Paramilitary police in China's southwestern Sichuan province fired on a crowd of Tibetan protesters demanding the release of two detained monks, killing and wounding an unknown number of people, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.
According to the study, playful and flirtatious names such as 'fun2bwith' or 'i'msweet' were ranked top by both men and women daters as those they would most like to contact. Physical descriptors such as 'cutie' or 'blueeyes' were close behind.
Sri Lanka will be reviewed in the second session this year on May 13 along with several other countries. Under the UPR system, the human rights records of all UN member states regardless of their size, wealth, or military or
Addressing the weekly Cabinet press briefing at the Government Information Department Auditorium yesterday, Minister Abeywardena said all political parties have come forward to contest the Eastern Provincial Council Election. This was a very good indication. The political parties which refrained
He enlightened the UK Minister on the recent local government elections held in areas that had formerly been under LTTE control. He stated that it was an election leading to empower people and create space for the emergence of a
SLMC leader Rauf Hakeem and other party members resigned from their parliamentary seats as a sacrifice towards 'restoring the rights of the Muslims in the East', SLMC general secretary Hassan Ali said. "We resigned from our seats to bring back
Pathima Sihana Cader of Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha of Colombo 7 was indicted with forwarding a forged document which declared that she completed a degree at the Saint Petersburg State Medical University between 1999 and 2003 to Sri Lanka Medical
UTHR's recent report on the killing of 17 aid workers in Muttur also raised questions about the effectiveness of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the matter. "We have already sent the UTHR report to the defence ministry and
Robin Arulis, Mathin Melgius, Sebastian Andrew, Kalos Sibu, Kolpaas Raju, Tesumaria, Francis Allocions, Albian Prabhu, L Lourdason, Silva Cruz Jol and Luis Antony Adimas were apprehended by the Sri Lankan navy on March 7 for fishing in their territorial waters.
Leading Tamil film personalities like Rajnikanth, Kamal Hasan and scores of technicians participated in the hunger strike, which was called by the Tamil Film Chamber of Commerce. They said that it was not the first time when the Tamil film
Official sources said 12 Lankan Tamil refugees and two Iranians were dropped by a clandestine boat operator at the fifth isle off Mandapam Coast, fearing Indian Coast Guard (ICG). However, the stranded Sri Lankans and Iranians were taken to Arichalmunai
Air Force spokesman Wing Commander Andrew Wijesooriya said that the air raid conducted in the early hours of today followed air surveillance conducted recently on the targeted LTTE base. Citing the pilots, the spokesman confirmed that the targeted LTTE training
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function organized by ICICI Bank, Khan said "music composers Bappi Lahiri and Pritam are part of it and I will ask Bipasha Basu and Rani Mukherji to be part of it". Replying
Deepak Shourie, Executive Vice-president and Managing Director, Discovery Networks India, told reporters here that the series would be a chronological history of India, revealing the culture, wonders, people, and landscape of the country. "The programme would also cover the first
India TV has also sought similar injunction on ITV's proposed website Indianewstv.In, again similar to India TV's website Indiatvnews.Com. Pratibha M Singh, counsel for India TV, contended that the "soon to be launched" channel is using a name and logo
Fox, which already broadcasts some channels in the country, is planning to launch new ones like Fox Crime, Nat Geo Music, FX, Nat Geo HD, Baby TV and Nat Geo Adventure here. "The near future would see the entertainment industry
Country Business Manager, Intel EM Limited, Indika de Zoysa said this small wonder is a fundamental new shift in design, small yet powerful enough to enable a big Internet experience on new devices. This will unleash new innovation across the
Three LTTE men who surrendered to Sri Lankan Army yesterday have revealed that three bands of the Tiger cadres are presently occupying the premises of the 400-year-old Madhu church in north-western Mannar, the Defence Ministry said. Defence sources in the
The Tourism Resources Improvement Project (TRIP) covers the areas of Sigiriya, Anuradhapura, Nuwara-Eliya, Negombo, Kandy and Colombo" he said. According to Michael, the Project Management Unit (PMU) and the Regional Implementation Units (RIU) are supervising the implementation agencies such as
