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Latest News HeadlinesGenocidal Policies Exposed, Sri Lan..`Signs of desperation are evident in Sri Lanka s defense hierarchy as the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) divisions stay bogged down within a few square kilometers in Mannaar, unable to advance for nearly a year. While SLA commanders are on foreign jaunts to b...
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South Asian Summit Shifted To Colom..Security considerations and logistical factors have compelled the Government to change the venue for the South Asian summit from Kandy to Colombo, a Foreign Ministry official said yesterday. Holding the summit in Colombo is easy in the light of...
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Batticaloa Women Want Their Abducte..Women in the Batticaola District are not interested in elections, but want all children abducted by armed groups returned, said Nimalka Kannangara, who heads the Civil Society Group that is monitoring the March 10 polls for nine local bodies includi...
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Karunanidhi Wanted Indian P M to Curb Sri Lankan Navy Arresting Poaching Fishermen in Sri Lankan WatersTamil Nadu Chief Minister, Muthuvelu Karunanidhi has urged the India n Prime Minister to contain, what he described as the arbitrary activities of the Sri Lankan Navy in the midst sea. He alleged that the frequent firing incidents by the Sri Lankan ...
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Clashes in North, blasts in SouthThe Sri Lankan military says its troops have killed sixteen Tamil Tiger rebels in three separate encounters in the north of the country. The rebels have not commented on the government account of the clashes. Tamil Tiger rebels said that fo...
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Strategic plan to ease Sri Lanka`s city traffic congestionThe Ministry of Transport is formulating a transport policy to reduce the number of vehicles coming to Colombo to minimise traffic congestion, save fuel consumption and reduce air pollution. The proposed strategic plan for traffic management i...
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Pirapaharan confers Maamanithar title to Sivanesan Saturday, 8 March 2008 - 4:19 AM SL Time Velupillai Pirapaharan, the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) has conferred Maamanithar (Great human being) title, the highest national civilian honour by the LTTE, posthumously to K. Sivanesan, the Tamil national alliance parliamentarian who was assassinated Thursday in Vanni in Claymore attack allegedly carried out by the Sri Lanka Army Deep Penetration Unit. Honouring Mr. Sivanesan, the LTTE leader said: `Mr. Kiddinan Sivanesan is a unique individual who functioned selflessly, honestly, and with courage. He is simple, courteous and loving. He is a sincere politician who possessed high ideals. He labored tirelessly for the advancement and welfare of the workers.`
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Sri Lanka`s Mihin Air pulls out of three destinations Friday, 7 March 2008 - 8:11 PM SL Time Mihin Lanka which launched flights to six destinations in South India, East Asia and the Middle East has now been compelled to reduce them to three destinations from April with flights in South India already been suspended. The two weekly flights now in operation to Bangkok will be suspended from the end of this month.
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Parappakandal under army control, 23 killed in Sri Lanka clashes Friday, 7 March 2008 - 4:38 AM SL Time Sri Lankan army on Thursday brought the entire town suburb of Parappakandal in Mannar district under its control even as 22 rebels and a soldier died in clashes in other parts of the embattled Northern region of the country, the army said on Thursday.
`Parappakandal, one of the major town suburbs to the north of Uyilankulam, was completely brought under the troops this morning, giving another severe setback and humiliation to the Tiger militants who had kept the area under siege,` an official statement said.
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Genocidal Policies Exposed, Sri Lan.. Sunday, 9 March 2008 - 8:03 AM SL Time `Signs of desperation are evident in Sri Lanka s defense hierarchy as the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) divisions stay bogged down within a few square kilometers in Mannaar, unable to advance for nearly a year. While SLA commanders are on foreign jaunts to build hurried military alliances, Colombo has also suffered politically with its racist policies in governance exposed internationally, and has earned opprobrium from international community for the escalating human rights violations,` said B. Nadesan, head of political section of the Liberation Tigers addressing the event held in Ki`linochchi to pay last respects to the slain parliamentarian, K. Sivanesan, Saturday.
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South Asian Summit Shifted To Colom.. Sunday, 9 March 2008 - 8:00 AM SL Time Security considerations and logistical factors have compelled the Government to change the venue for the South Asian summit from Kandy to Colombo, a Foreign Ministry official said yesterday. Holding the summit in Colombo is easy in the light of available security. Moreover, it is difficult within a short time frame to effect improvements in the hill capital, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ravinatha Ariyasinha, told The Sunday Times. The South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation summit is scheduled to be held from July 27 to August 3, this year.
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Batticaloa Women Want Their Abducte.. Sunday, 9 March 2008 - 7:51 AM SL Time Women in the Batticaola District are not interested in elections, but want all children abducted by armed groups returned, said Nimalka Kannangara, who heads the Civil Society Group that is monitoring the March 10 polls for nine local bodies including the Batticaloa Municipal Council. `Mothers are pleading with some of the candidates who have abducted their children to release them in return for votes. But in the same breath they say that the ballot boxes will be filled even if no one goes to the polling booths on March 10.`
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Karunanidhi Wanted Indian P M to Curb Sri Lankan Navy Arresting Poaching Fishermen in Sri Lankan Waters Sunday, 9 March 2008 - 8:06 AM SL Time Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Muthuvelu Karunanidhi has urged the Indian Prime Minister to contain, what he described as the arbitrary activities of the Sri Lankan Navy in the midst sea. He alleged that the frequent firing incidents by the Sri Lankan Navy in the midst sea have created a sense of insecurity and unrest among the fisherman in Tamil Nadu and are causing lot of concern. He added that even yesterday (March 7th), the Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 62 fisherman of Tamil Nadu in the midst sea causing anxiety and tension among the fisherman. He has alleged that repeated instructions by the Tamil Nadu Government, Tamil Nadu fishermen continue to cross the international Maritime Borderline (IMBL)and fishermen stray into Sri Lankan waters for poaching.
