42,000 Sri Lankan Tamil IDPs Return home. More to follow .

Exactly six months after the deletion of terrorist organization LTTE and it's entire leadership by Sri Lankan security forces that marked the end of 30 years of armed conflict in Sri Lanka,...

Ministry defame lawyers defending a defamation case

On July 10th, the Ministry of Defence website posted an article defaming lawyers defending Leader Publication (Pvt.) Ltd, the publisher of The Sunday Leader newspaper.The Ministry of Defence website branded the...

Download 800pg Indictment Document against Sri Lankan officials

On Feb 5th, Thursday, Bruce Fein, counsel for US-based group Tamils Against Genocide (TAG), submitted to United States Attorney General, Mr Eric Holder, the Model Indictment charging U.S. citizen and Sri Lanka's Defense Secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and U.S. green card...

Sri Lankan military maintains fishing restrictions in the north

The Colombo media reported that Sri Lankan government had removed the wartime fishing restrictions. This had come after a fishermen's meeting organized as part of the government's campaign to boost its image.  This meeting was attended by several government officials,...

Crushing defeat of the Tamil Tigers proves you CAN beat terror

" Sri Lanka is shaped like a teardrop below southern India. People there are weeping at the dramatic events of this week. But, contrary to what our Foreign Secretary David Miliband and the commentariat of the BBC...

Sri Lanka: Rajapakse in 1980's supporting JVP Terrorism!!!

Rajapakse in 1980's.If Sinhalese pick up the arms and fight the government they are insurgents. And Rajapakse had sympathy for them!!! But, if a Tamil journalist criticize the government then he is a terrorist....

Velupillai Prabhakaran agrees to civilian rescue

The LTTE leader agreed to allow the civilians trapped in the war zone to be evacuated. The Sunday Observer newspaper quotes "he has apparently agreed to a rescue mission by a western country. He has agreed to this offer after he lost all his top level leaders in the...

A disturbing and growing McCarthyism in Sri Lanka?

"So while the government maybe winning the war against the LTTE, its “api wenuwen api” slogan which was started to win support for the military is now being used as a witch hunt to stifle all voices of dissent. It has now become a “either you are with us or you are...

Sri Lanka: has the government won the 25 year old war?

The long war in Sri Lanka has not come to an end dispite governmental claims on the contrary. " The war president Jul 3rd 2008 | COLOMBO AND TRINCOMALEEFrom The Economist print edition Sri Lanka’s army chief says the government has won its 25-year war against the Tamil...

26 Killed in Sri Lanka Bus Bomb

A bus bombing in Colombo,  Sri Lanka's capital, has killed a total of 26 people, including those who later died in hospital."The bomb exploded inside the overcrowded bus, blowing off its roof, as it pulled...

Sci-fi guru Arthur C. Clarke to be buried Saturday

"Colombo (ANTARA News) - British sci-fi guru Arthur C. Clarke will be buried at a private funeral in Sri Lanka's capital on Saturday, a close aide to the late writer said.Clarke, who captured the world's...

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