| LTTE Leader Pirapaharan postal stamp released in Norway |
[ 2012-02-05 01:06:54 ] [ ] |
 Eezham Tamil activists in Norway on Saturday released stamps featuring LTTE leader V. Pirapaharan, the map of Tamil Eelam and some of the LTTE declared national symbols of the de-facto state of Tamil Eelam, including the Tamil Eelam national flag. [More] |
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| Posters of Minister Mervisilva removed from Kelaniya |
| [ 2012-02-04 17:30:13 ] |
 SLFP Kelaniya organizer, minister Mervyn Silva’s picture was excluded from among UPFA politicians in a large cut-out that was erected in the early hours of last morning (Feb. 02) to congratulate the president in view of Independence Day. [More] |
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| India as power to stop activities of LTTE |
| [ Saturday, 04 February 2012, 05:14.28 PM ] |
 Professor of the Singapore University Rohan Gunaratne stated SriLankan should need to strength its relationship with European countries. [More] |
| ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ to be screened in California |
| [ Saturday, 04 February 2012, 04:17.10 PM ] |
 ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ is a powerful documentary produced by UK Channel 4 Broadcasting Corp. It is scheduled to be screened at Ventura Community Centre, 3990 Ventura Court, Palo Alto, California on Saturday, February 18, 2012 between 7-9 pm Truthdrive news website reports. [More] |
| 475kg heroin seized at BIA |
| [ Saturday, 04 February 2012, 04:14.30 PM ] |
 Customs officers of the Katunayake International Airport seized 475kg of heroin which brought towards island illegally from Dubai. [More] |
| Express way drivers severely warned |
| [ Saturday, 04 February 2012, 04:12.36 PM ] |
 The Highways and Road Development Ministry yesterday warned drivers on the Southern Expressway to refrain from drunk driving, falling asleep at the wheel or driving over the speed limit of 100 kilometres per hour following the road accident that killed a 26 year old man on the expressway early yesterday morning. [More] |
| Hakeem says no move to relocate Courts |
| [ Saturday, 04 February 2012, 04:10.39 PM ] |
 Justice Minister Rauff Hakeem yesterday assured lawyers that there were no plans to relocate the Colombo Courts out of Hulftsdorp or to sell the historic court complex as alleged. [More] |
| 1600 prisoners released on Independence Day |
| [ Saturday, 04 February 2012, 04:07.43 PM ] |
 Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Minister of Sri Lanka Chandrasiri Gajadeera said that 1,600 prisoners would be released to mark the Independence Day this year. [More] |
| Lankan Ministers speak about LTTE |
| [ Saturday, 04 February 2012, 04:01.46 PM ] |
 The Minister of Health Maithripala Sirisena stated LTTE members residing in the foreign countries are hoping to create tense situation as the country face earlier. [More] |
| One reported dead during accident at Batticaloa |
| [ Saturday, 04 February 2012, 02:02.06 PM ] |
 One person was killed and four others were critically injured when a vehicle drove off the road and crashed into a tree in the Valaichchenai area in Batticaloa, police stated. [More] |
| Pillayan’s brother in east land grabbing : Divaina |
| [ Saturday, 04 February 2012, 01:59.14 PM ] |
 A group led by a brother of east chief minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan has grabbed a land belonging to a Sinhalese at Kalkudah, ‘Divaina’ reports. [More] |
| Cocaine seized at BIA |
| [ Friday, 03 February 2012, 05:46.13 PM ] |
 A young woman from Thailand was taken into custody by the Police Narcotics Bureau for attempting to smuggle a stock of cocaine valued more than Rs.20 million. [More] |
| Soosai’s wife recalls drama in the high seas |
| [ Friday, 03 February 2012, 04:51.20 PM ] |
 The LTTE boss Velupillai Prabhakaran once bragged that the next Eelam war would be fought on the high seas. His braggadocio emanated from the fact that the so-called Sea Tigers with their varied vessels and craft had become a menace to the Navy in the north and east. [More] |
| Robert O Blale to visit SriLanka |
| [ Friday, 03 February 2012, 03:10.14 PM ] |
 United Stated Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Robert O Blake schedule to visit Colombo, SriLanka on 11th February. [More] |
