Jaffna comes to Colombo
By Randima Attygalle The Jaffna Food Festival at the Cinnamon Grand, while dishing out true flavours of the north also showcases a unique culture and emphasises the empowerment of women Guests at the festival at […]
Day: 19 February 2017
UK have responsibility in halting Mullaiththeevu structural genocide
[TamilNet, Saturday, 18 February 2017, 01:52 GMT] Britain and Australia that have sent high-level policy planners to ‘assess’ Keappaa-pulavu in the company of occupying Sinhala military of genocidal Sri Lanka in January 2013, should also […]
SL military puts up shoot-at-sight warning inside appropriated Keappaa-pulavu lands
[TamilNet, Friday, 17 February 2017, 23:13 GMT] The occupying military of genocidal Sri Lanka has put up notice boards threatening the protesting families and the people visiting Keappaa-pulavu not to enter the lands that have […]
Decision On GSP On May 15
By Easwaran Rutnam The European Union (EU) is to decide on Sri Lanka’s application for Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) on May 15. This was communicated to Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran by […]
CBK’s remarks on ‘war widows’ irk military
BY GAGANI WEERAKOON President Maithripala Sirisena instructed officials to provide an allowance of Rs 10,000 per month for all farmers who are affected by the prevailing dry weather and also instructed relevant authorities to appoint […]
CID Arrests Army Personnel Over Keith Noyahr Attack
Keith Noyahr, the deputy editor of The Nation newspaper in 2008. However, sources pointed out that the main culprit, who orchestrated the attack against Noyahr, continued to remain in the government, serving as a senior […]
Thajudeen Murder: Ex-Crimes OIC Released On Bail Despite Concealing Evidence
Former Narahenpita Crimes OIC Sumith Perera was released on bail today by the Colombo High Court despite covering up the murder of ruggerite Wasim Thajudeen. Wasim Thajudeen The court which released the suspect on a […]
Military Intelligence Hit Squad Operating Out of Kohuwela Camp Used For Assassinating,Abducting and Attacking Journalists from 2006 to 2010
Sri Lanka’s police made a major breakthrough Saturday in their investigations in to the abduction of news editor Keith Noyahr as well as a string of other attacks, disappearances and killings of journalists by arresting […]
Major Prabath Bulathwatte, Sgt Duminda weeraratne and Sgt Hemachandra Perera of Military Intelligence Arrested Over Attack on Ex-Newspaper Editor Keith Noyahr.
Criminal Investigation Detectives yesterday arrested an Army officer and two Sergeants over the May 2008 attack on journalist Keith Noyahr. The arrests came after the trio were summoned to CID headquarters on Friday and interrogated. […]
Sustained Concerns About Torture in Sri Lanka
Torture remains a major problem in Sri Lanka. A recent report from the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment has reminded us of that. The report presents […]
BJP weighing up ‘political split’ in Rajapaksa camp?
Seeks to ‘neutralise’ the former Sri Lankan President Even as Sri Lanka’s former President Mahinda Rajapaksa angles for a political comeback, New Delhi appears to be weighing up possible political shifts in the island, including […]
Are The Militant Sinhala & Tamil Diaspora In Melbourne Loosing Steam ?
By Shyamon Jayasinghe – Shyamon Jayasinghe Before movements and institutions fall apart they become objects of laughter. Many thinkers of the past have commented on the valuable function of humour, laughter and mockery in social […]
Don’t give time to Govt. for probe
Northern Province Chief Minister CV Wigneswaran has urged the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) not to heed to the government’s request for more time to probe war crimes allegations. Wigneswaran made the […]
Sri Lankan government sends back families of missing Tamils with yet another promise
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan government ministers who met representatives the families of 32,000 missing Tamils here on February 9, sent them back with yet another promise that their grievance will be attended to after the return […]
Accountability issues: Sampanthan govt’s mouth piece: EPRLF leader
EPRLF leader and former Parliamentarian Suresh Premachandra yesterday charged that TNA leader R. Sampanthan is in support of the government’s proposals to obtain more time to address accountability issues. Premachandra said all members parties in […]
Sri Lanka still unsafe for Tamil asylum seekers to return
The Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, speaking at a press conference in Canberra together with the Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, urged asylum seekers who had fled the country to return. Prime Minister Wickremesinghe […]