| Z-score issues plays with the lives of students: Political party members |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 04:22 PM] |
 Members from the various political parties released various statements on supreme court order on cancelling the Z score for 2011 A/L examination. [More] |
| Money collected from prisoners at Vavuniya prison |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 03:41 PM] |
 Mannar prisoners detained at the Vavuniya prison blamed with the support of prison officials some prisoners continuously collects money from them. [More] |
| Military media spokesman denies the attack carried against people at Thirumurukandi area |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 03:16 PM] |
 Military media spokesman Brig.Ruwan Wanigasooriya denies the attack carried out by the Army against people schedule to resettle at Thirumukandi area and also forcibly sent towards Manik farm IDP camp. [More] |
| Canada to deport refugees at prisons |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 02:47 PM] |
 Canadian government to introduce new immigration law in the country. [More] |
| Woman sexually abused at Jaffna railway station: Suspects remanded |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 02:46 PM] |
 Jaffna courts remanded three youths till 6th of June for sexually abusing a woman at Jaffna railway station. [More] |
| UN running low of funds humanitarian work in northern province? |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 02:43 PM] |
 The United Nations is experiencing a funding shortfall to meet urgent humanitarian relief work across Sri Lanka’s conflict-hit north, with money running low for solid waste, shelter and water. [More] |
| Tamil who fled Lanka dies in UK |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 02:42 PM] |
 A Tamil man who escaped alleged persecution in Sri Lanka and moved to the Britain after gaining asylum in Germany in 1993, died following a confrontation with a group of teenagers in the east Midlands town of Leicester. [More] |
| Fonseka's presonal secretary plea to travel abroad denied |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 02:36 PM] |
 The Colombo High Court today rejected an appeal by Senaka De Silva, an aide to former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, for permission to travel abroad to receive medical treatment. [More] |
| Gota Threatened Dr. Nirmal |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 02:34 PM] |
 “Catch the suspects and hand them over to the police” the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Gotabhaya Rajapaksa told Dr. Nirmal Ranjith Devasiri, last Friday. [More] |
| Australia opens new detention center for Lankan asylum seekers |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 02:32 PM] |
 Australia decided to open new detention center form Lankan asylum seekers, the radio newzeland reports. [More] |
| We did not submit any document on LLRC implementation to US Secretary of State: Lalith Weeratunga |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 02:29 PM] |
 Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga yesterday dismissed newspaper reports that he or External Affairs Minister Prof G L Peiris had submitted any document on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) implementation to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during their official visit to Washington in May this year. [More] |
| 2500 Indian fishermen chased away by Lankan Navy |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 02:27 PM] |
 2500 Rameshwaran fishermen were chased away by the Lankan Navy while fishing near the sea at Katchchatheevu area. [More] |
| (2nd Lead) |
| Protest began at Thirumurukandi ! Various threats made against protesters |
[Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 09:25 AM] [  ] |
 Tamil National Alliance began its protest against land grabbing of Tamil people in Northern Province. In the earlier occasion protesters received various threats from military personals, police and government intelligence unit members. [More] |
| Mastermind in smuggling case nabbed in Canada |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 09:18 AM] |
 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have arrested a man charged over the smuggling of 492 Tamil migrants into Canada. [More] |
| Lankan flees with KD 60,000 from Kuwait |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 09:15 AM] |
 A Srilankan expatriate has been accused of stealing 60,000 Kuwaiti dinars ($170,000) from an armored vehicle that belonged to a company in Kuwait. [More] |
| No one permitted to establish separate state and implement separate state policy in SriLanka: Champika |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 04:10 AM] |
 General Secretary of the Jathika Hela Urumaya Champika Ranawaka stated Tamil people should not destroy them by following the policies of racist groups because our country would not allow establishing separate state or following separate policy in this country. [More] |
| 75 judges to investigate pending cases |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 03:48 AM] |
 The Minister of Justice Rauff Hakkem proposed new plan to appoint 75 new magistrates to investigate on pending cases in the country. [More] |
| Fire erupted at a shop in Mount Lavinia: One reported dead |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 03:34 AM] |
 One person has died and three more injured due to a fire that erupted in a tyre shop in Mount Lavinia at around 1.30am this morning. [More] |
| Pension increased for war heroes: Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 03:28 AM] |
 Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced they have decided to increase pension for Army personals reported dead during the war. [More] |
| Present situation would be brief to Shiva Shankar Mennon: Mawai MP |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 03:16 AM] |
 Tamil National Alliance schedule to meet Indian Defence Advisor Shiva Shankar Mennon on Friday.TNA announced during the time of discussion they will brief about present situation in Northern province. [More] |
| Malaysian government donates for war widows |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 03:15 AM] [] |
 The Malaysian government has given US$1 million (RM 3.2 million) to Tamil Forum Malaysia (TFM). [More] |
| Protest in Thirumurukandi! Tense situation arose in Vanni: World news report |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 03:10 AM] |
 Due to the protest of Tamil National Alliance tense situation arose in Thirumurukadi area in Vanni district, world news website reports. [More] |
| People cheated by false statements of politicians: Chamal Rajapaksa |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 03:08 AM] |
 Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa stated politicians wish to own powers cheats people by making false promises towards them. [More] |
| Army foricbly takes over people from Thirumurukandi area: Sridharan M.P |
| [Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 03:05 AM] |
 Tamil National Alliance parliamentarian Sivananam Sridharan announced Army together with police forcibly takes away the people waiting to resettle at Thirumurukandi area. [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. [