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| JVP & Australian Labour Party meet |
| [ Thursday, 02 February 2012, 05:17.00 PM ] [] |
 Mr. Mathew Marozzi, the representative of Alex Galacher, the Member of Senate of the Australian Labour Party has had a discussion with the Information Secretary of the JVP Vijithe Herath at the JVP head office today (2nd). [More] |
| The Fog of an Uncivil War in Sri Lanka |
| [ Thursday, 02 February 2012, 02:02.26 PM ] |
 It has been nearly three years since Sri Lankan government troops crushed the separatist Tamil Tigers in a gory, scorched-earth campaign that brought an end to three decades of civil war. The final battles — with some 300,000 civilians caught in the crossfire — were fought on the northern beaches and in the impoverished hamlets of the island nation. [More] |
| Man arrested for cheating 35 women |
| [ Thursday, 02 February 2012, 08:46.27 AM ] |
 Police arrested a person who posed as a lawyer, cheating nearly 35 women by taking their jewellery worth Rs.6 million on the promise that he would marry them. [More] |
| Karuna to release secrets of LTTE |
| [ Thursday, 02 February 2012, 08:29.43 AM ] |
 The Deputy Minister of Resettlement Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman stated he will reveal the secrets of LTTE organization in SriLanka. [More] |
| Couple enaged in the Malysian job scam arrested |
| [ Wednesday, 01 February 2012, 01:17.26 PM ] |
 The police apprehended a Malaysian couple and three others for questioning, regarding a racket where a number of persons were defrauded under the pretext of providing jobs in Malaysia. [More] |
| Birds flu threats in SriLanka |
| [ Wednesday, 01 February 2012, 08:27.40 AM ] |
 The Ministry of Health says there is a threat of a bird flu outbreak in the country, following the death several fowls at a farm in Bingiriya. Kurunegala. [More] |
| Lands of Sinhala people in East take over by Tamil people : Divaina reports |
| [ Wednesday, 01 February 2012, 06:24.51 AM ] |
 Tamil people are robbing lands of Sinhala people in the Eastern province Divaina news paper reports. [More] |
| President Rajapaksa's appeal to Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa |
| [ Wednesday, 01 February 2012, 04:27.59 AM ] |
 Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has a message for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa: “Take care of our people who go there. Ministers, our relations etc.” [More] |
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Sri Lankan Airlines has decided to temporarily suspend air travel between Colombo and London's Heathrow Airport, due to heavy snowfall. [
The EPDP leader and Traditional Industries Minister, Douglas Devananda says that President Mahinda Rajapaksa would have no hesitation in entrusting land and police powers to him,but will not risk giving it to others. [
Chunnagam police announced body of a male recovered from a toilet pit. [
Police arrested four suspect on suspicious for engaging in robbery in Settikulam area in Vavuniya. [
Pointing to a smear campaign against it by international rights groups, Sri Lanka on Saturday said it is confident of facing the UN Human Rights Council at its next session later this month as it has a clean slate. [
President Mahinda Rajapakse marked Sri Lanka’s national day on Saturday by appealing to the country to show “strength and courage” in the face of a worsening global economic crisis. [
The Tamil National Alliance says the government has no necessity to hold discussions with any party to put the 13th Amendment to the Constitution into action. [
The government has taken steps to release 1450 prisoners in view of the 64th Independence anniversary. [
Leader of Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP), Ranil Wickremasinghe faced a protest by party members when he visited Beruwala during a visit to the South. [
TNA parliamentarian C.Yogeswaran states Sinhala people from the South are illegally digging sand from Siththandi Sandanamadu river at Senkaladi area in Batticaloa district. Parliemntarian further said he will take necessary steps to inform parliament this regard. [
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two Sri Lankans who witnessed the violent final showdown of the country's 26-year civil war claim a top military commander and Sri Lanka's defence secretary ordered war crimes. [