Sri Lanka ruling alliance wins parliamentary majority
* President’s party wins 117 seats of 180 so far decided

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Banks, John Keells propel Sri Lanka bourse
By Ranga Sirilal

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Indian envoy to Sri Lanka visits relief camps
COLOMBO: Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Ashok K. Kantha on Friday visited Vavuniya, Oddusudan and Mullaithivu for a first hand knowledge of the relief camps and the assistance being provided by India for the rehabilitation and re-settlement of the Tamil civilians in the war-ravaged northern province.

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Sri Lanka hotels dress up for post-war rush
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s hotel owners are racing to refurbish and add thousands more rooms as foreign holidaymakers pour into the country after the end of nearly four decades of ethnic bloodshed.

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India pushes Lanka for Tamil reconciliation
Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Rao urged Sri Lanka’s leaders to open a new era of stability after the island’s civil war by bringing minority Tamils into mainstream society, officials said yesterday.

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Nirupama Rao to visit Lanka with political settlement in mind
Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is expected in Colombo on Saturday evening for a three-day visit to push for a political settlement of the vexed ethnic issue between the Sinhalese and Tamils.

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IMF delays third tranche of $2.6 bln Sri Lanka loan
(Adds details)

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FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in Sri Lanka
Source: Reuters By Shihar Aneez and Bryson Hull COLOMBO, March 1 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka holds parliamentary elections on April 8 amid economic worries, not least the IMF’s decision to delay the third …

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China’s Sri Lanka Port Raises Concern
China’s construction of a port in Sri Lanka and a Chinese admiral’s suggestion Beijing build a naval base in the Gulf of Aden has raised fears in the Middle East that a confrontation between China and India is looming along vital energy export routes.

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Sri Lanka will never harm Indian strategic interests: Envoy
By Manish Chand, New Delhi, Feb 11 : Sri Lanka will seek ’step-by-step reconciliation’ with the Tamil minority and will never hurt India’s strategic interests, Colombo’s envoy said amid concerns about China’s growing influence in the island nation.

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