| Hirunika urge IGP to arrest Duminda Silva |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 04:39 PM] |
 UPFA parliamentarian Duminda Silva has reportedly returned to Sri Lanka, police intelligence sources said. [More] |
| "Arab springs " to be raise up at Eastern Provincial council election: Rauff Hakeem |
[Thursday, 02 August 2012, 04:14 PM] [ ] |
 The leader of the SriLanka Muslim Congress Rauff Hakeem stated “Arab Springs “ raised at the Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen has won the attention of international community. At present it has influenced [More] |
| Maithripala was the spy to Chandrika: UNP |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 03:05 PM] |
 United National Party blamed general secretary of the SriLanka Freedom Party Maithripala Sirisena has provided all information to former president Chandrika Bandaranaike. [More] |
| Report hand over to AG on threatening magistrate |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 02:44 PM] |
 Special report on threats made towards magistrate has been hand over to the attorney general Palitha Fernando today. [More] |
| 13 year old mother escaped after child birth at Jaffna hospital |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 02:36 PM] |
 Senior director of the Jaffna Teaching hospital Dr. Sribawanandaraja stated 13 year old girl has given birth to a child at Jaffna hospital and escaped from the hospital. However baby was reported dead while on birth doctor said. [More] |
| 5 UNP parliamentarians to UPFA government |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 02:25 PM] |
 The Minister of Social Affairs Felix Perera announced five UNP parliamentarians schedule to join with the United Freedom People Alliance government. [More] |
| Sivanthan speaks to international media |
[Thursday, 02 August 2012, 01:31 PM] [ ] |
 Sivanthan Gopinath began his hunger strike on 22nd of July on demanding to full fill his five demands. This hunger strike would end on 12th of August. Here is the interview of Sivanthan towards international media. [More] |
| Muliwaikal struggle is not the end ! Its a turning point: Kasianandan |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 01:12 PM] [] |
 Speaking on the hunger strike protest of Sivanthan Gopinath Kasianandan went on to say Muliwaikal struggle did not complete the tour of our struggle. It was a turning point. [More] |
| 1000kg bomb recovered from Trincomalee forest |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 01:04 PM] |
 Army headquarters announced thousand kilo gram weight of bomb recovered from a forest at Kurumbatti in Trincomalee. [More] |
| Defence seminar of Lankan government: Foreign countries fails to conform participation? |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 12:52 PM] |
 According to the sources many countries fails to conform on their presentation at the defence seminar organized by the SriLankan army. [More] |
| Jaffna government officials fail to welcome British parliamentarians |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 12:22 PM] [] |
 Jaffna officials fail to welcome British parliamentarian on time. Due to this visitors were force to wait in the helicopter. [More] |
| British parliamentarians met president Rajapaksa |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 12:17 PM] [] |
 Group British parliamentarians met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at his official residence in Kandy today. [More] |
| Tense situation at Thanbuttegama! police fired tear gas |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 12:10 PM] |
 A tense situation is reported from Thambuttegama as area residents staged a protest in front of the police station, against the release of a suspect driver who caused the death of a female pedestrian. [More] |
| US welcomes LLRC action Plan |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 09:01 AM] |
 The United States today welcomed the release of the National Action Plan by the Government of Sri Lanka. In a release the US Embassy in Colombo added that, “We have long encouraged the full implementation of the recommendations outlined by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission.“ [More] |
| Illegal migrants would be deport from Australia: Deputy Minister of External Affairs |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 08:21 AM] |
 The Deputy Minister of External Affairs Niyomal Perera stated people illegally travel to Australia would be sending back to the island. [More] |
| Italian academics, activists, political groups endorse TSC declaration |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 08:19 AM] [] |
 Concluding that the only way for Eezham Tamils to live with freedom and peace is in a sovereign Tamil Eelam, a range of Italian academics, left parties, antiracist groups, civil society activists, immigration groups and NGOs endorsed the Tamil Sovereignty Cognition declaration at a conference titled “Tamil, l’identita negate” (Tamil, a denied identity) organized in Palermo, Sicily on 28th July. [More] |
| Terrorist involved in attack on SL team shot dead |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 08:12 AM] |
 A terrorist wanted for alleged involvement in the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team was killed in a shootout with police in Pakistan's Punjab province, officials said today. [More] |
| Asylum seekers boat towed in the lagoon of Cocos Island - 4 Asylum seekers swim ashore |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 07:59 AM] [] |
 A boat carrying 67 Tamil asylum seekers has arrived undetected at the Cocos Islands. The boat was 200 metres from the Cocos Islands when four of the men on board swam ashore, Australian media reports. [More] |
| Black July commemoration day at Gottingen city in Germany |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 07:55 AM] [] |
 1983 July 23rd is the day where many Lankan Tamil people faced the genocide attack and loosed their lives and properties in the country. Tamil Youth forum in Germany organised special commemoration event on genocide attack carried out by the Sinhala government against Tamil people in the country at Gottingen city in Germany yesterday. [More] |
| Subramaiyam Suwami to take part in SL Defence seminar |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 07:50 AM] |
 Leader of the Indian Janatha Party Subramainyam Suwami scheduled to deliver special speech at the defence seminar organized by the Defence Ministry in the country. [More] |
| Women involved in the heroin distribution |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 07:48 AM] |
 Many women involved in the heroin trade activity, Sinhala news paper reports. [More] |
| Diesel imported from company named in the black list |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 07:47 AM] |
 The Minister of Petroleum Industry Susil Premjayantha stated country has imported diesel from a company name in the black list. [More] |
| Sivanthan continue hunger strike for 11th day |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 07:46 AM] [] |
 Sivanthan Gopinath continues his hunger strike for 11th day and face health problems at present. [More] |
| No torches against deported SriLankans: G.L.Peries |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 07:39 AM] |
 The Minister of External Affairs G.L.Peries announced Tamil’s deported from United Kingdom did not face any troches in the country. [More] |
| Karunanithi concern over Chinese presence in SriLanka |
| [Thursday, 02 August 2012, 07:37 AM] |
 Terming reports of Chinese presence in Sri Lanka a threat to India’s national security, DMK chief M Karunanidhi today said the August 12 conference of the pro-Eelam body TESO would discuss it among other things and bring it to the attention of the Centre. [More] |
Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayaka of Sri Lanka main opposition United National Party (UNP) said yesterday that the UNP turned down a request from a former terrorist to contest the Northern Provincial Council elections under the party. [
The entire world was asking Sri Lanka to give into the terrorists and avoid confrontation with them, but we chose to trust in the strength and courage of the country’s youth, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. [
Trade unions, opposition parties and civil society organizations are gearing up to hold a massive protest on the 21st against the electricity tariff hike and the performance of the government. [
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. [
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. [