Thursday 2nd September, 2010
Sri Lanka: India: Peace agreed between Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen
The fishing industry is vital for both countries, but Indian vessels exploit their greater technological weight to beat the Sinhalese to catches. To avoid further clashes at sea, a peace encounter is ...
Const. amendment bill debate and vote on same day – Govt.
The Government will take the constitutional amendment bill for debate on September 8 and vote will be taken on the same day, Government Chief Whip Dinesh Gunawardena said today.
Sri Lanka: SLA deserters rob jewelry posing as Interpol officers
Kosawathe police in Chilaw district arrested Wednesday six deserters of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) including an officer who had robbed one million rupees worth jewelry from a woman who had recently returned...
India emphasises on political settlement
General SourcesIndia has conveyed to Sri Lanka that beyond resettling and rehabilitating displaced Tamils, Colombo should begin the political process to resolve festering ethnic issues that plunged the island nation...
Massive anti Con reform protest in Ampara
Digatha NewsThis protest was led by former JVP parliamentarian Wasantha Piyathissa, Urban Council member Wijaya Weerasuriya, Namal Oya Pradeshiya Sabba members Dammika Batagoda and several others.The JVP is now i...
Tamils want Ottawa to stop making unproven accusations
CTVTORONTO — Ottawa must stop making allegations that some illegal Tamil immigrants may have terrorist links and instead produce evidence, the Canadian Tamil Congress said Wednesday. Authorities ne...
Explosive materials bound for Sri Lanka seized from India
Ada DeranaTwo persons were arrested today for allegedly attempting to smuggle explosive materials, including gelatin sticks, to Sri Lanka by the sea route from nearby Thondi, Tamil Nadu, Inda.
No free and fair elections in Sri Lanka- CaFFE
Digatha NewsCaFFE also points out that the President taking over the powers of the Constitutional Council and appointing a Parliamentary committee for consultation only when it is necessary is a serious situation...
JVP: Time Is Running Out For Democracy
The Sunday LeaderThe JVP today (2) said the government’s move to introduce constitutional amendments would create a dictatorship in the country. JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva addressing a gathering opposite th...
SRI LANKA: Anger Rises Over Torture Case, But Solution Unclear
IPSCOLOMBO - The ordeal of a Sri Lankan domestic worker whose Saudi Arabian employer allegedly drove nails and metal wires into her body has sent alarm bells ringing among government officials and act...
People smuggler tells Aussie court of bribes
Ada DeranaA self-confessed people smuggler who helped asylum seekers get on boats to Australia has told a court of bribes paid in Indonesia. Sri Lankan-born Tamil Pathmendra Pulendren, 36, from Pendle Hill in...
Thewarapperuma released on bail
Ada DeranaThe Mathugama Magistrate courts today released UNP Kalutara District MP Palitha Thewarapperuma on bail today. He was arrested December 2009 for allegedly assaulting a secretary of a government minis...
Sri Lanka: Properties of uprooted in Vanni plundered with SLA assistance
General SourcesMuslim and Sinhala traders from Southern Sri Lanka are actively plundering the properties abandoned when the people of Vanni were forced to leave them during war, with the assistance of Sri Lanka Army...
Sri Lankan officials await response in maid torture case
CNN Asia(CNN) -- Despite reports that a Saudi couple accused of torturing a Sri Lankan housemaid was arrested, Saudi authorities have not verified the action, a Sri Lankan official told CNN.
NTUC To Talk To Unions On Salary Increases
The Sunday LeaderThe National Trade Union Center (NTUC) is to commence discussions today (2) with other trade unions with regard to the action to be taken to win the demand of salary increments for the working masses....
Massive Campaign By JVP Against Amendments
The Sunday LeaderThe JVP has decided to intensify its campaign against the government’s proposed constitutional amendments. The JVP is to launch an island wide campaign to distribute handbills against the constitut...
Maid denies Saudi accusations; reveals how she came through airport
Ada DeranaTortured Sri Lankan maid Ariyawathie denied Saudi accusations that she is lying and her story is baseless. Ariyawathie has revealed how she was taken at 2am to the airport and how when the alarms w...
India reassures Sri Lankan Tamils of speedy resettlement
General SourcesColombo/New Delhi, Sep 2 : India Wednesday rejected reports that it was bringing Indian nationals to Sri Lanka for reconstruction work in the war-ravaged northern districts and underlined its determin...
Rajaratnam allegedly funded LTTE: US Judge lets suit proceed
Ada DeranaA lawsuit accusing a Wall Street hedge fund manager and his father of using a charitable foundation to funnel millions of dollars to the LTTE, a Sri Lankan terrorist group, can go forward, a federal...
K Jayathilaka - The Living Icon of Sinhala literature
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India utilising Lankan labour in reconstruction work - Rao
Ada Derananation, categorically denied that there was any move to bring in Indian labour for reconstruction work here. Construction of houses and other reconstruction work that was helping
Versatile Louis-Jean has 'whole package'
General SourcesBROCKTON, Mass. (AP) - His coach remembers when Albert Louis-Jean took the second half kickoff back for a touchdown in the 2009 season opener against a tough opponent. “It was a close game ag...
Hostage Situation at Discovery Channel HQ
The Sunday LeaderA man, apparently an environmental activist, has taken at least one hostage at the Discovery Channel headquarters in Maryland, USA. It is ironic that an environmental activist should target the channe...
Matale-Colombo express bus service re-launched
General SourcesThe Lake house sponsored Matale-Colombo express bus service was re-launched yesterday morning. The inaugural bus departed for Colombo from Matale around 11.30 am yesterday amidst pirith chanting by...
Month of Ramazan begins [Aug 12 2010]
General SourcesThe Colombo Grand Mosque has announced that month of Ramazan has commenced with the sighting of the moon this evening. Muslims in Sri Lanka begin their month long fasting at dawn on Thursday (August 1...
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