| Dep.Mini. Muralitharan ordered to hold investigations on food poisoning at Vavunathivu |
[Monday, 16 July 2012, 04:24 PM] [ ] |
 The Deputy Minister of Resettlement and the leader of the SriLanka Freedom party Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan ordered officials to hold investigations on food poisoning incident occurred at the Vavunathivu area this morning. [More] |
| 3 boats carrying 120 Lankans reached Australia |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 03:54 PM] |
 A boat carrying 51 Sri Lankan asylum seekers has arrived at Christmas Island, with the group now expected to have their initial claims for asylum processed there. Unlike various other recent boats, the vessel arrived unaided. [More] |
| TNA to accommodate Muslim candidates |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 03:35 PM] |
 In what appeared to be a new political dimension, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the largest Tamil party, has decided to accommodate Muslim candidates on board for the election to the Eastern Provincial Council, party officials said yesterday. [More] |
| JVP to hold "Peopel struggle protest" |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 03:20 PM] |
 The JVP today accused the government of profiting by fining the public under the guise of eradicating dengue. [More] |
| Lankan asylum seeker would not send back to country: Australia |
[Monday, 16 July 2012, 03:15 PM] [ ] |
 Australian Immigration Minister Chrish Bowen announced none of the Lankan asylum seerkers would send back to their country. [More] |
| SLMC supreme committee agreed to contest under UPFA ticket |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 01:17 PM] |
 For the second time supreme officials of the SriLanka Freedom Party agreed to contest under UPFA ticket in the upcoming local council election. [More] |
| Stock of weapons recovered in Mulliwaikal |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 12:36 PM] |
 Stock of weapons was recovered from two different places in Mulliyawalai area in Mullitivu distirict. Police media unit announced members of the special task force have recovered these weapons in the country. [More] |
| Karunanidhi decides to drop Eelam agenda from TESO conference |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 12:25 PM] |
 A day after Union home minister P Chidambaram called on him, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday said the demand for Eelam (a separate Tamil land in Sri Lanka) will not be a topic of discussion at the proposed conference of the recently revived Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) to be held in Chennai on August 12. [More] |
| No problems for Lankan army personals receive training at Tamil Nadu: Military spokesman |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 09:26 AM] |
 Military media spokesman Brg. Ruwan Wanigasuriya announced there are no problems for Lankan Army officials receive special training at the Wellington military training center in Coonoor. [More] |
| Lankan High Commissioner in Australia urge to send back Lankan asylum seekers arrive to Australia |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 09:24 AM] |
 Sri Lanka's high commissioner in Australia has endorsed the Coalition's policy of turning around asylum boats as the most effective deterrent to people-smuggling. [More] |
| Palitha Fernando appointed as new AG |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 09:23 AM] |
 President Mahinda Rajapaksa appoints Palitha Fernando has the new attorney general of the country. [More] |
| Another 65 individuals headed to Australia arrested |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 09:22 AM] [] |
 Another boatload of 65 would-be asylum seekers illegally heading to Australia was taken into the Navy custody last night in the eastern seas, sources said [More] |
| Send back Lankan military personals receive training at Tamil Nadu: Jayalalitha rites to Manmohan Singh |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 09:17 AM] |
 In one of her strongest protests to the Centre over the presence and training of Sri Lankan defence officers in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has accused the Indian government of showing “utter disrespect to the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu”. [More] |
| Sinhala film release in Jaffna after 30 years |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 08:15 AM] |
 For the first time after 30 years, a Tamil sub-titled version of a new Sinhala film will be released at Raja Cinema, Jaffna on Friday July 20. Chandraratne Mapitigama’s latest Sinhala movie ‘Sihinaya Dige Enna’ will be screened in the Jaffna cinema bringing new hope for peace through the arts. [More] |
| Special training for SL army at Coonoor! 30 arrested |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 08:13 AM] [] |
 Close on the heels of the recent objection raised by Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa to the training of Sri Lankan airmen at the Indian Air Force station in Tambaram, Chennai, two Lankan officers - a Rear Admiral and a Major General - have arrived at the hill station of Coonoor, sparking protests. [More] |
| Steps have been taken to arrest underworld group members |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 08:10 AM] |
 Police announced steps have been taken to arrest major underworld group members of this country. [More] |
| Patriotism important for every national: Defence Secretary |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 08:08 AM] |
 Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa stated there won’t be use on working without patriotism. [More] |
| (2nd Lead) |
| More than 426 admitted for food poisoning in Batticaloa |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 08:06 AM] [] |
 Close to 50 villagers suffering from food poisoning were hospitalized after attending a wedding held at a house in Kotiyawala, within the Vavunativu Police Division, last night. [More] |
| 10% of national income robbed: Somawansa Amarasinghe |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 08:00 AM] |
 Leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Somawansa Amarasinghe blamed ten percent of the national income has been robbed in the country. [More] |
| Name list of TNA candidates in the Trincomalee district completed |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 07:59 AM] |
 Tamil National Alliance sources stated they have prepared the name list of TNA contestents schedule to contest in the upcoming local council election in the Trincomalee district. [More] |
| Drop Eelam: Chidambaram to Karunanidhi |
| [Monday, 16 July 2012, 07:57 AM] |
 Union home minister P Chidambaram on Sunday reportedly conveyed to DMK chief M Karunanidhi the central government's displeasure over a move by the ally to pass a resolution to demand Tamil Eelam at a meeting of the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) in Chennai on August 12, Indian media reports. [More] |
Veteran Tamil playback singer TM Soundararajan passed away in the age of 91 at his residence here on Saturday following a brief illness, family sources said. [
Leader of Bodu Bala Sena(BBS), the Buddhist extremist organization in Sri Lanka, Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thero vowed to hold a conference in Mannar to challenge Mannar Bishop Rayappu Joseph. [
Sri Lanka has ranked high among informal money transfers in the south Asian region last year, a new Gallup study revealed. [
The take off of a Mihin Lanka flight was suspended temporarily at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake due to a mechanical malfunction in the aircraft this afternoon. [
Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa stated violations reported in the areas where we couldn’t find Temples. [
The Sri Lanka government yesterday expressed concern over the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the US embassy in Colombo and the Trincomalee Urban Council to jointly establish a public information and activity centre known as the American Corner, without the knowledge or the authorisation of the Sri Lanka External Affairs Ministry. [
A 1 year and 4 months old infant who sustained injuries after being run over by a jeep in a house in the Tangalle area. [
SriLankan Permanent representative to United Nation Maj.Gen.Shavendra Silva says we have spent high price to win freedom. [
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. [