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President Mahinda Rajapaksa today announced that Sri Lanka will be providing US$ 1 million in financial assistance to Palestine.President Rajapaksa has been a long-time supporter of the Palestinian cause and is the Founder President of the Sri Lanka Committee for Solidarity with Palestine. During this year's Eid Festival Week, the President expressed concern for the violence in Gaza. 'It is my hope that the violence in Gaza is halted and peace prevails in the region,' President Rajapaksa said on his Twitter account. Earlier in July, the President also called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to inquire about the situation in Gaza and offered his condolenc…

CNN Exclusive: A single Iranian attack drone found to contain parts from more than a dozen US companies By Natasha Bertrand Updated 1:51 PM EST, Wed January 4, 2023 Aftermath of a Russian drone attack on Kyiv, early on the morning of December 19, 2022. Sergei Supinksky/AFP/Getty Images WashingtonCNN — Parts made by more than a dozen US and Western companies were found i…

Macron wants an invitation to the BRICS Summit? This idea is bold and innovative: Global Times editorial French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech as he meets the French community, in Beijing, China, on April 5, 2023. Photo: VCG According to French media reports, French President Emmanuel Macron has asked South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for an invitation to the BRICS Summit scheduled for August. This news has not been confirmed by the Élysée Palace yet, and the spokesperson for the South African president claimed to be unaware of Macron's request. Moscow has asked Paris to provide an explanation: Do they…

Supporters of former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa have their eyes set on the upcoming parliamentary elections, hoping to bring him back into Sri Lankan politics, a move that could pose a serious challenge to new President Maithripala Sirisena’s agenda for democratic reforms. Rajapaksa, who oversaw a military victory over Tamil Tiger guerrillas six years ago, but at the cost of the lives of more than 70,000 civilians, as the United Nations noted in a report, was dramatically defeated by his one-time ally, Sirisena, in last month’s presidential election. But Rajapaksa is not giving up yet. “What we are experiencing today is not a defeat but a result of a c…

The Defense Of Our People By: Brian Senewiratne - Australia Courtesy: TamilCanadian - September 1, 2007 ... ...... At a recent talk to expatriate Tamils, I was asked, “What is the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) doing?” I chose to answer the question with another, “What are you doing”. The answer is “Nothing, other than hallucinating about Eelam and trying to shift the responsibility for its achievement, to the LTTE”. What can we do? A great deal. ... ..... I launched a series of DVDs (I have lost count – I think about half a dozen) - to show the world what has been happening to our Tamil people (yes, they are my people as much as they are yours). I…

Australia Medical Aid Foundation (AMAF) donated drill system to Teaching hospital Jaffna. Dr Ketheeswaran, President AMAF visited and handed over the equipment.

“…..to not to be a fanatic means to be, to some extent and in some way, a traitor in the eyes of the fanatic”. Amos Oz (How to cure a fanatic) What if after the defeat of the JVP insurgency, the Premadasa administration prevented Sinhala families from mourning their JVP-dead? What if every commemorative activity from the political to the religious was banned? What if Buddhists monks were told to stop preaching sermons (bana) and accepting alms (dane) on behalf of dead JVPers? Would such measures have caused reconciliation or a renewal of hatred? By turning mourning into a crime, are the Rajapaksas building-peace or seeding another conflict? The Tigers were …

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[TamilNet, May 01, 2006 06:14 GMT] Two Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) soldiers and four Tamil civilians were killed in an explosion in Trincomalee town, around 9.45 a.m, Monday. Three SLN personnel and 2 civilians were wounded in the explosion, that occured at at Vidiyalayam Road in Trincomalee town, Trincomalee police said. The police said the blast was caused by a claymore mine fixed to a bicycle, parked on the road side. The bomb went off when the soldiers on a road clearing operation bagan examining the bicycle, ¨the police said. The civilians killed in the blast were identified as Praba, a three wheeler driver, Ms.Chitra Thurainayagam, and her two children- Va…

A look at some key facts about Sri Lanka, as violence threatens to push the island nation back to civil war. ___ GEOGRAPHY: A tropical teardrop-shaped island off India's southern tip, covering 25,500 square miles. Capital is Colombo. Plantations of coconut, rubber, tea, cinnamon and other spices, with large, sparsely inhabited areas of forest and scrub land. ___ PEOPLE: About 20 million, including 74 percent Sinhalese, 18 percent Tamil and 7 percent Muslim. Most Sinhalese are Buddhists, while Tamils are predominantly Hindus or Christians. The Tamil population is concentrated in the north and east, or in the central hill plantations. ___ …

ndia yesterday renewed its commitment to the sustenance of peace and development in Sri Lanka as the giant neighbour documented over $ 1.3 billion in post-war support. 'As Sri Lanka strives towards a peaceful future, the Government and the people of India remain committed to assist Sri Lanka in its endeavours of rehabilitation, reconstruction and reconciliation,' Indian High Commissioner Y.K. Sinha said yesterday at the launch of brochure titled 'India and Sri Lanka: A partnership that transcends time' with Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa. 'India and Sri Lanka share a dynamic and multifaceted bilateral relationship that is rooted in close soci…

