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Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam speaking about Indian media allegations of a Pakistani diplomat in Colombo involved in spying India and planning attacks in Chennai, said that it is an effort to create a wedge between Pakistan and Sri Lanka as the two countries have excellent relations with fruitful discussions on strengthening bilateral relations and increasing economic ties. She termed 'irresponsible' the recent statement of India's new Army Chief threatening Pakistan of dire consequences of infiltration attempts. She said that terrorism is a common enemy afflicting entire region and concerted efforts must be made by all sides for combat…

An Important Issue: MUST READ Politics is not a SERVICE anymore but a PROFESSION!!! An Important Issue! Salary & Govt. Concessions for a Member of Parliament (MP) Monthly Salary : Rs. 12,000/- Expense for Constitution per month : Rs. 10,000/- Office expenditure per month : Rs. 14,000/- Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km) : Rs. 48,000/- (eg. For a visit from Nuwara eliya & return : 600 km) Daily DA TA during parliament meets : Rs. 500/day Charge for 1 class (A/C) in Train : Free (For any number of times) (All over sri lanka ) Charge for Business Class in Flights : Free for 40 trips …

March 8, 1992 "Our women are seeking liberation from the structures of oppression deeply embedded in our society. This oppressive cultural system and practices have emanated from age old ideologies and superstitions. Tamil women are subjected to intolerable suffering as a consequence of male chauvinistic oppression, violence and from the social evils of casteism and dowry." Today is International Women’s day, a day of awakening, resurgence and political action by women who constitute half the population of the world, a day the marks the revolutionary struggle of women for equal rights and social justice. I am happy to see that this day of women’s resurgence is celeb…

‘If the generals are counting tunnels, it suggests things are not going well’ Yehuda Kfir, an expert in underground warfare, says the IDF can’t keep bombing buildings and infrastructure to locate Hamas’s tunnels: ‘We need to dig from our side to theirs’ By TAL SCHNEIDER 19 December 2023, 4:38 pm 27 Soldiers stand in a large Hamas tunnel found near the Erez border crossing in the northern Gaza Strip, in a handout image published December 17, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces) This week, the Israel Defense Forces publicized what it said was the biggest Hamas terror tunnel uncovered to date, built under the stewardship of…

Sri Lanka warns Indian fishermen NEW DELHI, July 16 APP: The Sri Lankan government has warned Indian fishermen from crossing the international maritime border line. Media reports quoting officials said the warning, which would be effective from Monday, had been sent to the Indian High Commission in Colombo. The fishermen, who cross international maritime border and enter Sri Lankan area would be arrested and their boats seized, Sri Lanka warned. In the meanwhile, the Indian Navy is in a process of installing seven state-of-the-art radars along Tamil Nadu’s eastern coast to monitor movement of boats and to prevent Indian fishermen crossing into Sri La…

Telegram app founder Pavel Durov arrested at airport in France The Franco-Russian billionaire is wanted on charges of allowing drug dealers and sex criminals to operate on the app, according to French media. Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, was arrested after he flew into Le Bourget airport outside Paris on his private jet on Saturday night. Russian-born Durov has been the subject of an arrest warrant in France. According to French media reports, the investigation focuses on the lack of moderators on Telegram, which police allege allows criminal activit…

Year 2019 is of great significance as it marks ten years since the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by the Sri Lankan military forces. People looked forward to enjoying peace after years of conflict and there seemed to be more freedom, economic development and material prosperity in many parts of the country. There were changes within the society where people visibly relaxed with lax security concerns. It seemed as if there were no major threats to national security until the Easter Sunday carnage this April. While military victory was crucial in ensuring the defeat of the LTTE, it is vital to scrutinise whether peace and positive socio-economic…

Naval vessels of the Sea Tigers of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) By: Nane Chozhan The Sea Tigers, the naval wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), functioned as a conventional maritime force rather than a guerrilla naval unit. At the outset of the Fourth Eelam War, the LTTE began officially referring to this formation as the “Tamil Eelam Navy” (தமிழீழக் கடற்படை / Tamiḻīḻak Kaṭaṟpaṭai), adopting a nomenclature parallel to that of their Tamil Eelam Air Force (TEAF). Emerging in 1984, the Sea Tigers initially focused on maritime trade, troop transfers, and naval mine operations, operating like a naval guerrilla unit while avoiding direct confrontat…

