COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- An International Committee of the Red Cross representative Friday said the humanitarian group will ferry wounded civilians out of a Sri Lankan combat zone.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 16 (UPI) -- A suicide bomb attack Monday on a police station in northern Sri Lanka's Vavuniya region killed 12 police personnel, including three women, the military said.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 16 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka's trade deficit, largely because of higher food and fuel imports in April, soared to $659 million from $393.8 million in the year-ago period.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 15 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan armed forces bombed and destroyed a key Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam command center Sunday, military officials said.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 28 (UPI) -- A journalist and a friend were found hacked to death in Sri Lanka Wednesday, a media group said.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 6 (UPI) -- A suicide attack in Sri Lanka Sunday killed a highway minister and 12 marathon runners and injured 90 others north of Colombo, government officials said

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 26 (UPI) -- A landmine detonated in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, killing two police officers and injuring four others, the military said.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 23 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan troops killed 48 rebel fighters in its separatist territory, a report said Sunday.

BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka, March 10 (UPI) -- Election observers predicted a huge voter turnout Monday amid high security in the first municipal elections in the Sri Lankan city of Batticaloa in 14 years.