Archive for June, 2007
Army doctors conducts free medical camp for Jaffna civilians
Army doctors of the Palali base hospital conducted a free medical camp for the people of Kolombuthurai, Mulli, Ariyalai and Chenmani villages in the Ariyalai north central and Ariyalai south areas last Sunday (24).
Ariyalai north central and Ariyalai south areas fall under the purview of the 514 Brigade. The medical camp held at the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )430 people were slain in Sri Lanka and most of them were Tamils
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Presidential Commission appointed by President Mahinda Rajapakse to investigate a widespread killings and disappearances most of them from the minority Tamils in the North and East of Sri Lanka where they are fighting for an independent homeland.
The Commission said today, between September 2006 and February 2007 some 430 people were slain and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Air Force resumed air strikes on identified LTTE targets in support of ground operations
The Air Force resumed air strikes on identified LTTE targets in support of ground operations in the east and to weaken LTTE deployments along the forward defence lines in the northern theatre of operations. Air Force jets bombarded an identified LTTE target in Thoppigala around 10.55 a.m. and a Sea Tiger base with radar, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Powerful claymore mine, weighing 20 kilos, was found by the Borella Police
A powerful claymore mine, weighing 20 kilos, was found by the Borella Police yesterday in Skanda Devale Road, Obeysekerapura. Preliminary investigations revealed that the mine had been transported from Vavuniya in a government vehicle. Police believe it was kept buried to be used in the future on a VIP travelling to Parliament.
The mine was brought [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Remembering Lt. Gen. Parami Kulatunga
The memory of Lt. Gen. Parami Kulatunga, fondly referred to as “Parami” among Senior Officers is still fresh in our minds even a year after his assassination by a Tamil Tiger suicide bomber near the Pannipitiya junction on 26th June 2006. The suicide bomber’s explosive-laden motorbike rammed into the official vehicle of Lt.Gen. Parami Kulatunge [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )CEB engineers want COPE to probe second Power plant
The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union yesterday urged the Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises to initiate a full probe into the setting up of second power plant at Kerawalapitiya, before a huge amount public money goes waste.
The CEBEU told the COPE Committee that if the second plant is set up as planned it would [...]
Jaffna is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist
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“Jaffna is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist,” Jacqueline Park of the International Federation of Journalists remarked.
IFJ, together with International Media Support, International Press Institute, Reporters Without Borders and the South Asia Media Commission, formed the mission that had also published a report on the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Peace talks, a possibility – Bogollagama
The Government is positive that the Co-Chairs, which will meet in Oslo on June 25-26, would encourage the LTTE to come to the peace process or to a negotiated settlement, the Foreign Affairs Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said.
In an interview with the ’Sunday Observer’ Minister Bogollagama, while reiterating that the LTTE has close links with [...]
Sri Lanka shows no political will to probe murders of journalists
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The International press groups said on Friday, Sri Lanka shows no political will to probe a spate of murders of journalists, demanding an end to impunity for the perpetrators and intimidation of the media.
The rights groups say 11 journalists and media workers have been killed since late 2005 as the island [...]
Mangala and Sripathi vowed to bring down the Rajapaksa led administration
Mangala Samaraweera and Sripathi Sooriyarachchi vowed to bring down the Rajapaksa led administration by defecting some 20 ministers from the government side, if necessary.
“As 20 ministers are ready to join with us, we are ready to topple the President Mahinda Rajapaksa led government,” former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera told media this morning [...]
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