Raman’s war and his historical analogies By Neville de Silva The other day a journalist friend of mine (more a TV person than a print journalist) emailed me an article by B. Raman, a former additional secretary of India’s cabinet secretariat and currently the director of the Institute For Topical Studies in Chennai. Given the political turbulence in Tamil Nadu over Sri Lanka and the pressure by Chennai politicians on India’s central government to take positive action to ensure a ceasefire in Sri Lanka, it was useful to read what a Chennai-based analyst whose writings appear regularly in the Colombo media had to say about the military conflict. More so since…

LTTE activists threaten to kill Indian leaders Bala's phone numbers changed in London: Dushy Ranetunge in London UNITED KINGDOM: The Balasingham interview has brought the LTTE lunatic fringe out of the woodwork. One has threatened to eliminate the Indian Prime Minister. His posting in a well-known web newspaper reads as follows: "We Tamil LTTE don't care who it is in India that we kill. If we can kill Mahatma Gandhi, LTTE Tamils will kill him. I don't know why Bala apologised to India. India is a poverty stricken hell hole. LTTE Eelam is better. Manmohan is next on Prabhakaran's list." Rasam is expressing the LTTE hardcore view, whic…

Probably one of the most powerful and best documentary on the ethnic issue between singalish and tamil people in Sri Lanka, how these historical inter ethnic imbalances between majority Sinhalese and minority Tamil populations created the background for the origin of the LTTE and how these issues developed into a most disastrous bloody ethnic warfare..... And also This documentary film "Our Nation" reviews and analyzes how these have an impact not only on Sri Lanka's politics, but also on regions stretching from South Asia to Europe - from East to West, How the war came to an end without a solution to the ethnic conflict, and that future world will tolerate such unnecess…

The leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Mr. V. Pirapaharan in a statement issued today (13.05.1998) to mark the anniversary of the Sri Lankan military offensive operation called "Jayasikuru" (Victory Assured) described the Government's military campaign as a monumental disaster. Sri Lanka suffered unprecedented casualty rate in the year long battle with over 3000 Sinhala soldiers killed and 7000 injured, Mr. Pirapaharan said. The Government of Chandrika Kumaratunga is driving the country towards the path of destruction impelled by a singular passion to dominate and subjugate the Tamil homeland by military means, he further said. The following are extr…

Rathika Pathmanathan (Photo Courtesy: PK Balachandran) COLOMBO: Rathika Pathmanathan, a former combatant of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), urges fellow Sri Lankans divided by a 30 year ethnic conflict, to stop “accusing and punishing each other, and begin addressing the root causes of the conflict” so that Sinhalese and Tamils may live together in harmony. In her slender book “I Search For Myself In Darkness Called Light”, published simultaneously in Tamil, Sinhalese and English, Rathika tells the story of a young woman born and bred in war succinctly, without fear or favor. All that she says about …

Boris Johnson handed the EU a stark warning that a vaccines blockade of Northern Ireland could kill British pensioners in 'spicy' late-night phone calls with Ursula von der Leyen. The Prime Minister told the European Commission president that plans to stop 3.5 million doses from the Pfizer factory in Belgium the UK risked preventing people from receiving the second injection, forcing it into a hurried climbdown. While a single vaccination gives some protection from coronavirus, both are needed to achieve the maximum impact and Mr Johnson told Ms von der Leyen the EU's hardline plan could lead to the deaths of the most vulnerable, including elderly grandpare…

Could this finally be a breakthrough for cancer patients? A team of researchers at the University of Oxford in collaboration with U.K-based pharmaceutical company NuCana, have found a molecule in a Himalayan fungus that could help in killing cancer cells 40 times faster and with less harm as compared to existing chemotherapy medications. This new type of chemotherapy produced from the chemical has been found to be quite effective as an anti-cancer drug called NUC-7738. The new drug is still in the early stages of development so it’s still too early to tell if it would be a successful venture but the results look promising and might provide a new and improved thera…

The Accord offered the best chance to resolve the Tamil national question but was undermined by successive governments in Colombo M.A. Sumanthiran July 29, 1987 was a watershed in Sri Lanka’s history. That was the day Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi signed an accord with Sri Lankan President J.R. Jayewardene in Colombo, in which Sri Lanka promised to share power with the Tamil people. One cannot also forget the attack on the Indian Prime Minister later that day by a Naval Rating at a Guard of Honour. If not for his quick reflexes, the rifle butt that was swung at him would most certainly have cracked his skull. The history of Sri Lanka…

Cabinet spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella today accused '5 star' democracies of double standards by demanding freedom of assembly and speech and yet condemning a protest staged by an NGO earlier this week at an event attended by some western diplomats.Speaking at the weekly post cabinet press briefing today, the Minister noted that the British Government had allowed protests to take place against President Mahinda Rajapaksa when he had last visited Britain. However he says Britain and a few other countries had objected to the protest staged against a meeting held with the participation of families of the disappeared and some diplomats in Maradana this week. …

சன்சு வின் "Art of War" இனைத் தரவேற்றம் செய்துள்ளேன். இது பலருக்கும் பயனுள்ளதாக இருக்கும் என நம்புகின்றேன்.

