The Northern Provincial Council has asked the Sri Lankan defence forces to vacate from their province. According to the TNA leaders the army occupies nearly 25 per cent of the total land area in the […]
The European Union (EU) has decided to ban the import of fisheries products caught by vessels flagged in Sri Lanka from entering the EU market after three months’ time from now. The European Commission said that […]
Tamil asylum seekers detained illegally and denied procedural fairness The Australian Government’s decision to detain 157 Tamil asylum seekers at sea for nearly a month was illegal, lawyers say. The validity of the law to […]
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 23:50 GMT] The Head of the Sri Mangalaramaya Buddhist vihara Venerable Ampitiye Sumanarathana thero has been instrumental in seizing the lands of Eezham Tamils and handing over these lands to […]
In an attempt to coax the voters in the North before the upcoming presidential elections, President Rajapaksadistributed some 20,000 families with land claiming they were handed over to the beneficiaries through title deeds when in […]
By Rajiva Wijesinha – A Presidency Under Threat: Corruption And Commissions Enemies Of The President’s Promise – Sleepy III Mahinda Samarasinghe was asked to chair an Inter-Ministerial Committee to implement the Human Rights Action Plan, and as […]
Dearest Mr. Nonis, who is doctor also, It is with the greatest sadness that we are hearing about the assault upon your person by the person who is supposed to be monitoring persons in the […]
By S Venkat Narayan Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, October 13: India’s opposition Congress Party today sacked its MP Shashi Tharoor as one of its spokespersons days after the UN diplomat-turned-politician praised Prime Minister Narendra […]
by Zacki Jabbar President Mahinda Rajapaksa had gone to Jaffna and distributed others peoples gold, but no matter what he did the northern Tamils would not vote for him, the UNP said yesterday. Assistant Secretary […]
(Colombo, Lankapuvath) President Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning (October 14) laid foundation stone for erecting a new Buddha statue at Nagadeepa Purana Raja Maha Viharaya off Jaffna peninsula. Following participatingin number of official events and ceremonies […]
by Shamindra Ferdinando The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is in a quandary over the ongoing large scale Indian funded projects meant to facilitate post-war reconciliation process. The five-party TNA on Monday (October 13) boycotted the […]
