Colombo City News

27 killed in Lanka suicide bomb blast
At least 27 people, including a former senior general, were killed on Monday in a suicide blast in the Sri Lankan town of Anuradhapura. ANI

Sri Lanka donates 50,000 dollars to flood-hit Bihar
Sri Lanka has donated 50,000 dollars to Bihar for victims of the recent devastating floods in the State. ANI

40 intl cricketers figure in new Bollywood flick on cricket
Sri Lankan cricket stars Kumar Sangakkara, Muttiah Muralitharan and Sanath Jayasuriya are among the 40 international cricketers who have figured in a Bollywood-film-in-the-making Victory, a story of a father who wants his son to rise to the level of a cricketer of international fame. ANI

US for focussed intelligence to nail down terrorism in Pak: Boucher
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Central Asia and South Asian Affairs, Richard Boucher has once again reiterated Washingtons desire for focussed and good intelligence services in Pakistan, as that is the only way that terrorism can be reined in. ANI

SAARC declaration condemns terrorism
The 15th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit concluded in Colombo on Sunday condemning terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. ANI

Manmohan holds talks with Koirala and Gayoom in Colombo
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held bilateral talks with his counterpart from Nepal Girija Prasad Koirala and Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom here on Sunday on the sidelines of the second day of the 15th SAARC Summit. ANI

Pakistan-Afghanistan agree on keeping mutual contacts
Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a meeting held on the sidelines of the SAARC summit here, agreed on keeping continued contacts between the two countries. ANI

15th SAARC Summit concludes in Sri Lanka
The 15th SAARC summit is to conclude in Sri Lankan capital, here, this afternoon. ANI

Pakistan assures probe into Indian Embassy bombing
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday assured Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that Pakistan will investigate the bombing of Indian Embassy in Kabul. ANI

Nepals PM underscores poverty, unemployment alleviation at SAARC
Nepals Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Saturday underscored the need to eliminate poverty and unemployment by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries. ANI

Pakistan must fulfill its anti-terror commitments, says Manmohan
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has urged Pakistan to strengthen its bilateral ties with India by implementing its commitments to end terrorist activities from its soil in letter and spirit and ensure an atmosphere free from terrorism in the subcontinent. ANI

Manmohan Singh urges SAARC nations to stand united against terrorism
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today urged all eight SAARC nations to stand united against terrorism. ANI

Karzai attacks Pakistan on terror links at SAARC Summit
Afghan President Hamid Karzai today attacked Pakistan for providing safe sanctuary to terrorists. ANI

India to work with NSG for unconditional exemption: Menon
India will work with members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) for a clean and unconditional exemption to facilitate full nuclear commerce with the rest of the world, said Indias Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on the sidelines of the ongoing SAARC Summit. ANI

India-Pakistan dialogue at its lowest ebb in last 4 years: India
In what is a clear indicator of deteriorating Indo-Pakistan relation Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on Friday used tough words to express the current state of India-Pakistan dialogue. ANI

Pakistan softens up before Gilani, Manmohans meet at SAARC summit
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Friday that India and Pakistan should consider ceasefire as the most important Confidence Building Measure (CBM) between the two country. ANI

Bangladesh to hold polls between December 21 and 23
Senior officials accompanying the Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, the head of Bangladeshs interim government, today said here that elections would take place between December 21 and 23. ANI

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