| Japanese investors schedule to visit SriLanka |
| [Sunday, 01 July 2012, 05:49 PM] |
 10 Japanese investors schedule to visit SriLanka on 4th of July. [More] |
| Nuwaraeliya - Jaffna bus transporation commenced today |
| [Sunday, 01 July 2012, 05:17 PM] |
 Jaffna transport authority announced since end of thirty years bus transportation between Nuwaraeliya- Jaffna schedules to commence today. [More] |
| War against Tamil people commence now: Bishop of Mannar district |
| [Sunday, 01 July 2012, 05:02 PM] |
 During an interview with the weekly Tamil newspaper Mannar Bishop Rev.Irayappu Joseph stated it was announced was has been ended in the country but however present activities clearly proves war against Tamil people at present in this country. [More] |
| Swiss francs 50m invested in Swiss banks by Sri Lankans |
| [Sunday, 01 July 2012, 04:21 PM] |
 Investments by Sri Lankan individuals, companies or the Sri Lankan government in secret Swiss accounts totalled more than 50 million Swiss francs (CHF) official for the past 10 years, data from the Swiss National Bank (SNB) show. [More] |
| Sri Lankan government is considering to strengthen the Immigration and Emigration Act |
| [Sunday, 01 July 2012, 03:31 PM] |
 The Sri Lankan government is considering to strengthen the Immigration and Emigration Act in a bid to prevent the country being used as a hub for illegal human smuggling activities. [More] |
| Asylum seekers stretch Christmas Island capacity |
| [Sunday, 01 July 2012, 03:07 PM] |
 The floating convoy of asylum seekers to Australia’s far-flung Indian Ocean territories continues today, with a new boatload of more than 50 people arriving at Christmas Island. [More] |
| Government to destroy Killinochchie Maha Vidiyalayam |
[Sunday, 01 July 2012, 02:44 PM] [ ] |
 The Ministry of Education has allocated money to destroy the Killinochchie Maha Vidiyalayam which was severely damaged by the war. [More] |
| EU expresses concern over newspaper website raids |
| [Sunday, 01 July 2012, 02:16 PM] |
 The Heads of Mission of the European Union have noted with concern the action taken against the Sri Lanka Mirror and the Lanka news websites. [More] |
| 4 Indians with "Hans" drugs arrested at Kalpitiya sea |
| [Sunday, 01 July 2012, 02:13 PM] [] |
 Naval personnel attached to the North-western naval command arrested four Indian nationals, attempting to smuggle in 556kg of illegal inhaling drugs "Hans" from India to Mannar at Kalpitiya sea today. [More] |
| Will ‘continue to push’ Sri Lanka on issues of concern: US |
| [Sunday, 01 July 2012, 07:29 AM] |
 The United States says that the Sri Lankan government apart from the LLRC needs to have an action plan that “really undertakes” to deal with the reconciliation issues and the issues of “discrimination still going on in the north” amongst other things. [More] |
| Body of 7-year-old girl found |
| [Sunday, 01 July 2012, 06:56 AM] |
 The Navy recovered the body of a seven-year-old girl from a canal in Narahenpita early today while two teenage boys were arrested on suspicion. [More] |
| Visitors should be tested at the airport, recommends Malaria Control Unit |
| [Sunday, 01 July 2012, 06:53 AM] |
 The Malaria Control Unit of Sri Lanka has announced that all visitors to Sri Lanka arriving from countries where Malaria is prevalent, should be tested at the Katunayake Airport. [More] |
| Lanka’s fate in our hands: Shiv Shankar Menon |
| [Sunday, 01 July 2012, 05:54 AM] |
 sri Lanka should remember that India is one of the three countries which will review the country at the forthcoming universal periodical review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) later this year, Indian National Security Advisor, Shiv Shankar Menon told Indian journalists based in Colombo yesterday. [More] |
| SL meets all IMF loan targets |
| [Sunday, 01 July 2012, 05:46 AM] |
 Sri Lanka has met all June-end targets set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the last tranche of a $2.6 billion loan, Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said. [More] |
| Lankan envoy distributes birth certificates, reaches out to refugees |
| [Sunday, 01 July 2012, 05:36 AM] |
 The Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai on Saturday launched special consular services for Tamil refugees living in Tamil Nadu, distributing citizenship certificates and birth certificates to them with a view to encouraging them to return home. [More] |
| CID arrest suspect in connection with Katuwana shooting |
| [Sunday, 01 July 2012, 05:11 AM] |
 Police last night (June 29) arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting that occurred in Katuwana on June 15 following a JVP rally which claimed the lives of two people, the Police Media Spokesman’s office stated. [More] |
Deputy leader of the Vavuniya Municipal council M.M.Rathan stated by lighting lamps in the Wellamulliwaikal and Karaiyan Mulliwaikal people paid their respect to civilians killed in the final stage of war in year 2009. [
Students of Jaffna University commemorated death anniversary of people killed in the Mulliwaikal war. [
A woman attempted to commit suicide by jumping into a well with her 3 children in Vavuniya this morning. [
Man who has married mother and daughter of same family arrested. [
International community continuously hold debates on genocide attacks carried out by the racist government against Tamil’s in SriLanka. [
Peoples Front has pasted posters in Jaffna Peninsula on urging area residents to celebrate the war victory ceremony. [
The Ministry of Health re-appoints Mrs.Bawani Pasubathi raja has director of the Jaffna Teaching hospital. [
“Mann expressed concern that government forces had given excessive freedom to the LTTE-breakaway “Karuna group,” which was using this freedom destructively. [
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. [