A 15-year-old boy who fell through pond ice near his Scarborough home with a friend eight days ago has died in hospital without ever regaining consciousness. Kishoban Alakeswaran was throwing stones on a frozen pond near Morningside Ave. and Finch Ave. E. with his 11-year-old friend Brunthan Nadarajah when he went through the thin ice. Brunthan drowned while trying to rescue Kishoban, who later remained unconscious in the Hospital for Sick Children while his parents and family kept a constant bedside vigil. He was taken off life support early Sunday as his parents prayed. Sunday night, stricken relatives and friends gathered at the home of Kishoban's parents. "He…

Former Miss World: 'I'm not scared to talk about my rape. But I hope men will be afraid' When Israeli Linor Abargil collected her Miss World crown, she was in floods of tears. Why? She'd just been raped. Now, 16 years later, she tells Radhika Sanghani why she's made a film, encouraging female rape survivors to share their experiences Linor Abargil won Miss World in 1998 and is now fighting for women's rights Photo: BRAVEMISSWORLD.COM By Radhika Sanghani Linor Abargil was crowned Miss World in 1998. She was 18 years old and was representing her country, Israel. When her name was announced, she stood on stage, sobbing. But they were not t…

SRI LANKA SCORE SOARS IN `TAMIL BASHING` March fortnight toll: 34 Tamil civilians were killed and 24 were recorded disappeared by GoSL operated forces during the first fortnight of March. No disappearances were recorded in Batticaloa. This highlights the total blackout of information coming out of Batticaloa. This blackout is an extension of the reporting of the refugee crisis there. A Jaffna University student, a Christian pastor and his two adult sons were among those killed and disappeared. A father was shot and killed as he traveled with his wife and young child. The charts below shows the statistics for the fortnight. District …

Etihad pulling out of Lanka COLOMBO: Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways said yesterday that it was pulling out of Sri Lanka, citing a sharp drop in tourist traffic to the tropical island due to ongoing fighting between government and rebel forces. "After extensive market analysis, we have decided to discontinue our services between Colombo and Abu Dhabi from September 9," the airline's manager for Sri Lanka, Kumar de Silva, said. Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka plunged 30 per cent to 30,810 in June as compared with 44,066 a year earlier. For the six months through June, overall tourist arrivals were down nearly 25p to 224,791 visitors, compared to the same per…

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An employee of the Swiss embassy in Sri Lanka has been "detained and threatened" in Colombo, sparking anger from Swiss authorities. Switzerland summoned the Sri Lankan ambassador and demanded an inquiry after the incident came to light. Swiss officials said unidentified men tried to force the woman to "disclose embassy-related information". They did not provide more details, but it comes after a top Sri Lankan police officer reportedly sought Swiss asylum. It is widely believed he feared for his safety after the election of Gotabaya Rajapaksa as Sri Lanka's president earlier this month. Mr Rajapaksa, a former wartime defence chief, is accused of v…

Prasanth Subendran’s Startup BusSeat is Transforming Sri Lanka’s Transportation Industry Yathursha Ulakentheran July 11, 2017 AddThis Sharing 0167 SHARES Share to FacebookFacebookShare to TwitterTwitterShare to MoreMore BusSeat.lk is a very well-known name to those who book long distance bus seats online in Sri Lanka. Despite the existing competitors in the market, BusSeat.lk has already marked its name in the IT based transport industry. So has the founder of the company, Prasanth Subendran. Who is…

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23 November 2013 By Frances Harrison There are reports that the Sri Lankan security forces have been detaining and questioning Tamils who gave interviews to the British media covering the Commonwealth meeting in the island last week. In other cases family members of those who gave interviews or helped the media have been threatened and intimidated. The victims do not want publicity for their individual cases for fear of further retaliation but the intimidation has involved threatening phone calls, security forces turning up at people’s homes, as well as visits to children’s schools, work places and detention for hours of questioning. This is in additio…

Claymore attack in Trinco, 2 SLAF personnel killed [TamilNet, April 15, 2006 14:42 GMT] Two Sri Lanka Air Force personnel were killed and one was wounded when a Claymore mine hit their Jeep in Kappalthurai, located about 10 km from east port town along Trincomalee-Colombo trunk road, military sources in Colombo said. The attack was reported around 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Further details are not available at the moment. The entire Kappalthurai village was displaced in 1990 when Sri Lanka Army launched a military operation in the area and the villagers began to resettle in 1996.

Pro-LTTE website attacks Karunanidhi By M.R. Narayan Swamy, Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) A website that supports Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas has come out with a stinging attack on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi over his government's alleged support to the breakaway faction of Karuna. In a hard-hitting commentary in Tamil, www.webeelam.com has accused the DMK government of allowing Karuna loyalists to recruit members from among Tamil civilians fleeing Sri Lanka to Tamil Nadu and called it a 'very big betrayal'. It has also warned ominously: 'This will not be forgiven by world Tamils.' …

Dear friends, All these times the Sri Lankan Tamil expatriates whom are living all around the world have been being contributed enormously towards the Indian Tamil film industry to sustain in their difficult time and also to grow in crores worth of payments are being earned by those top actors. Even though none of the top actors, except a very few, have never given a single thought or voiced against Sri Lankan government's genocide and atrocities to the innocent Tamils who are living in Tamil Eelam. In this circumstances if we all expatriates get together and boycott the film called Sivaji acted by Rajni Kanth directed by Shanker and produced by AVM Sar…

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