Sri Lanka has said it will temporarily open the main road to the Jaffna peninsula to allow supplies to reach 500,000 civilians trapped by fighting. The road has been closed since August when heavy ...

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Sri Lanka has invited India to take up development of three major stretches of the roadJaffna-to-Mannar, Mannar-to-Vavuniya and Dambulla-to-Tricomalee ...

The A9 Highway was the last section of the main road linking war-ravaged Jaffna peninsula with the rest of Sri Lanka, and its opening was set out in the recent ceasefire agreement.

The Jaffna public library has emotional significance for the Tamils of northern Sri Lanka. Organised Sinhalese mobs attacked and burnt it over two days in mid-1981, reportedly with the connivance ...

Sri Lanka has sent essential supplies to the besieged Jaffna peninsula amid local and international concern for half-a-million civilians trapped there, officials said.

Immerse yourself in the wonder that is Sri Lanka. Here are five of the best road trip routes to explore when visiting this 'Pearl of the Indian Ocean'. 1. ... Negombo to Jaffna.

Students and security forces have clashed in Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka in the worst political disturbances since civil war ended in 2009. A Tamil politician accused the military of injuring a ...

The Jaffna public library has emotional significance for the Tamils of northern Sri Lanka. Organised Sinhalese mobs attacked and burnt it over two days in mid-1981, reportedly with the connivance ...