| Sampanthan re-elected leader of ITAK |
[ 2012-05-28 08:55:52 ] [ ] |
 As Tamil politics in Sri Lanka totters on the brink of indecision that’s steadily leading it to irrelevance, the Tamil National Alliance leader R. Sampanthan was re-elected leader of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi at its 14th National Convention in the Eastern headquarter town of Batticaloa on Saturday. [More] |
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| The US wants quick action from govt. on LLRC |
| [ 2012-05-28 04:06:34 ] |
 US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael H. Posner has said the US was hopeful that the government would act quickly on a number of recommendations made by the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). [More] |
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| India reviews rehab work in Eastern Province |
| [ Monday, 28 May 2012, 04:34.10 AM ] |
 Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Ashok K Kantha has visited the stronghold of former Tamil Tigers in the eastern province to understand the ground situation there and review the ongoing rehabilitation work undertaken by New Delhi. [More] |
| Helicopter damages houses |
| [ Sunday, 27 May 2012, 07:25.05 PM ] |
 Several houses were damaged when an air force helicopter attempted to land at the army grounds in Pallekele, Kandy. [More] |
| Lanka dismisses US human rights report |
| [ Sunday, 27 May 2012, 07:21.52 PM ] |
 Sri Lanka on Sunday dismissed a US report that questioned the human rights record of its police and security forces, saying that the situation in the island nation is “better than most of the countries with five star democracies”. [More] |
| Lankan war crime – UPR depends on India’s hand? |
| [ Sunday, 27 May 2012, 04:16.43 AM ] [] |
 The Sri Lanka External Affairs Ministry officials received reports from the UN in Geneva this week. A three-nation team has been picked by the Secretariat of the UN Human Rights Council by drawing lots for the review of Sri Lanka’s report at the Universal Periodic Review. [More] |
| Sri Lanka rejects UNHRC team |
| [ Sunday, 27 May 2012, 04:12.19 AM ] |
 The SL Government is to reject a move by the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to send a team to Colombo to discuss the offer of “advice and technical assistance” towards implementing the US-backed resolution on Sri Lanka. [More] |
| Vivek Oberoi & Preity Zinta in SL |
| [ Sunday, 27 May 2012, 03:17.38 AM ] |
 Bollywood Superstars Preity Zinta and Vivek Oberoi arrived in Sri Lanka a short while ago to attend the Carlton Super 7's tournament today at the Bogambara Grounds in Kandy, organizers said. [More] |
| Earth tremor reported from several parts of the island |
| [ Sunday, 27 May 2012, 02:57.29 AM ] |
 An earth tremor had been reported in several parts of the country including Nuwara Eliya, Hatton, Ratnapura, Badulla and Colombo at around 9.52 pm yesterday (May 26), says the Disaster Management Centre (DMC). [More] |
| Monks protest for demolish another mosque |
| [ Saturday, 26 May 2012, 02:17.10 PM ] [] |
 Politically motivated buddhist monks took to the streets yesterday again demanding the demolition of yet another Muslim community building in Colombo, claiming it was illegal. [More] |
| No push for Ranil’s momentum from partymen: Kongahage |
| [ Saturday, 26 May 2012, 01:58.24 PM ] |
 The reason for the United National Party’s repeated defeats at elections was due to the lack of support to the party’s leadership from the rest of its members, Chairperson of the UNP’s Lakvanitha Peramuna Shanthini Kongahage says. [More] |
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| Sri Lanka is a constitutional, multiparty republic. President Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| [ Friday, 25 May 2012, 05:03.03 AM ] |
 Sri Lanka is a constitutional, multiparty republic. President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was reelected to a second six-year term in January 2010, and the parliament, which was elected in April 2010, share constitutional power. [More] |
| Tamil prisoners to end hunger strike today at 4pm |
| [ Thursday, 24 May 2012, 10:31.14 AM ] [] |
 The Tamil prisoners who were engaged in a hunger strike have agreed to halt their protests after 4pm today (May 24) after the government assured steps will be taken towards their release or speedy trials within the next month, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Media Spokesman, Suresh Premachandran said. [More] |
| Russia says backs Sri Lanka on war probe calls |
| [ Wednesday, 23 May 2012, 05:40.57 PM ] |
 Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says attempts to force an international probe on Sri Lanka, into civilian deaths and rights abuses during the final months of the island nation’s civil war, are unacceptable. [More] |
| Mervyn’s cut-out set on fire |
| [ Wednesday, 23 May 2012, 07:15.54 AM ] |
 Unknown persons have set fire and damaged a cut-out at the SLFP office at Old Kandy Road in Kelaniya. [More] |
| SL women for prostitution in Singapore? |
| [ Wednesday, 23 May 2012, 05:59.43 AM ] |
 The National Child Protection Authority has requested the Foreign Employment Bureau to temporarily halt sending Sri Lankan women to Singapore on employment. [More] |
| Independent international investigation on Sri Lanka called for at London event |
[ Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 06:39.36 PM ] [ ] |
 Eezham Tamils from across the UK gathered at Trafalgar Square, London to remember the Mullivaaykkaal massacre at a remembrance event organized by the British Tamils Forum, on Saturday. [More] |
| India works hard to avoid clashes with SL |
| [ Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 06:22.20 AM ] |
 Indian Navy and the Coast Guard (CG) are working closely to avoid clashes with forces of neighbouring countries such as Sri Lanka. [More] |
| Sinhala-Buddhist temple opened to ‘celebrate genocide at Mullivaaykkaal |
| [ Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 04:14.45 AM ] [] |
 Coinciding the third anniversary of Mullivaaykkaal genocide, a secretly built Sinhala-Buddhist stupa was inaugurated at Vaddu-vaakal, the entrance to the Mullivaaykkaal genocidal strip of land in Mullaiththeevu. [More] |
| Japanese professor emphasizes statistical analysis of Tamil inscriptions |
| [ Saturday, 12 May 2012, 06:03.42 AM ] [] |
 Delivering the keynote address at the Tamil studies Conference in Toronto on Friday, Veteran Tamil Studies Professor, Noburu Karashima, who has been working on Tamil inscriptions for many decades, emphasized the importance of statistical analysis of data to come out with valuable revelations of Tamil History. [More] |
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The army has been deployed to provide security to the Jaffna University. [
Two Japanese and one Pakistan naval ships arrived at the Port on Colombo today (28). They were ceremonially welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in keeping with naval customs and traditions on arrival. [
DNA leader Sarath Fonseka has said that power should be devolved to the Tamil minority only after trust between the Sinhalese and the Tamils is restored. [
The PNM has asked the president not to allow any foreign team into the country, purportedly for the purpose of advising and assisting the country to implement the LLRC recommendations. [
The Police Fraud Investigation Bureau has arrested 119 people who were attempting to illegally travel to Australia by sea this morning. [
Defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has said it is not appropriate to view the north of the country, over which a separatist war was fought, as a predominantly Tamil area. [
Describing as “an insult to injury” Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's assertion that his country would not bow to outside pressure and withdraw the Army from the North,.. [
A cache of weapons including a stock of explosives were found from the Pudukuduirippu area in Mullaitivu. [
Two students were killed following a collision with a train in Diyatalawa. Police suspect that the students committed suicide over a love affair. [
A 23-year-old girl was abducted by a group in a white van in Jaffna today (May 27). [
Police are searching for UNP MP Dunesh Gankanda in connection with an incident of assault at a night club at Kollupitiya last night (May 26). [
China will help Sri Lanka launch its first satellite by 2015, officials said. [
The wife of missing journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda still has hopes that her husband will return to their family one day. [
