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Sri Lanka economy in crisis as debt mounts, reserves dwindle.. (Sri Lankan daily waged laborers transport a cart load of imported garlic during restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus at a wholesale market place in Colombo) Sri Lanka has cut back on imports of farm chemicals, cars and even its staple spice turmeric as its foreign exchange reserves dwindle, hindering its ability to repay a mountain of debt as the South Asian island nation struggles to recover from the pandemic. Toothbrush handles, venetian blinds, strawberries, vinegar, wet wipes and sugar are among the hundreds of foreign-made goods that were banned or made subject to…

Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen who recently secured US$ 1 million (Rs 130 million) after a direct call for funding from Pakistan has also approached other foreign governments for money. The Minister has written to Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan requesting funds to resettle displaced Muslims in the Northern Province, authoritative sources said. This is despite clear Finance Ministry instructions that foreign project funding must only be canvassed through its External Resources Department (ERD). According to the ERD, there are two ways to secure funding for projects. One is by export credit which is channeled through Exim Banks in vari…

Paramilitary threatens Tamil MPs from Batticaloa, Amparai to resign their seats before Monday A paramilitary Karuna Group operative, identifying himself as Gunanan, operating from the office of the group located in Sri Lanka Army controlled Batticaloa town, has issued death threats to Tamil parliamentarians from the East, Tamil National Alliance said in a letter to the Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament Tuesday. If the 8 parliamentarians from Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Amparai, did not resign their posts before coming Monday, November 27, they would be assassinated, the group has warned. 4 key members of the the TNA, 2 MPs, an ex-MP and a to-be-nominated MP, have …

ISIL pounded as Iraqi and Kurd forces advance Peshmerga and Iraqi forces say they have retaken key areas in Iraq's north and south, supported by 22 US air strikes. Peshmerga forces are continuing to counter ISIL's offensive in northern Iraq [Reuters] Ground offensives by the Iraqi army and Kurdish forces, backed by a barrage of US air raids, have forced ISIL fighters from several key towns in the north and south of Iraq, officials said. Kurdish peshmerga forces said on Saturday they had recaptured several towns and villages held b…

Sun May 27, 2:52 AM ET COLOMBO (AFP) - A new wave of air and naval combat is likely in Sri Lanka as government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels step up battles that have killed more than 5,000 people since peace talks collapsed, analysts say. ADVERTISEMENT Defence officials say the military is planning to buy MiG-29 supersonic jet fighters, Mi-24 helicopter gunships and bigger guns for navy fast attack craft to counter growing threats from the rebels at sea and in the air. "There is very little chance of reviving the peace process," said Sunanda Deshapriya, a director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives, describing the February 2002 truce as al…

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Prisons chief says transfer thwarted tunnel escape.htmPrisons chief says transfer thwarted tunnel escapeBy Madhushala SenaratneSome 64 LTTE cadres, including hardcore members, were metres away from escape from the Kalutara high security prison, if they had not been transferred to the Welikada prison a year ago, the Prisons chief said yesterday. The revelations came as inquiries got underway yesterday to probe how the LTTE prisoners dug a tunnel extending more than 200 metres (600 ft) using improvised devices from their cell close to the Kaluganga. Prisons Commissioner General Vajira Wijegunawardana said one of the aspects to be prob…

ஹிந்தியில் no fire zone பற்றிய செய்தியை பார்த்ததால் இணைக்கிறேன். google translate இல் translate செய்து அதையும் கீழே இணைத்துள்ளேன். रूपा झा बीबीसी संवाददाता 18 नवंबर, 2013 "नो फ़ायर ज़ोन" एक विवादित फ़िल्म है. यह तमिलों के ख़िलाफ़ युद्ध अपराध में श्रीलंका सरकार का बहीखाता पेश करती है. श्रीलंका सरकार ने फ़िल्म के दावों पर सवाल उठाए हैं. पिछले दिनों दिल्ली में इस फ़िल्म का प्रदर्शन रखा गया था. इसके लिए फ़िल्म निर्देशक कैलम मैकरे ने भारत आने के लिए दो बार वीज़ा मांगा, लेकिन उन्हें नहीं मिला. कैलम को इसका अफ़सोस है. उनको लगता है कि श्रीलंका सरकार के दबाव में भारत उनको वीज़ा नहीं दे रहा है. लंदन से उन्होंने बीबीसी संवाददाता रूपा झा से बात की. आपकी फ़िल्म "नो…

