Malinga shocks Sri Lanka Board: Announces retirement from tests

Mumbai: Sri Lankan star bowler Lasit Maling who is playing for the Mumbai Indians team in the ongoing IPL Tournament has shocked his country’s cricket Board bt announcing that he was retiring from test cricket....

Thousands leave Sri Lankan camp - Breaking news

Well today we have some very good news about those so called consentration camps in Sri Lanka. Yes they have started to release the prisoners. None I may add have numbers stamped on their arms and the realesed...

Sri Lanka: attacks on free media put displaced civilians at risk

" Vigil marking the first anniversary of the detention of Sri Lankan journalist Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam, London, March 2008 © Amnesty International" "If you read Sri Lankan newspapers,...

20 year Jail term for Sri Lankan editor

That's the way autocracy works, you raise the voice and you are behind bars.That is what happening in Sri Lanka. After the killing of Prabhakaran, several so called pro Tamil journalist are facing direct or...

Sri Lanka: Floods Threaten Tamil Civilians in Camps

"Sri Lanka: Floods Threaten Camp Detainees Government’s Failure to Free Displaced Civilians Worsens Situation"The government bears full responsibility for the situation in the...

Tamils re-affirm desire for self-rule

Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the party ran on the platform of self-determination won a key council in Sri Lanka. The government was expected to do well for the following reasons: The election was held too soon after the end of the war for people to vote and for democracy...

Chaminda Vaas says goodbye to test cricket

19th july: Sri Lanka's main pace bowler announced today that he will retire from Test cricket after the third Test against Pakistan, starting on Monday. The 35-year-old bowler was dropped for the first two Test matches played against the visiting Pakistani team as well as...

Sri Lankan Diplomat Sacked

Dayan Jayatilleka, Sri Lanka's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, has been told to go home by Aug 20. He is one of Sri Lanka's most outspoken diplomats who consistently argued for devolution of power to the country's minorities. No reason has been given to...

Sri Lankan doctors recant death figures

After being in custody for about two months, the doctors say they inflated death tolls. The doctors who stayed with the people till the end now claims that only 350-400 civilians were killed in the last month of...

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,...

Sri Lanka's forgotten displaced Muslims

Displaced in Sri Lanka dueto late ltte terror. " Sri Lanka's forgotten displaced Muslims By Swaminathan Natarajan ...

Sri Lanka camps a 'national disgrace'

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Sri Lanka's treatment in the detention camps a national disgrace. " "For more than a year, the Sri Lankan government has detained virtually everyone, including entire families,...

Hospital 'hit by Sri Lankan army':91 Dead

Enough is enough, killing terrorists are OK, but in the name of terrorists killing Innocent Tamils cannot be justified.Whatever Srilankan Government plan is but recent episode clearly shows that Tamil expulsion...

Lankan Tamils- One of the most priviledged minority in the world

Douglas Wickramaratne , The president of the UK,s Sinhala Assosiation and a Tamil spokeman Arjun Ediriweerasingham debated the contraversial London demonstration carring the official LTTE flag and blocking...

Government of Canada Hears the Plight of Sri lankan Community

Toronto: A forum was organized by South Asians for Human Rights Association (SAHRA) at Markham City Hall, in Canada was attended by the dozens of Tamil community leaders and Oakridges-Markham constituents on February 20th 2009.   The forum opened up direct dialogue...

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