opposition critics. Full News here – Colombo – Bing News

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COLOMBO, July 26 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka said on Thursday it would take as long as five years to try people accused of carrying out atrocities at the end of its three-decade civil war, as part of a national action plan that was quickly derided by … Full News here – Colombo – Bing News

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Sri Lanka: War abuse inquiries may take 5 years COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka estimated Thursday it may take up to five years to investigate alleged killings of ethnic Tamil civilians by government troops at the end of the country's devastating civil war – a timeframe criticized as an attempt to … Full News [...]

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COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka said on Thursday it would take as long as five years to try people accused of carrying out atrocities at the end of its three-decade civil war, as part of a national action plan that was quickly derided by opposition critics. Full News here – Colombo – Bing News

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka estimated Thursday it may take up to five years to investigate alleged killings of ethnic Tamil civilians by government troops at the end of the country’s devastating civil war — a timeframe criticized as an attempt to … Full News here – Colombo – Bing News

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—Sri Lanka estimated Thursday it may take up to five years to investigate alleged killings of ethnic Tamil civilians by government troops at the end of the country’s devastating civil war—a timeframe criticized as an … Full News here – Colombo – Bing News

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AT 7.30 on a bright March morning, it was already 26°C as we walked out of Colombo airport. It was not, though, quite as chaotic as I expected. Everyone formed an orderly queue for taxis and a driver arrived promptly to take us to our hotel. Driving in … Full News here – Colombo – [...]

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