THE United Nations said yesterday that “many” civilians have been killed in recent fighting in Sri Lanka’s civil war and called the situation for thousands of displaced people trapped in the northern conflict zone a crisis.

A bomb blast blamed on separatist Tamil Tigers wounded 45 people in Sri Lanka’s capital today.

An explosion has rocked the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, the country’s military said today.

A bomb hidden on the baggage rack of a packed bus exploded today, killing 24 people at a bus station outside Sri Lanka’s capital, authorities said.

A suspected rebel bomb exploded on a bus in Sri Lanka today, killing 16 civilians and wounding 40 others, the military said.

Clashes between government forces and Tamil Tiger separatists killed at least 40 combatants across northern Sri Lanka, the military said today, as air force jets bombed a rebel commanders' camp.

A bomb explosion on a bus wounded at least 14 people near the Sri Lankan capital today.

A female suicide bomber blew herself up at the main railway station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo today, killing six people and wounding 95 others, the military and a hospital official said.

A bomb tore through a packed bus carrying mostly elderly Buddhist pilgrims today in central Sri Lanka, killing at least 18 people and wounding 51 others, the military said.

An explosion in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo today killing four people injuring about 20, police and hospital officials said.

Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga is lifting the state of emergency she announced two days ago, a government spokesman said today, but she was preparing a new measure to boost the authority of the armed forces to respond to threats.