In Sri Lanka, an international panel invited to monitor the investigation of human rights abuses has quit. Another human rights group has also attacked the government for its rights record, calling it one of the world's worst perpetrators of enforced disappearances. Anjana Pasricha reports on the growing criticism of the government's rights record since a new round of fighting erupted in the island, two years ago.

The International Red Cross says civilian casualties in Sri Lanka have reached appalling levels, as fighting between the military and Tamil Tiger rebels intensifies.

The Sri Lankan government signaled its determination to defeat the Tamil Tiger rebels, as the country observed the 60th anniversary of its independence from Britain with a display of military might.

At least 16 people killed and 37 wounded as the Tamil Tiger rebels exploded a bomb at the entrance of a department store in a Colombo suburb.

17 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in a series of battles in the north of the country. Two policemen were blown up by a roadside bomb.

Sri Lankan government forces attacked Tamil Tiger’s bunkers on the northern border of the country. Five rebels were killed in the battle.

Sri Lanka's top pop star, Gresha Schuilling has released a debut single just in time for the Christmas Season, titled, 'Cold Cold Night.' This is history in the making as it is the first time a Sri Lankan musician has released a Christmas single in London.

Sri Lankan air force jets pound a Tamil Tiger rebel boatyard after clashes kill 5 guerrillas, military says.

The Sri Lankan military says troops have killed 19 Tamil Tiger rebels in clashes in the north of the island. One soldier was killed in the clashes in the Jaffna peninsula and Vavuniya, the latest in an offensive launched by the military to push the rebels deeper into their northern strongholds.

Tamil Tiger political wing leader S.P. Thamilselvan was killed in a Sri Lankan air force raid, the rebels said, in what analysts warned was a body-blow to any hope of ending the conflict soon.

Rebel troops of separatist Tamil Tiger attacked government soldiers in two violent battles in northern Sri Lanka on Thursday. Air force jets attacked military base, 14 rebels were killed.

Sri Lankan troops killed 11 Tamil Tiger rebels in a series of clashes in the island nation's restive north and one soldier also died, the military says.