| Moratuwa school principal arrested |
| [ Thursday, 04 March 2010, 01:27.30 AM ] |
 A principal of a government school in Moratuwa was arrested yesterday and is to be produced in court for assaulting five school children which resulted in two of them being hospitalized. |
| Women detained at Vavuniya are tortured |
| [ Wednesday, 03 March 2010, 12:59.08 PM ] |
 Reports states, the women who had been arrested after the Vanni War are still detained at Vavuniya and are tortured by the Sri Lankan female forces. The Vavuniya sector informs if trustworthy International investigations are processed, they are prepared to submit with relevant evidences. |
| 100 Tamil youths taken to Boosa prison from Vavuniyaa detention camp |
| [ Wednesday, 03 March 2010, 02:51.03 AM ] |
 Sri Lankan Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) arrested Friday 100 Tamil youths detained in Nelukkulam Technical College detention camp in Vavuniyaa for further interrogation and later took them to Boosa prison in the south, according to information given to Human Rights Commission (HRC) Colombo. |
| British PM meets Tamil delegates |
[ Thursday, 25 February 2010, 07:31.14 AM ] [ ] |
 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown met delegates of the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) conference in London where the British Foreign Secretary David Miliband addressed the gathering. |
| Deadbody found near Parliament |
| [ Thursday, 25 February 2010, 02:55.48 AM ] [] |
 An unidentified body was found near Parliament yesterday afternoon. Police said that the decomposed body was found in the lake near the official residence of the Parliament Speaker. Investigations are underway. |
| ITAK submits candidates’ list to contest Trincomalee district |
| [ Thursday, 25 February 2010, 02:46.22 AM ] |
 The president of the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchchi (ITAK), R.Sampanthan, Wednesday morning handed over the list of candidates fielding in the forthcoming general election to the Trincomalee District Returning Officer at Trincomalee district secretariat. |
| 40 percent of school students do not consume morning meal |
| [ Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 07:04.52 AM ] |
 According to the research done by the Health Division, it was found out that 40 percent of Sri Lankan school students do not consume morning meal. Out of this 63 percent are male students. Students who does not have the morning meal, becomes tired after some time and they are unable to concentrate their studies. |
| 50 billion worth of Heroin drugs smuggled from India. |
| [ Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 06:52.46 AM ] |
 Reports states, 50 billion worth of heroin drugs are smuggled from India to Sri Lanka. According to information, such smuggling was done through boats, some two weeks back. Such information was obtained from the inquiries held by the Intelligence unit. |
| CBI requests more evidence on Prabhakaran’s death |
| [ Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 02:22.24 AM ] |
 The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has asked the Sri Lanka government to provide documentary evidence about the death of Tamil Tiger chief V. Prabhakaran, prime accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case of 1991. |
| U.S.-based Video Processing Company Confirms Authenticity of Channel 4 Video |
| [ Monday, 22 February 2010, 01:22.09 AM ] |
 Evidence from reputable and established forensic firms on the authenticity of the Channel-4 execution video continues to accumulate, and the latest is a Pasadena, California, forensic firm which disclosed Friday that one of the firm's technical representative, Jeff Spivak, assisted Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, in analyzing the video for authenticty. |
| US Tamil Eelam advocates in US Supreme Court to revive separate state in Sri Lanka |
| [ Sunday, 21 February 2010, 02:29.29 AM ] |
 U.S. advocates of a separate independent state for Sri Lanka (Tamil Eelam), an agenda the LTTE leader Prabhakaran endeavored to achieve militarily for 26 years until the outfit was annihilated last May, are now before the United States Supreme Court to clear a significant legal hurdle with a political agenda to create a ‘Kosovo-type’ situation in Sri Lanka. |
| Srithar Pitchaiyappa passed away |
| [ Sunday, 21 February 2010, 01:12.15 AM ] |