The Occupation of Water The legacy of Israel’s 50-year occupation of the Palestinian territories has been systematic human rights violations on a mass scale. One of its most devastating consequences is the impact of Israel’s discriminatory policies on Palestinians’ access to adequate supplies of clean and safe water. Soon after Israel occupied the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, in June 1967, the Israeli military authorities consolidated complete power over all water resources and water-related infrastructure in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). 50 years on, Israel continues to control and restrict Palest…

U.S. shouldn't help Sri Lanka regime with our tax dollars editorials BY AHILAN SIVAGANESAN If you think Naziism or apartheid are long gone, you would do well to continue reading. Last month in Sri Lanka, 500 Tamils were forcibly evicted by police from the capital city of Colombo. They, along with 300 others who were detained, either lived in the capital or had been visiting for reasons including medical treatment. The police chief's explanation: ethnic minority Tamils cannot stay in the capital "without a valid reason." "Police didn't listen to us. They tried to beat us, they where scolding and they put us into the vehicles," explained a 54-year old m…

Claims Of A Meteorite's Ancient Aquatic Fossils Spark Debate Enlarge image i Images show what researchers say could be a "hystrichosphere," a fossilized dinoflagellate cyst. Journal of Cosmology Images show what researchers say could be a "hystrichosphere," a fossilized dinoflagellate cyst. Journal of Cosmology A meteorite that lit the sky over Sri Lanka with a yellow and green flame when it fell to earth on Dec. 29, 2012, contains "fossilized biological structures," according to researchers in Britain, Sri Lanka, and the United States. Elaborating on claims they first made in January, the scientists are also seeking to answe…

Hillary Clinton urges nuanced approach to ‘terrorists’ [TamilNet, Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 21:47 GMT] US Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton this week urged a more nuanced approach to armed non-state actors, arguing “the bottom line is, you can't lump all terrorists together. …what the Tamil Tigers are fighting for in Sri Lanka, or the Basque separatists in Spain, or the insurgents in al-Anbar province may only be connected by tactics.”Senator Clinton made her comments to Michael Tomasky of Britain’s ‘The Guardian’ newspaper in an interview which covered Iraq, the legacy of the Cold War and ceding executive powers. When asked “do you think that the terroris…

Sri Lanka’s recent elections may worsen policy uncertainty and ambitious growth targets may widen deficits with stimulus, amid planned tax cuts which may reduce revenues, Fitch, a rating agency has warned. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s economic manifesto had targeted an average growth rate of 6.5 percent or higher and promoting commodity and apparel exports, construction and tourism. “Strengthening growth and exports would be credit positive, but we think there is a risk of a more expansionary fiscal stance after the parliamentary elections,” Fitch ratings said. “Although detailed economic plans are yet to be announced, we think achieving ambitious growth …

Daily News 17 March..... Anandasangaree deplores TNA stand on Hoole COLOMBO: No one should meddle with the administration of the Jaffna University and ruin the education of students, states TULF Leader V. Anandasangaree, referring to protests made by the TNA regarding the appointment of Prof. Ratnajeevan Hoole as Vice Chancellor of the Jaffna University. "Some TNA Parliamentarians had met the President and requested him not to appoint Prof. Hoole. One can understand the students of the University protesting, may be out of ignorance or instigated by some one. "But the Members of Parliament protesting shows the subservient position they hold in their …

SLA soldiers fire at civilian bus in Jaffna [TamilNet, April 24, 2006 15:27 GMT] Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers opened fire at a civilian bus at Kanakappuliyady junction around 7:15 p.m. Monday. At least 2 civilian passengers were killed, according to initial reports from civilians sources in the area. Exact casualty details are not available at the moment. The attack on the civilian bus has taken place 2 km from the Claymore explosion site at Sarasalai-Meesalai border where a SLA soldier was killed around 5:00 p.m. SLA sources claimed their troopers shot at the bus after gunshots were fired at them from the bus.