1. UN to help Sri Lanka's displace
(News/Asia & Region)

...counts cannot be independently verified. There has been no comment on the latest fighting from the Tamil Tigers. Courtesy: BBC News   ...

2. Deadly blasts hit Sri Lanka buses
(News/Asia & Region)

...geous brutality" and a lack of respect for human life. There was no immediate word from the Tamil Tigers, who routinely deny any role in such blasts. The rebels are blamed for a spate of rec...

3. Bomb rocks busy Sri Lankan train
(News/Asia & Region)

...that the number of attacks in the south has increased as the fighting has intensified in the north. The Tigers have fought for a generation for an independent state for the Tamil minority in the isl...

4. Ex-Tamil Tigers set their eyes on polls
(News/Reports & Analysis)

...alese-led central governments. Last July the government announced that the military had driven the Tamil Tigers from the area, after a year of fighting. The offensive was helped by a defection from...

5. Ex-Tamil Tigers set their eyes on polls
(News/Asia & Region)

...alese-led central governments. Last July the government announced that the military had driven the Tamil Tigers from the area, after a year of fighting. The offensive was helped by a defection from...

6. 'Heavy losses' in Sri Lanka clashes
(News/Asia & Region)

...in fighting in the Jaffna peninsula in the far north of the country, a military spokesman said. But the Tigers say they killed more than 100 troops and lost 16 of their own, beating back a major off...

7. Deadly blast hits Sri Lanka bus
(News/Asia & Region)

...om the rebels but they routinely deny such attacks, the BBC's Roland Buerk reports from Colombo. The Tigers have been fighting for an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka since 19...

8. Senior Tamil Tiger leader killed
(News/Asia & Region)

...ng. Correspondents say the death will be a huge blow to the rebels. Fighting between troops and the Tamil Tigers has escalated in recent months. The BBC's Roland Buerk in Colombo says Mr Thamilsel...

9. Sri Lanka troops killed in south
(News/Asia & Region)

...here was no independent confirmation of the casualty figures. Fighting has been intensifying between the Tigers, who want an independent state for the Tamil minority, and the government. Rare attack...

10. Sri Lanka defence budget to soar
(News/Asia & Region)

... cuts in capital projects. News of the increase in defence spending came as the government and the Tamil Tigers fought each other in new clashes. The military says that the Tamil Tigers attacked sol...

11. Targeting Tourists
(News/Reports & Analysis)

...er alia, the Arabic language. This is becoming another centre for the spread of Wahabism. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has also been using the Maldives as a transit point for its arms ...

12. Battles flare in Sri Lankan north
(News/Asia & Region)

...ery and mortars near Mannar. Four soldiers were wounded, the army said. The rebels said only six Tamil Tigers were killed and the army had sustained heavy casualties. The competing claims could not...

13. Sri Lanka army 'takes rebel base'
(News/Asia & Region)

Sri Lanka's military says it has captured a base of the rebel Tamil Tigers' naval wing in operations in the north-west of the country. Five rebel boats were captured, they said. The rebels h

14. Sri Lanka army 'begins new push'
(News/Asia & Region)

... held in the area," Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said. There was no immediate word from the Tamil Tigers. Fighting has risen over the past year, with thousands of people killed. A 2002 truce...

15. Armed foreign vessel case sent to court
(News/National News)

...ourt. The incident had occurred in May this year when a Sri Lankan vessel, purportedly belonging to Tamil Tigers, had entered Maldivian waters and had fired shots at a Maldivian fishing vessel. Depu...

16. Armed foreign vessel case sent to court
(News/Fashion & Beauty)

...ourt. The incident had occurred in May this year when a Sri Lankan vessel, purportedly belonging to Tamil Tigers, had entered Maldivian waters and had fired shots at a Maldivian fishing vessel. Depu...