 Sri Lankan most popular Tamil artiste Srithar Pitchaiyappa passed away yesterday. He was 48 years of age and he is the son of former artiste Pitchaiyappa. He was introduced to the radio field from his childhood, acting in children dramas. |
| 49 women detainees arrested in Vavuniyaa camps |
| [ Saturday, 20 February 2010, 12:09.08 PM ] |
 Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers arriving in vehicles 14 February took away 49 women from the SLA detainment camps in Valayamaa’ru, Cheddiku’lam and Pampaimadu in Vavuniyaa to Boosa camp, fellow detainees in the camps said. But camp authorities claimed that the women were arrested by Vavuniyaa Terrorism Investigation Department (TID). |
| Cricketer Muthaiah Muralitharan is contesting at the upcoming general election |
| [ Saturday, 20 February 2010, 01:12.24 AM ] |
 Information states, Sri Lankan Cricket team spinning bowler Muthaiah Muralitharan has been nominated as a Sri Lankan Freedom Party’s Candidate for Nuwara Eliya district. The arrangement has been done by S.P.Dissanayake who had crossed over from the United National Party to the ruling party is according to sources. |
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| Four policemen attached to Mount Lavinia police crimes division for molesting a woman last night |
| [ Thursday, 04 March 2010, 07:24.09 AM ] |
 Information states, four policemen attached to the Mount Lavinia police crimes division have been arrested over allegations that they have molested a woman in Mount Lavinia last night while under the influence of liquor. [More] |
| Moratuwa school principal arrested |
| [ Thursday, 04 March 2010, 01:27.30 AM ] |
| A principal of a government school in Moratuwa was arrested yesterday and is to be produced in court for assaulting five school children which resulted in two of them being hospitalized. [More] |
| Women detained at Vavuniya are tortured |
| [ Wednesday, 03 March 2010, 12:59.08 PM ] |
| Reports states, the women who had been arrested after the Vanni War are still detained at Vavuniya and are tortured by the Sri Lankan female forces. The Vavuniya sector informs if trustworthy International investigations are processed, they are prepared to submit with relevant evidences. [More] |
| 100 Tamil youths taken to Boosa prison from Vavuniyaa detention camp |
| [ Wednesday, 03 March 2010, 02:51.03 AM ] |
| Sri Lankan Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) arrested Friday 100 Tamil youths detained in Nelukkulam Technical College detention camp in Vavuniyaa for further interrogation and later took them to Boosa prison in the south, according to information given to Human Rights Commission (HRC) Colombo. [More] |
| Tamils should continue to struggle for their rights - American civil rights activist in GTF conference |
| [ Wednesday, 03 March 2010, 02:25.22 AM ] [] |
 United Kingdom calls for constitutional reform in Sri Lanka at the inaugural conference of the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) last week in United Kingdom. [More] |
| A Sri Lankan man and his Indian wife have been attacked and racially abused in Australia |
| [ Tuesday, 02 March 2010, 12:14.25 PM ] |
 Australian media reports quoted a news item, that a Sri Lankan man and his Indian wife have been attacked and racially abused in Australia by a group of drunken men today. [More] |
| NFF protests, petitions against British foreign secretary |
| [ Tuesday, 02 March 2010, 02:00.18 AM ] [] |
 The National Freedom Front staged a protest and handed over a petition against British foreign secretary David Miliband's participation in a pro-LTTE conference in London. [More] |
| British PM meets Tamil delegates |
| [ Thursday, 25 February 2010, 07:31.14 AM ] [] |
| British Prime Minister Gordon Brown met delegates of the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) conference in London where the British Foreign Secretary David Miliband addressed the gathering. [More] |
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The Tamil National Alliance had filed nomination list today for the upcoming general election.
A complaint had been made that an 18 years old school girl had gone missing.
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The UN secretary general could set up an expert panel to look into alleged violations by the Sri Lankan army after a report found video, first on Channel 4 News, "appears to be authentic". Jonathan Miller reports. [