| SLA personnel to be settled in uprooted civilians land in Kilinochchi |
[Saturday, 24 July 2010, 04:14 PM] [ ] |
 Five thousand houses constructed in Murukandi area in Kilinochchi district including Skanthapuram along A9 road are to be settled in August with Sri Lanka Army (SLA) senior and junior officials and their families permanently while the uprooted civilians brought to be resettled in Skanthapuram are left in a school building by Sri Lanka government officials, sources in Kilinochchi said. [More] |
| TNA seeks a Special Envoy to Sri Lanka from the Indian central government |
| [Saturday, 24 July 2010, 03:15 PM] |
 The Tamil National Alliance seek the Indian central government to send a Special Envoy to Sri Lanka. [More] |
| 200 suspected asylum seekers headed for Canada’s shores |
| [Saturday, 24 July 2010, 03:12 PM] |
 A sighting of the MV Sun Sea, a vessel believed to be carrying 200 suspected asylum seekers headed for Canada’s shores The U.S. Coast Guard’s Pacific division has confirmed. [More] |
| Another school student commits suicide at Pussalawa |
| [Saturday, 24 July 2010, 07:24 AM] |
 A Tamil school student resident of Pussalawa Black Forest estate committed suicide. This incident occurred yesterday. Reports states, while this student was alone in the house she had hanged herself and have committed suicide. [More] |
| “Aadivel” chariot procession in Colombo roads, after 17 long years. |
| [Saturday, 24 July 2010, 07:14 AM] |
 The annual “Aadivel” chariot festival commenced in Colombo. The chariot procession from Colombo Sammankodu Kathirvelautha Swamy temple to travelled through the Galle road to Bambalapitiya New Kathiresan Hall yesterday. While the chariot reached the temple trees, President Mahinda Rajapakse worshiped and a received blessing was stated by the Presidential secretariat. [More] |
| Plans underway to settle troops permanently in North. |
| [Saturday, 24 July 2010, 07:09 AM] |
 Reports states, activities are processed to settle the troops permanently in the North. On this context, the 68th battalion headquarters was inaugurated at Mullaitheevu Suganthipuram, yesterday. [More] |
| Lankan seaman in mystery disappearance |
| [Saturday, 24 July 2010, 06:34 AM] |
 Mystery surrounds the disappearance of a Sri Lankan Seafarer who went missing without a trace shortly after boarding an Israeli-flagged merchant vessel from the Colombo port late last month. [More] |
| Police produce JMO report in student death case |
| [Saturday, 24 July 2010, 06:32 AM] |
 Police today claimed that the Ruhunu university student whom his colleagues insist died of assault injuries had passed away due to an 'abnormality in the brain leading to a rupture of a blood vessel'. [More] |
| Over 200 lodge complaints through ‘CHILD LINE 1929’ |
| [Saturday, 24 July 2010, 06:29 AM] |
 The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) says that over 200 complaints have been received thus far on the special hot line set up to lodge complaints with regard to incidents of child abuse. [More] |
| A Programme has been launched to grant citizenship to those who migrated to india due to the conflict |
| [Saturday, 24 July 2010, 06:26 AM] |
 A programme has been launched to grant citizenship to those who migrated to India due to the conflict in Sri Lanka and have now returned home. [More] |
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| Land mines excavated from Jaffna Vadamarachchci area |
| [ Friday, 03 September 2010, 09:49.13 AM ] |
 Sri Lankan government had informed that the land mines excavation in the Jaffna Vadamarachchi area has been done completely. Government believes, the resettlements could be expedited. [More] |
| 89 thousand women had lost their husbands during north and east war |
| [ Friday, 03 September 2010, 01:16.58 AM ] |
 Reports states, 89 thousand women living in the north and east provinces have lost their husbands due to war. Out of them 25,000 widows are living in the Batticoloa district is according to statistics reports. Tamil National Alliance Parliament Member P.Selvaraja made this statement. [More] |
| Southern businessmen grab Vanni people’s assets |
| [ Friday, 03 September 2010, 01:11.57 AM ] |
 Reports states, the Sinhalese and Muslim businessmen are in the habit of grabbing the abandoned assets of displaced Vanni people. Towards these activities the military are engaged in duties in the Vanni region are cooperating is according to Vanni information. [More] |
| Nirupama visits Mullaitheevu and Trincomalee |
| [ Thursday, 02 September 2010, 01:12.18 AM ] [] |
 Indian External Affairs Secretary Nirupama Rao visited Mullaitheevu today to find the situations in the district. She met the Mullaitheevu Government Agent Nagalingam Vethanayagam at 8.30 a.m. The Government Agent informed in detail about the situation of the resettled persons, and the request for Indian aid. She distributed Indian aid items to the resettled people. [More] |
| Sarath Fonseka suddenly suffering falls sick |
| [ Thursday, 02 September 2010, 01:08.45 AM ] |
 A leading Sinhala website had quoted a news item that Democratic National Alliance Leader Sarath Fonseka had suddenly suffering from ill health. The doctors from the navy forces are examining his health conditions is according to reports. [More] |
| Weapons flow from India is the main cause for the Tamil people’s devastation – Prof.Chittampalam |
| [ Thursday, 02 September 2010, 12:58.37 AM ] [] |
 Prof.C.K.Chittampalam made a statement that, arms supplied from India during the internal war in Sri Lanka, is the main cause for the massive devastation of Tamil civilians which is the general opinion from many Tamils. He made this comment while he met Indian External Affairs Secretary Nirupama Rao at the Jaffna Public Library yesterday. [More] |
| New Zealand Supreme Court decides LTTE a political organisation |
| [ Monday, 30 August 2010, 12:57.00 PM ] |
 The Supreme Court of New Zealand Friday dismissed the appeal of the government seeking rejection of the refugee status of an Eezham Tamil who was captaining a ship carrying arms to the LTTE. [More] |
| More than settlements, government working hard for splits states, Mano Ganeshan |
| [ Saturday, 28 August 2010, 12:50.03 AM ] |
 Democratic People’s Front Leader Mano Ganeshan said, the Sri Lankan government does not have any concern to find a settlement to the crisis faced by the Sri lankan Tamils. [More] |
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| Senior SLA officer: ‘Kill everybody!’ order came from the top (VIDEO UPDATED) |
[ Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 09:47.51 PM ] [ ] |
 A senior Sri Lankan Army commander and frontline soldier have told Britain’s Channel 4 News that point-blank executions of Tamils at the end of the civil war in May 2009 were carried out under orders ‘from the top’. In an extended segment on Sri Lanka Tuesday, Channel 4 broadcast translated video interviews with the two soldiers. [More] |
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