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Dec. 15, 2007, 5:50PM Sri Lanka relishing recent gains against Tamil Tigers But many doubt long war will end anytime soon By LAURIE GOERING Chicago Tribune COLOMBO, SRI LANKA — In its all-out bid to finally defeat the country's Tamil Tiger separatists by military force, Sri Lanka's government has made some undeniable gains. It has seized the Tiger-held east of the country, sunk supply ships carrying arms to the rebels and, last month, it managed to drop a precision bomb on a meeting in the rebel's northern stronghold, killing the Tigers' top political leader. The message has not been lost on the rebels: When Velupillai Prabhakaran, the group'…

New Zealand Expresses Regret over Sri Lanka’s unilateral Ending of CFA Jan 17, 2008, 00:15 Digg this story! Wellington - New Zealand’s Duty Minister Rick Barker, expressed regret over the Sri Lanka’s decision of unilateral abrogation of the internationally supported, Norway inspired, February, 2002 Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government of Sri Lanka (GoSL). He said through a Media Statement that, New Zealand is concerned about the deterioration of the security situation in Sri Lanka and the very serious implications for the civilian population. "New Zealand is concerned about the…

Life in Vanni; Then & Now By: K.Mylvaganam Courtesy: TamilCanadian - January 22, 2008 Life in Vanni is both a bed of Roses and Thorns. It all depends to a great extent as to how one perceives things. For example if one were to miss watching the TV and other related facilities due to the lack of electricity and if one were to get terrified at the thundering noise of the KFir bombers and the frequent fall of artillery shells, then life becomes a Bed of Thorns. But on the other hand if we were to pat our backs and say that we are safe from all the ill effects of the TV; particularly the brain washing by the south Indian films and soap operas that ruins our…

6TH LEAD 9 killed, 101 wounded in Colombo train blast [TamilNet, Sunday, 03 February 2008, 08:45 GMT] Nine people were killed and 101 wounded in a bomb explosion inside Matara-Vavuniyaa train while it reached the 3rd platform of Colombo Fort Railway station, situated in the High Security Zone in Sri Lanka's capital Sunday at 2:10 p.m. All train services have been suspended, the Fort station was cordoned off and a search operation by the Sri Lankan armed forces was launched. The blast comes a day before Sri Lanka's 60th Independence Day celebrations amid speculations of Colombo embarking on a full fledged war on Vanni, stepping up aerial bombardment and artillery …

There was once a time in Sri Lanka when even despite the dictatorial rule of the Rajapakasas there was a glimmer of hope for the people because a law operated in the country. Continuing from that dark era, when democracy was virtually nonexistent, people saw the law receiving its deserving status as one of the three pillars on which democracy exists. At present under the Wickremesinghe government any person having a grievance has the right to seek the assistance of the law. This is what Prof. Chandragupta Thenuwara and Gamini Viyangoda did when they raised abjections about the citizenship status of president hopeful Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The issue here is that they ha…

Did Israel explode a small nuclear bomb in Syria? Spike in radiation report says… Reports have added that the European Union's Radioactive Environmental Monitoring found that the amount of radiation increased in Turkey and Cyprus hours after the intense blast, pointing towards a small nuclear attack. Benjamin Netanyahu In a step that has shocked the entire world, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) carried out an airstrike on the weapons depot in Tartus, Syria on 16 December 2024. Through the massive strike, Israel reportedly destroyed the Scud missile facility located in Syria. However, reports are speculating that the damage cause…

Longtime "Jeopardy" host Alex Trebek doesn't need more than half a minute to end his 35-year tenure on the TV series. In an interview with ABC News, Trebek said he may not host the long-running game show for much longer. He didn't disclose when he'll stop appearing on the series, but he knows how he'll say goodbye to his loyal viewers. "I've kind of, in my mind, rehearsed it already, and what I would do on that day is tell the director, 'Time the show down to leave me 30 seconds at the end. That's all I want,'" he said. He went on: "Don't ask me who's going to replace me because I have no say whatsoever…

This week will probably be a week of destiny for Sri Lanka when we face the moment of truth and what our leaders and we do or do not do could reshape Sri Lanka’s history. Our country – devastated by a thirty-year war, two insurrections and racial riots – is facing its gravest constitutional, legal and political crisis with democracy itself at stake. It is no longer a case of personalities, personal conflicts or power struggles, but a tsunami that is threatening the foundations of the people’s sovereignty – good governance, accountability and a balance of power among the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary. The Constitution emphasises that people are sovereign…

13th Amendment and Provincial Councils By Prof. Vickramabahu Karunarathne COLUMNS By Prof. Vickramabahu Karunarathne The rhetoric against the 13th Amendment to the Constitution and the resultant Provincial Councils, by the Government Ministers’ seems to be waning away. The reason or reasons for the calls for the abolition of the Constitutional amendment by ministers and various Sinhalese nationalist groups not being heard for about two weeks so far. Also the Government’s stance on the 13th Amendment and Provincial Councils even seems to be softening. If it is not an illusion, the reason for it may be the concern repeatedly expressed by Indian G…

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APMahinda Rajapaksa TOPICS World Sri Lankadiplomacy India-Sri Lanka politics government A recent statement by President Mahinda Rajapaksa that there will be no withdrawal of the army from the north has raised concerns about the Sri Lankan government’s intention as regards its demilitarisation. Explaining his position, the President, in his interview to Al-Jazeera, asked: “Then, if the other Provincial Councils also asked me to withdraw their army camps all over the country where can I have the army?” Ever since the ethnic war ended in 2009, different sections in the country have repeatedly raised issues of heavy militarisation in the north and east and the i…

KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka—In a villa surrounded by tall jak fruit trees and a squad of cadres toting T-56 assault rifles, S.P. Thamilselvan, the political leader of the Tamil Tiger guerrillas, sits pondering the political missteps of Stephen Harper's rookie government. "We know the complexity of the political problems any party would normally come across during a period of transition or a change from one party to another," he says. Thamilselvan says he's been searching for a plausible reason Harper's government ignored Canada's 200,000-strong Tamil community and placed their "freedom-fighting organization" alongside Al Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah on a list of crim…

India's burgeoning blogging community is up in arms against a government directive that they say has led to the blocking of their web logs. The country's 153 internet service providers (ISP) have blocked 17 websites since last week on federal government orders. Some of these sites belong to Google's Blogspot, a leading international web log hosting service. Indian bloggers say that the decision is an attack on freedom of speech. source- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asi...sia/5194172.stm

Some say terror label prolongs Sri Lanka war By jared ferrie Publish Date: 28-Sep-2006 The streets of Jaffna were lined with government soldiers. Posted every 50 metres, leaning up against pockmarked walls, or standing in the thin shadow of a tree in the blazing sun. They rode slowly by on bicycles, in the back of tractor trailers, and cruised past in truck convoys. Within months of this early summer scene, the uneasy calm would erupt into open battle with the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the Tamil Tigers, or LTTE). There were checkpoints all the way from Jaffna town southeast to the peninsula’s narrow Elephant Pass. Since 1998, …

Sri Lanka army 'kills 23 rebels' The Sri Lankan army says it captured four Tamil Tiger bases and killed 23 rebels in clashes in the east of the island overnight. The fighting took place in the district of Batticaloa, military spokesman Brig Prasad Samarasinghe said. There has been no comment from the Tamil Tigers. Some 4,000 people have been killed in escalating violence since late 2005, with tens of thousands of civilians being displaced. 'No confrontation' "There are 23 confirmed LTTE (Tamil Tigers) dead," military spokesman Brig Samarasinghe told journalists in the capital, Colombo. "We have captured four bases without c…

வெற்றியை இழக்கும் நிலையில் சிறிலங்கா - அமெரிக்கா காங்கிரஸ் உறுப்பினர் Grimm: Sri Lankan Government Risks Squandering Hard-Won Opportunity By By Rep. Michael Grimm The end of a three-decade long civil war in Sri Lanka has given the country an incredible opportunity to address the war's root cause — long-standing ethnic tension — and forge ahead with its plans for an open, democratic and prosperous future. The war between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam was devastating to all Sri Lankans: Countless lives were lost, individuals were stripped of their livelihoods and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced. Unfortunately, I worr…

Amidst soaring electricity rates, the Government is giving priority to the proposed multi-million dollar mega undersea power transmission line with India. Power and Energy Minister John Seneviratne said yesterday he or a senior official from his ministry would lead a delegation to India for this purpose. A preliminary feasibility report has already been completed. The $450-million project involved the laying of a 200-km long submarine cable to enable India to export electricity to Sri Lanka and would connect Madurai in Tamil Nadu with Thalaimannar, Mannar and Anuradhapuara, The Sunday Times learns. The plans to expedite the export of electricity from India com…

Sri Lanka exports flat in November, imports down ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has exported 979 million dollars of goods in November 2019, unchanged from last year, and earned 332 million US dollars of tourism revenue down 9.5 percent, central bank data showed. Migrant workers had also remitted 515 million US dollars down 7.2 percent, totaling 1.8 billion rupees of external current income to import goods and consumer services and travel abroad. Tourism however is an estimated figure. Merchandise imports fell 1.3 percent to 1.74 billion rupees amid weak credit, giving deficit in the merchandise account of 762 million US dollars down fro…

Ceylon Today (17.04.2020) had a story headlined “Gen Election 2020. Could be held in May.” We all know that since this date has been suggested by government sources. What is alarming however are the following three extracted paragraphs from the body of the article: “According to sources at the Election Commission (EC), with the approval of both Director General of Health Services, Dr. Anil Jasinghe and Head of the National Operation Centre for the Prevention of the spread of the coronavirus, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, the postponed General Election could be held on the last week of May. […] “The meeting is scheduled to be held on Monday, 20 April, with…

Kalum Gunarathna drunkenly drove into oncoming traffic in February 2019 The lawyer had left work at S. Satha & Co Solicitors, where he was drinking He crashed into a telegraph post and nine cars before he attempted to flee He was sentenced to nine months in prison and has now been fined £10,000 A top lawyer drunkenly drove his car towards oncoming traffic and smashed into a telegraph pole and nine parked vehicles, a disciplinary hearing has heard. Kalum Gunarathna left work at S. Satha & Co Solicitors after drinking in February 2019 and got into his car, before driving into oncoming traffic and crashing into a telegraph post…

எரிசக்தி அமைச்சு மீது கொண்டுவரப்பட நம்பிக்கையில்லா தீர்மானம் மீதான விவாதத்தில் தமிழ் தேசிய மக்கள் முன்னணி தலைவரால் ஆற்றப்பட்ட உரை

The great diversity of Indian religious beliefs and the varied cultured traditions of the different states are very interesting and this is seen in the festival of Pongal. "May the pot of prosperity boil over May the Pongal that we cook, the fragrance of turmeric the taste of sugarcane, ginger and honey Bring the joy of Pongal into our homes May the blessings of the Sun God flood our lives. With many other verses like this the people of Tamil Nadu greet the great festival of Pongal celebrated all over the South as Makar Sankranti, in Tamil Nadu it has an additional significance as Pongal welcomes the occasion of the incoming harvest. The Puranas,…