The Government has removed the names of three individuals from a 39-page list of designated persons, groups and entities suspected of financing terrorism. The list was compiled and issued in March this year in terms of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1373 which sets out guidelines to combat terrorism financing. The Defence Secretary is the Competent Authority in charge of the compilation of the list. A Gazette notification issued on Wednesday under Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa's signature removed the names of Karunanithi Thurairatnam aka Thurai, Sutharasan Kailayanathan and Thanushkody Premani from the list. Mr. Thurairatnam, 4…

Sri Lanka:: * LTTE launches another artillery attack on the Vavuniya Air Force base Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 16:39 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Sept 09, Vavuniya: The LTTE has launched another artillery attack on the Vavniya Air Force base this evening. Vavuniya police said that two artillery attacks were aimed between 4:00 and 4:30 p.m. Security forcers have launched retaliatory attacks. The extent of destruction caused by the attacks has not yet known. At a press conference held in Colombo this morning, Defence Spokesman, Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said that 24 deaths were reported due to the attacks which took place at the Air…

“Confusion now has made his masterpiece Most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope The Lord’s anointed temple And stole thence. The life of the building” -Macbeth, William Shakespeare- Those who said and believed that justice was even-handed would not have heard of the country called Sri Lanka. The government, for the last few years, let its people get a glimpse of its multi-faceted course of justice in which the fundamentals are conveniently excluded and swiftness is a luxury granted solely for the selected few. And Rizana Nafeek was not one of them. Rizana marched to death after having been in prison for almost eight years; during which the government did not…

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Fresh fighting in Sri Lanka Friday, August 11, 2006 Posted: 1828 GMT (0228 HKT) Manage Alerts | What Is This? COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- Tamil rebels struck the main military base at Palaly in northern Jaffna Friday, marking the first time rebels have targeted military headquarters during the four-and-a-half-year cease-fire between Sri Lanka's government and the Tamil Tigers. Security forces conduct all military operations against rebels on the northern Jaffna peninsula. Earlier, government troops were locked in a battle of artillery and mortar fire with Tamil rebels at the Muhamalai checkpoint, known as the gateway from government-contr…

If the Indian Navy 'continues to fail to protect' Tamil Nadu fishermen from attacks by the Sri Lankan navy, the State government should then impart weapons training to fishermen to defend themselves from being hunted down on the high seas, Tamil Nationalist Movement leader, Pazha. Nedumaran has said. Speaking to reporters here on Saturday, Mr. Nedumaran said the transfer of 'Katchatheevu' to Sri Lanka did not have legal backing as the then government failed to get Parliament's consent for this transfer. Hence, the present Bharatiya Janata Party government should make all-out efforts to get back the strategic island from Sri Lanka, which was working clandest…

Rajapakse seeking UK's help to secure India's support - Norwegian radio 2ND LEAD Rajapakse seeking UK's help to secure India's support - Norwegian radio [TamilNet, August 30, 2006 09:07 GMT] Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's meeting Wednesday with British Prime Minister Tony Blair is "presumably an attempt to secure India's support in favour of Sri Lanka's policy" on the ethnic question Norwegian state radio reported, citing Oslo's Special Envoy, Jon Hanssen-Bauer. Jon Hanssen-Bauer Contrary to the Norwegian conflict-resolution approach, the Sri Lanka government's policy seeks to internationally isolate the Liberation Tigers of Tamil E…

CNN)At least one person was killed and six injured in a shooting Sunday evening in West Baltimore, Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said. Authorities asked for the public's help in identifying the gunman and more potential victims. A gunman opened fire while two cookouts were taking place near the 2500 block of Edmondson Avenue, Harrison said in a news conference. It appears that the gunman targeted someone in the crowd, Harrison said. Investigators are trying to determine if the two cookouts were connected. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/28/us/baltimore-shooting/index.html

'Armed groups run by state' Ranil UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defence is controlling a number of armed groups in the east says the leader of the opposition Ranil Wickremasinghe . Opposition leader Wickremasinghe told this at a media briefing on Wednesday summoned to outline a proposed National Consultation by the Jathika Sabha which comprises of the United National Party (UNP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (M). Wickremasinghe further said that Tamil Tigers are still in the east while break away Pilliayan group, EPDP, and a Muslim group mobilised by the government are in operation. UNP is not contesting local polls…

