| Russia to donate 8 helicopters |
| [ Sunday, 19 May 2013, 05:06.29 PM ] |
 Russia decided to donate 8 helicopters to SriLanka. [More] |
| Tamil genocide attack day commemorated in Canada |
[ Sunday, 19 May 2013, 03:16.20 PM ] [ ] |
 Tamil Genocide attack day commemorated at Queens Burg city in Toronto, Canada. [More] |
| Thousands of Tamils present at the London Mulliwaikal mourning day |
[ Sunday, 19 May 2013, 03:10.32 PM ] [ ] |
 Thousands of Tamil national present at the Mulliwaikal mourning organized by the British Tamil Forum. [More] |
| 61 Bangladeshis to be returned home from Sri Lanka |
| [ Sunday, 19 May 2013, 06:22.39 AM ] |
 Sixty-one Bangladeshis, who were in Sri Lankan detention camps for four months after being picked up by the navy in February, are scheduled to be returned to their home country from Colombo around Sunday noon. [More] |
| Sri Lanka's main opposition turns down former LTTE spokesman's request to contest under UNP |
| [ Saturday, 18 May 2013, 10:02.15 AM ] |
 Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayaka of Sri Lanka main opposition United National Party (UNP) said yesterday that the UNP turned down a request from a former terrorist to contest the Northern Provincial Council elections under the party. [More] |
| We trusted in our youth when the world asked us to give in to terrorists: President MR |
| [ Saturday, 18 May 2013, 06:14.18 AM ] [] |
 The entire world was asking Sri Lanka to give into the terrorists and avoid confrontation with them, but we chose to trust in the strength and courage of the country’s youth, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. [More] |
| Trade unions, opposition parties in Sri Lanka plan massive protest against electricity tariff hike and government |
| [ Saturday, 18 May 2013, 04:58.24 AM ] |
 Trade unions, opposition parties and civil society organizations are gearing up to hold a massive protest on the 21st against the electricity tariff hike and the performance of the government. [More] |
| People paid last respect to Mulliwaikal relatives: M.A Rathan |
| [ Friday, 17 May 2013, 03:09.23 PM ] [] |
 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. [More] |
One person died in an accident on the Southern Expressway when a pick up overturned at the Welipenna exit near the 53rd mile post, in yesterday.
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. [