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Month: April 2016

Ex LTTE Ram, Nagulan and Thalayan were Army informants – Police

30/04/201630/04/2016 Karu

Investigations by Police have revealed that three out of the ex-LTTE cadres who were arrested recently had been working with the Army intelligence at the time of arrest. Police Media Spokesman, ASP Ruwan Gunasekera added […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

Is it helplessness or stubbornness that endangers the lives of Vinodhani and others at Meeriyabedda?

30/04/201630/04/2016 Karu

Text and pix by P. D. De Silva 13-year-old A. Vinodhani a grade six student lives with her family on Meeriyabedda Tea Estate in Koslanda. She saw the devastation that was caused by the landslide […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

Army Spokesman also confirmed that Sampanthan didn’t enter any camp forcibly – Meddling with Sampanthan!

30/04/201630/04/2016 Karu

By Manekshaw Forty years ago unfavourable conditions emerged not only from the South but even from the Tamil militants in the North to the first Tamil Opposition Leader late Appapillai Amirthalingam to discontinue from his […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

Our Determination To Support President Sirisena’s Goal

30/04/201630/04/2016 Karu

By Samantha Power
 – Samantha Power On my final day in Colombo last November, I hosted a town hall for local students. They reflected Sri Lanka’s incredible diversity – they hailed from every corner of […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS, WORLD NEWS

Jaffna University Sexual Harassment: AL Students Demand UGC Inquiry

30/04/201630/04/2016 Karu

By Ruba Ratnasingam – As has been reported in Colombo Telegraph Dr. S. Dharshanan, Head of the Department of Music and a close relative of Jaffna VC Vasanthi Arasaratnam, was suspended from service without pay […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

Maithri trashes TNA’s ‘federal’ solution -And rubbishes Jayalalithaa’s ‘Eelam’ cry

29/04/201629/04/2016 Karu

By Gagani Weerakoon President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday vowed he will not allow, support or even acknowledge any proposal that would jeopardise the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country. Addressing the heads of media institutions […]

By Karuna, INDIA NEWS, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

Sri Lanka: A Troubling Spate of Arrests Across the Northern and Eastern Provinces

29/04/201629/04/2016 Karu

A recent spate of arrests across Sri Lanka’s Tamil-dominated Northern and Eastern Provinces is cause for serious concern. It’s been more than fifteen months since Mahinda Rajapaksa was thrown out of power, yet the island […]

By Karuna, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS, UK NEWS

TNA demands probe over ‘illegal occupation’ by Sri Lankan Army

29/04/201629/04/2016 Karu

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has asked the army to verify the ownership of the land, TNA sources said. Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party, the Tamil National Alliance on Wednesday called for a probe on the […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

Former Sri Lankan policemen admits organised sexual assault whilst facing trial in UK

29/04/201629/04/2016 Karu

A former Sri Lankan police officer who migrated to London and worked as a masseuse was jailed after sexually assaulting a female client. The former Sri Lankan police officer’s defence lawyer, told the British court […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

Maithri unmasks Mahinda!

29/04/201629/04/2016 Karu

By Nisthar Cassim President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday fired on all cylinders at MP and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, exposing the latter’s past ill-doings and sinister intentions and warned any comeback bid for an oppressive and […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

UN Rapporteurs urged to hold Colombo to its international commitments

29/04/201629/04/2016 Karu

Stressing that torture is still ongoing in Sri Lanka, a top UK-based human rights organisation on Wednesday urged visiting UN Special Rapporteurs to hold Colombo government to its international commitments to end rights abuses and […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

Independent Tamil Eelam only solution, we will fight to attain it: Jayalalitha

25/04/201625/04/2016 Karu

[TamilNet, Saturday, 25 April 2009, 22:13 GMT] A separate Tamil Eelam is the only solution that will permanently put an end to the problems of the Tamil people in the island of Sri Lanka, said […]

By Karuna, INDIA NEWS, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

Jayalalithaa promises to take steps for separate Tamil Eelam for Sri Lankan Tamils

25/04/201625/04/2016 Karu

Chennai: Making a pitch for votes in poll-bound Tamil Nadu, AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa on Saturday made a promise to take steps for creation of separate Tamil Eelam for the refugees.  Addressing the huge gathering, […]

By Karuna, INDIA NEWS, LATEST UPDATES, SRI LANKA NEWS

Demand for federalism: Kiriella asks media not to set country ablaze

25/04/201625/04/2016 Karu

By Cyril Wimalasurendre KANDY – Extremists were asking for federalism. Such moves should not be taken so seriously. They must be ignored, said Higher Education and Highways Minister Lakshman Kiriella in Kandy on Saturday 23. […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

Unidentified gang abducts ex-LTTE commander in East

25/04/201625/04/2016 Karu

An unidentified gang yesterday abducted a former LTTE commander identified as Ram at Thambuluvil in the Ampara district. Security sources told The Island that Ram had been rehabilitated after the conclusion of the conflict in […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS, WORLD NEWS

Federal unit in re-merged NE NPC resolution should be examined like any other proposal – TNA

25/04/201625/04/2016 Karu

Sumanthiran,HakeemBy Shamindra Ferdinando Tamil National Alliance (TNA) spokesperson M. A. Sumanthiran, MP yesterday told The Island that a resolution seeking the re-merger of the Eastern Province with the Northern Province adopted by the TNA-led Northern Provincial Council […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

Sri Lanka’s NPC not for special powers, says chairperson

25/04/201625/04/2016 Karu

Our demand for federalism should not be misconstrued as something in favour of separatism, says council chairperson The Northern Provincial Council (NPC), which has reiterated the position of Tamil parties for a merger of the […]

By Karuna, INDIA NEWS, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

Non-auspicious times and a bit on Britain

25/04/201625/04/2016 Karu

No less a person than the previous President Mahinda Rajapaksa has proclaimed that the times selected by astrologers as propitious for the start of the New Year on April 13 around 7.00 p.m., the hearth […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS, UK NEWS

Transparency Key as Rights Commission Deadline Looms

25/04/201625/04/2016 Karu

January 2015 saw a momentous change in Sri Lanka. After nearly 10 years of increasingly authoritarian rule, a new government promising change was voted into office. The new government immediately set about righting many of […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SRI LANKA NEWS, WORLD NEWS

Fisheries exports to bounce back

25/04/201625/04/2016 Karu

by Manjula Fernando The European Commission last week gave the initial clearance to resume Sri Lanka’s fisheries exports to the 28 nation-strong region, lifting a ban that was clamped down since January 2015, depriving the […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS, WORLD NEWS

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