| LTTE suspect arrested in Mumbai |
| [ Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 07:45.01 AM ] |
 Crime branch officers in India on Sunday arrested a 35-year-old Sri Lankan, who was an operative of banned outfit Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), when he was attempting to catch a flight to Nairobi. [More] |
| Jayalalithaa renews demand for retrieval of Kachatheevu |
| [ Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 07:29.31 AM ] |
 Voicing concern over attacks on Indian fishermen, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asked the Centre to take urgent steps for the retrieval of Katchatheevu islet, ceded to Sri Lanka in 1974, besides redrawing the International Maritime Boundary Line. [More] |
| Bus topples down precipice at Ramboda |
| [ Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 04:22.16 AM ] |
 Twenty four passengers were hospitalised after a private bus plying from Jaffna to Diyatalawa plunged into a precipice in the Ramboda area in Kotmale this morning, Police said. [More] |
| Court permits petition of Valikamam people |
| [ Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 04:15.48 AM ] |
 The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice S. Skandaraja, yesterday (20) granted permission to 1,474 petitioners to amend their petitions challenging the acquiring of 6,831 acres of land in Valikamam . [More] |
| No Dicyandiamide in imported milk foods: WHO |
| [ Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 03:43.16 AM ] |
 The World Health Organisation has assured that there is no Dicyandiamide affecting humans in imported milk foods to Sri Lanka, the local Health Ministry said today. [More] |
| Aussie Labor MPs put pressure on Lanka |
| [ Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 02:33.59 AM ] |
 A delegation of Labor MPs in Australia have approached Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr and urged him to take a tougher line on alleged human rights abuses in Sri Lanka, The Australian newspaper reported. [More] |
| No Progress 4 Years On - Human Rights Watch |
| [ Monday, 20 May 2013, 03:37.56 PM ] |
 Respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). This week marks the fourth anniversary of the brutal civil war's end. [More] |
| Former JVP leader’s daughter arrested |
| [ Monday, 20 May 2013, 02:09.58 PM ] |
 The eldest daughter of former JVP leader Rohana Wijeweera’s arrested today , police media spokesman Buddhika Siriwardene said. [More] |
| Exhibition in Melbourne highlights Tamil Genocide |
[ Monday, 20 May 2013, 01:42.05 PM ] [ ] |
 An exhibition in Melbourne, detailing the Tamil genocide, was attended by over one hundred people. This exhibition commenced at Collingwood Gallery, 292 Smith Street, Collingwood, VIC at 2.00m and organized by the Tamil Regugee Council. [More] |
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| President should not build up airport at Mattale should build up tank: BBS |
| [ Thursday, 23 May 2013, 12:46.41 PM ] |
 Bodu Bala Sena announced president should not build up airport at Mattale should build up tank where he could be remembering in the history of SriLanka. [More] |
| Complaint lodged against Narayanasamy over his recent statement against LTTE leader |
| [ Thursday, 23 May 2013, 11:45.29 AM ] |
 A complaint has been lodged against Union Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office, V Narayanasamy, for his recent statement on LTTE chief Prabhakaran and Naam Tamizhar Katchi. [More] |
| Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman assaulted |
| [ Thursday, 23 May 2013, 10:07.19 AM ] |
 Chairman of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha, Prasanna Ranaweera has been admitted to the Kiribathgoda Hospital after being assaulted by an unidentified group. [More] |
| Yasin Malik’s support for Sri Lanka Tamils a sham |
| [ Thursday, 23 May 2013, 04:06.40 AM ] |
 Jammu & Kashmir separatist leader Yasin Malik’s expression of support to the extremist Sri Lankan Tamil cause should come as no surprise to anyone who has been watching his recent anti-India campaign. [More] |
| Chenkaladi double murder suspects further remanded May 29 |
| [ Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 04:00.16 PM ] [] |
 Four suspects and students of Chenkaladi Central collage connection with Chenkaladi double murder further remanded till May 29. [More] |
| Rajiv Gandhi targeted while he was touring Mysore: CM Siddaramaiah |
[ Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 03:26.11 PM ] [ ] |
 Was former PM Rajiv Gandhi targeted while he was touring Mysore days before his assassination at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991? According to CM Siddaramaiah, there was an attempt to kill Rajiv Gandhi during his visit to Mysore. [More] |
| I always respect R.Sambanthan and Mawai Senadhiraja: Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan |
| [ Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 08:07.07 AM ] |
 Deputy Minister Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan alias Karuna stated “I always respect R.Sambanthan and Mawai Senadhiraja”. [More] |
| Army to shift camps to Palaly |
| [ Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 03:45.13 AM ] |
 The army will shift most of the camps in the Jaffna peninsula to Palaly, Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya said today. [More] |
| UN has a second chance to right wrongs on Sri Lanka |
| [ Friday, 16 November 2012, 07:18.53 AM ] |
 There is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it. Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone, The Australian reported. [More] |
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The Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera requested Sri Lankans who are in Saudi Arabia illegally to use the grace period granted by the Saudi government and return to the island. [
Unblasted bomb recovered from Vavunatheevu police division in Batticaloa district. [
UNP MP Sajith Premadasa says his father gave one group in the LTTE weapons in order to try and create a split in the LTTE. [
There will be showers or thundershowers at times in the Western, Southern, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces over the next couple of days. [
Lankan asylum seekers received asylum at US, Finland and Sweden. [
Tamil’s in Nethrland marked the 4th year anniversary of Mulliwaikal, massacre and demanding for the genocide that took place in May 18, 2009. [
The Russian Federation has requested Sri Lanka's support to win the bid for hosting EXPO 2020. [
Minister Douglas Devananda said does not need to provide land and police powers to provincial councils of this country. [
A woman immolates herself over family dispute at Irakuwana area in Ratnapura. [
SriLanka embassy in Saudi Arabia had taken steps to provide temporary flight tickets to Lankans schedule to return back from Saudi Arabia. [
