Sri Lanka to resettle Muslims evicted by LTTE from North

" Sri Lanka to resettle Muslims evicted by LTTE from North Sat, Dec 5, 2009, 01:12 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 05, Colombo: Sri Lankan government is taking steps to resettle the Muslims who...

Former child soldiers move on in Sri Lanka

" Vinojan’s boyhood ended when Sri Lanka’s civil war reignited. Fifteen at the time, he says he joined the separatist Tamil Tigers to save his older brother from forcible conscription, and became a reluctant...

Sri Lanka - Rajaratnam was a leading donor of money to LTTE - KP

" Raj Rajaratnam was a leading donor of money to LTTE - KP says October 23, 2009  11:16 am   Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’s arms procurer and later leader Kumar Pathmanadan under...

Sri Lanka: Prabhakaran tried to escape to jungle: Aide

" Aug. 27: Worried that LTTE’s defeat at the hands of military would crush his dream of a separate Tamil homeland, slain LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran had made a last ditch attempt to escape to the jungles in the...

Canadian Tamils demo against China’s support to Sri Lanka

" Canadian Tamils demonstrate against China’s support to Sri Lanka Several hundred Canadian Tamils gathered outside the Chinese Consulate in Toronto, Wednesday, August 26, 2009 to protest against China’s...

Sri Lanka: U.S. court rejects plea to delist LTTE

" The Federal Appeals Court in San Francisco has ruled against an appeal to de-list the LTTE by the Humanitarian Law Project, which had challenged an executive order issued by President George W. Bush in 2001, Sri...

South Indian tourists make beeline for Sri Lanka after end of war

"   CHENNAI: K. Palaniappan, an industrialist, had to shelve a business collaboration when the insurgency broke out in Sri Lanka in the latter part of the 70s. He had not had a chance to visit the island...

Sri Lanka: Another 1,898 persons re-settled in Mannar

" In the second phase of the resettlement process by the government 442 families numbering 1,898 persons were resettled in Musali Divisional Secretariat Division in Mannar District last Friday, Aug. 21. ...

Sri Lanka: US blasted for meeting diaspora - Lodges Protest

"The government has lodged a strong protest with the US Department of State over Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Robert Blake’s recent meeting with pro LTTE activists, sources...

Vaiko wants children named Prabhakaran

" Seeking to virtually challenge the State government on its ‘no support to banned outfits’ notification, MDMK supremo Vaiko on Tuesday appealed the people of Tamil Nadu to name the newborn babies as...

Supporting LTTE? Be ready to go to jail

"CHENNAI: In an apparent warning to a pro-LTTE group, the Tamil Nadu government today said "stringent action" would be taken against those speaking in support of banned organisations and eulogising their leaders....

Wary peace as war-torn island recovers from 26-year conflict

" Refugees return home, ex-guerillas forge new allegiances and Sri Lanka’s army is never far from view, writes TOM FARRELL in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka ON THE surface, Sri Lanka’s eastern town of Batticaloa...

Sri Lanka not to prosecute child LTTE soldiers: Rajapaksa

"Sri Lanka not to prosecute child LTTE soldiers: Rajapaksa Colombo (PTI): In a humanitarian gesture to Tamils, Sri Lanka has said that child soldiers recruited by the LTTE would not be prosecuted, and instead...

‘Sri Lanka troops unearth over a tonne of bombs’

" Sri Lankan troops have uncovered one of their biggest hauls of weapons and explosives since the defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels two months ago, military officials said on Friday. Troops found 332 roadside bombs in...

Tamil expats take LTTE's henchmen to task

" Tamil expats take LTTE's henchmen to task by Ananth Palakidnar Plans for a 'Transnational State' by the now defunct LTTE - their henchmen such as Kumaran Pathmanathan and V. Rudrakumar came under severe...