Dolphin Van abductions scares people - BBC

Tamils detained in Vavuniya camps are being abducted everyday by people who come in 'Dolphin Vans' " Displaced Tamil people are being daily abducted from camps in Vavuniya by people who come in vans, a displaced...

Channel 4 released video evidence on Sri Lanka's war crimes

Channel 4 released a video footage showing Sri Lanka army torturing Tamils during the war in January. It was almost three months since Sri Lanka declared its victory over Tamil tigers and the evidences of war...

IMF hiding Sri Lanka's Letter of intent

Despite opposition from US, UK and France, IMF approved the loan of 2.5 billion dollars to Sri Lanka.It is not clear how IMF will ensure the money will not be spent again on military and ethnic...

Red Cross closes 4 offices in Sri Lanka

International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) closed its four offices from Sri Lanka, after the government asked to scale down its operations in the country. "COLOMBO (AFP) – The Red Cross on Monday announced the...

US lobbyists making a killing of killings in Sri Lanka

A famous newspaper from Sri Lanka, Sunday Leader found the government of Sri Lanka is paying a Washington  firm Patton Boggs 35,000$ per month to "to provide guidance and counsel to the Embassy of Sri Lanka regarding its relations with the Executive and Legislative...

Independence of Kosovo -A great threat to International Community

When Mahinda Rajapakse met the Serbian president said that Kosovo becoming a separate nation is a great threat to the co-operation of international community and he is willing to work together with Serbia. He...

Mervyn Silva admits killing Lasantha Wickrematunge

The labour minister of Sri Lanka Mervyn Silva publicly admited the killing of the famous Sinhalese journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge.     " “Lasantha from the Leader paper went overboard....

G8 Summit left Sri Lanka on agenda

The huge humanatarian crisis in Sri Lanka that killed more than 20,000 people and displaced around 300,000 people is not in the G8 summit 2009 agenda. " Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other G8 leaders are...

Vavuniya Schools closed in protest of principal's murder

A school principal from vavuniya, Ramesh Khanda 39 years old was shot dead by unknown armed men last saturday. The schools in vavuniya are closed today for protesting this murder. " All the schools...

Social Security Number Code Cracked, Study Claims

Researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh could able to predict the social security numbers based on personal data like birth date. " For all the concern about identity theft, researchers say there's a surprisingly easy way for the technology-savvy to figure...

Al Jazeera investigates Sri Lanka's open air prison

Al Jazeera conducted its investigation on the conflict in Sri Lanka and spoke to the Tamils who are still suffering in detention camps.            " The...

Sri Lanka Urged to Probe the Murder of Tamil MPs

The Inter Parlimentary Union's Human Rights Committe examined cases of abuse of some 300 MPs in 29 countries. It called the government of Sri Lanka to start the investigation of murders of three Member of...

Death threats to Sri Lanka paper

The popular Tamil newspaper from Sri Lanka, Uthayan is under serious threat. A group linked to government issued a 'final warning' to employees and newsagents of the newspaper to resign their job before June...

Sri Lanka not doing enough to rehabilitate displaced Tamils-India

India told today that Sri Lanka is not doing enough to rehabilitate the tamils displaced and living inside detention camps. The Sri Lankan Tamil refugees will not be forced to go back to the country if they are...

SL Military shoots dead 2 detainees in Vavuniya internment camp

Sri Lanka Army shot at detainees today at the detention camp when they were making way through the barbed wire fence to meet their relatives in the otherside,  killing two of them.  The identities of the...

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