Wolfowitz Cites Sri Lanka's Progress on Reconstruction
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On the final leg of a short trip through South Asia, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz visited U.S. Marines here Monday and witnessed firsthand how quickly Sri Lanka has been able to regain its footing after the tsunami.
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The head of Sri Lanka Cricket has expressed relief and gratitude that Muttiah Muralitharan will be able to use his full weaponry under new laws.
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Sri Lanka's economy has shown remarkable resilience in the past five years, enduring frequent floods, droughts and two decades of civil war, to average growth rates of between 4 and 5 per cent.
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The Japanese peace envoy to Sri Lanka says that the end of the ceasefire may make it necessary to review Japanese aid.
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In Sri Lanka, lives must be restarted, houses rebuilt, families reconstituted and losses weighed against others' misfortune.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Sri Lankans have made huge  progress in clearing the rubble left in the wake of the deadly  Indian Ocean tsunami and thousands of displaced people have  left camps for the homeless, officials and aid groups say.
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Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu said his side were worthy winners of the one-day series against South Africa. The home side raced to an unassailable 3-0 lead with a four-wicket win in Dambulla on Wednesday
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COLOMBO: Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Sunday agreed to improve economic, political and defence ties and increase contact between their officials.
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Provincial reconstruction teams, the civilian centerpiece of the Bush administration's strategy in Iraq, are making "incremental" progress in some areas and very little in others, a government auditor told Congress yesterday.
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An anti-corruption unit at the World Bank heavily promoted by ousted president Paul D. Wolfowitz needs to be overhauled to mend tense relations with the rest of the bank's staff, according to a report released yesterday by a high-level outside review panel.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Humbled by the tsunami disaster, political leaders on both sides of the conflict in this devastated nation say they feel a renewed obligation to find a peaceful settlement to the long-running civil war between the government and the Tamil separatist group that controls most of the country's northeast.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s foreign minister on Wednesday urged Japan to unlock the safe to its $1 billion (110 billion yen) in promised aid, saying the ``drive is on&#39;&#39; to restart long-stalled peace talks with separatist Tamil forces.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz flew across the devastated Sumatran coast yesterday and expressed pride in the US aid operation, but said Washington wants to hand over relief work to Indonesia and other affected nations as soon as possible.
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Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga said the cost of reconstruction may rise to over 100 billion Sri Lankan rupees. She also expressed hopes for the establishment of a donor&#39;s conference to aid in reconstruction.
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Under fire amid a rash of civil war  human rights abuses, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has  turned the tables on the United Nations, questioning its  efficiency, and ability to help tackle terrorism.
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Former President Clinton is heading U.N. efforts to promote reconstruction in the tsunami-devastated countries but will not play a political role in trying to resolve conflicts in Indonesia and Sri Lanka, the United Nations said Wednesday.
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Tanks and armored personnel carriers paraded through Sri Lanka's capital on Sunday as President Mahinda Rajapakse, marking the 59th anniversary of independence from Britain, vowed to defeat Tamil Tiger rebels.