Lankan PM rules out ceasefire with LTTE

As Sri Lankan forces step up attacks to take control of a key Tamil Tigers' stronghold, the government has ruled out any ceasefire and asked the Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eelam to lay down......

Kadirgamar to be cremated on Monday

Sri Lanka's slain foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar will be publicly cremated in the capital on Monday with state honors, a cabinet member said on Saturday. Kadirgamar, 73, was fatally shot in......