The screening facilities set up at Sri Lanka's Colombo international airport at Katunayake to screen incoming passengers to prevent bringing the deadly Ebola virus to the island are now fully operational, health official said. According to the Director General of Health Services, Dr. P.G. Mahipala, the screening facilities set up by the Health Ministry last week at the country's main airport will monitor the visitors to the country to observe whether they are showing symptoms of Ebola. "A strong surveillance system to monitor and screen all tourists arriving at the airport has now been established," the official told the state's official newspaper Sunday Ob…

13 Sri Lanka s Tamil Tiger rebels arrested in Indonesia: report The Indonesian police claimed Wednesday it has arrested 13 suspected members of Sri Lanka's separatist group Tamil Tiger during a recent raid in the southern Java coast. The raid targeted a group of 20 men who stayed at a small hotel in Pandeglang regency, Banten province, about 100 km southwest of Jakarta, reported the national Antara news agency. A police spokesman was quoted as saying seven members of the group escaped the raid but search is underway. "Most of them are young people with muscular bodies and crew cut hair," said Banten police spokesman Sen. Commr. Sudar…

Forbes magazine recently released their annual list of the Richest People In the World, which includes two Tamil billionaires. Here are the two richest Tamil people in the world, according to Forbes magazine's 2019 list. #82 Shiv Nadar (India) $14.6 B USD #261 Ananda Krishnan (Malaysia) $6.2 B USD https://tamilculture.com/tamil-billionaires-forbes-richest-people-of-2019

A UK parliamentarian of Sri Lankan origin Ranil Jayawardena has been appointed as the Trade Minister in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government, British media reported. Mr. Jayawardena was promoted to the Department of International Trade on Tuesday after UK’s Trade Minister Conor Burns, one of Boris Johnson’s closest allies, was found to have attempted to intimidate the member of the public. Mr Jayawardena, the MP for North East Hampshire, was promoted in Mr Burns' absence in the department, although to the more junior role of parliamentary under secretary of state, reports said. Mr Burns, who represents Bournemouth West, quit on Monday after the parliam…

எங்கிருந்து நலன்கள் உருவாகின்றன என்பதற்கும் அது எவ்வாறு நடைமுறையில் கட்டமைக்கப்படுகிறது என்பதற்குமான சமகால அரசியல் வரலாறு. https://theconversation.com/us-china-fight-over-fishing-is-really-about-world-domination-145977 Author Blake Earle Assistant Professor of History, Texas A&M University Disclosure statement Blake Earle does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. China’s aggressive, sometimes illegal fishing practices are t…

THE pitiless success of Sri Lanka’s military offensive delivers one salutary lesson: If you have China as an ally, you can afford to ignore pressure from anywhere else. . President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government has won China’s financial, military and diplomatic support — along with the confidence to brush off Western protests about its behaviour. . In the closing stages of the assault on the Tamil Tigers, the army surrounded about 50,000 civilians inside a tiny enclave. Other governments would have found it difficult to resist outside calls for a unilateral ceasefire, at least to allow the evacuation of wounded innocents. . If the Security Council had thrown …

By Murali Vallipuranathan – Murali Vallipuranathan Few days ago, “The Hindu” an Indian newspaper published a news citing an information purportedly given by Indian Intelligence that LTTE was regrouping in Mullivaikal on May 18th on the day of Tamil genocide Remembrance Day for an attack (1). While reading this news, one may recall the Sri Lankan radio news during the war, where many blatant lies and fabrications were unraveled quoting a news agency called “Lanka Puvath“. Whenever India makes a major political move in Sri Lanka the Indian intelligence Agency publishes similar blatant and fabricated stories either directly or through their news agencies li…

[March 03, 2006] Sri Lankan maid jumps out of limousine (Gulf News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)Riyadh: In a horrific incident, a Sri Lankan maid servant tried to commit suicide by jumping out of a limousine in which she was travelling. The maid, who sustained multiple injuries and fractures, was hospitalised following the incident that took place on King Fahd Road at 10am on Wednesday in Riyadh city. The mentally disturbed young woman, another victim of torture and beating by a Saudi family, was seen weeping all through her travel to seek asylum at the Sri Lankan embassy in the capital city. Police started investigations into the incident. …

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