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, 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.
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.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 8 (UPI) -- Seventeen Tamil Tiger rebels died and four soldiers were injured in fighting with government troops in northern Sri Lanka, government officials said Saturday.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 7 (UPI) -- Thirty-eight Tamil Tiger rebels and four Sri Lankan government soldiers were killed during fighting in the country's northern region, a report said.