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Clashes in North, blasts in South Sunday, 9 March 2008 - 8:05 AM SL Time The Sri Lankan military says its troops have killed sixteen Tamil Tiger rebels in three separate encounters in the north of the country. The rebels have not commented on the government account of the clashes. Tamil Tiger rebels said that four soldiers died when their vehicle was hit by a blast from a mine planted by the Tigers near the town of Buttala. However government defence sources say that three soldiers have received injuries due to the explosion and one soldier has succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment.
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UNP condemns new Sri Lankan media policy Sunday, 9 March 2008 - 7:58 AM SL Time The main opposition UNP yesterday charged the government s proposed national media policy would be an attempt to apply pressure on media personnel to toe the ruling party s line. Commenting on the new media policy announced by Minister Anura Priyadaeshana Yapa, UNP frontliner Lakshman Kiriella said the government should expel fear psychosis prevailing among journalists today and dispel confidence in them. Mr. Kiriella said the government should act responsibly since it was accountable to the people and the international community.
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Strategic plan to ease Sri Lanka`s city traffic congestion Sunday, 9 March 2008 - 8:03 AM SL Time The Ministry of Transport is formulating a transport policy to reduce the number of vehicles coming to Colombo to minimise traffic congestion, save fuel consumption and reduce air pollution. The proposed strategic plan for traffic management in the city targets to reduce the number of private vehicles from 175,000 to 125,000 by the end of 2010. This will improve traffic speed by 50 percent and the impact of air pollution by half. Director Planning, National Transport Commission (NTC), Namali Siyambalapitiya said the proposed plan will help to reduce the number of private vehicles coming to Colombo daily and ease traffic congestion and the impact of air pollution.
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Direct air links improve trade between Sri Lanka and Thailand Friday, 7 March 2008 - 4:40 AM SL Time Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake on Tuesday stressed the importance of having direct airlinks between countries. Addressing a delegation of senior officers of the Royal Thai Airforce he said that direct air links between Sri Lanka and Thailand had helped tremendously to improve trade ties between the two countries. `In an era where the world is developing rapidly in every sphere, Sri Lanka cannot afford to work in isolation. We need to cooperate with other countries. The government has launched a well planned programme in this regard,` he said.
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Richard Pieris sells 49% of its newspaper business Friday, 7 March 2008 - 4:39 AM SL Time A London-based financier, Nilanka Rajapaksa, has bought 49 per cent of Rivira Media Corporation Ltd., a member of the Richard Pieris Group of Companies, fuelling speculation that the deal had the backing of the government. Well informed sources said the deal had been struck after Richard Pieris Chairman, Dr. Sena Yaddehige, concluded weeks of confidential negotiations and finalized the Rs 100 million transaction under which control still remains with Richard Pieris. Dr. Yaddehige yesterday confirmed the deal and said that the buyer, a Lankan who had been living abroad for a long time, expected to do other business with the Richard Pieris Group in the future.
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A shocking crime! Sunday, 9 March 2008 - 7:56 AM SL Time It is with shock and dismay that we note the killing of TNA MP K. Sivanesan on Thursday. With his tragic end, the number of the slain members of the present Parliament has risen to six. Sivanesan was travelling through an LTTE-held area when a claymore mine hit his vehicle. The kneejerk reaction of the LTTE was to blame it on the army long rangers. The government lost no time in holding the LTTE responsible for the blast. If the LTTE s claim is true, then what has become of its impregnable defences? Is it being beaten at its own game? And where have all its shadow warriors gone? Is it that the LTTE has come to such a pass that it cannot at least ensure the safety of its proxies in a terrain that it claims to be its separate state?
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Responsibility lost in a jungle of rights Friday, 7 March 2008 - 4:41 AM SL Time Father of Medicine, Hippocrates, would spin in his grave if he knew about the conduct of some physicians in this blessed land. Yesterday, we reported that a specialist doctor in Ratnapura had allegedly given a trainee nurse an injection by way of punishment for a mistake she had made. The nurse is said to have been warded following that jab of wrath. The nurses unions are on the warpath demanding stern against the doctor. The doctor is reported to have told the police that he only demonstrated to the trainee nurse how an injection should be given. What a way to conduct a demonstration! The incident has yet to be probed fully and we don t intend to subject the doctor concerned to a media trial. But, it is surprising that doctors trade unions and professional associations which go into the attack mode at the drop of a hat over issues concerning their rights and privileges have not been jolted into action on this score.
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On the fast track to hell Thursday, 6 March 2008 - 7:34 AM SL Time Judicial activism is, no doubt, anathema to ruling politicians and their cronies bent on keeping democratic institutions under their dirty thumb. But, it is a blessing for the ordinary people who are suffering in silence. It is also the best way to defeat autocratic tendencies of rulers of all hues and decelerate a country s slide towards anarchy consequent upon arrogance of power as well as the attendant public anger and disillusionment with democratic institutions. There are times when the modern day judges have to emulate Azdak in Brecht s Caucasian Chalk Circle. The hapless people being preyed on by political hyenas and commercial vultures must be assured that the law is on their side, if democracy is to be preserved. For, in the absence of confidence in the democratic process, a despondent public only have a choice between fatalistic resignation to their pathetic lot or adoption of ultra radical methods to have themselves heard or to avenge injustice.
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Have a Pete for lunch - 74th Battle of the Saints Sunday, 9 March 2008 - 8:01 AM SL Time Sri Lanka Under 19 player and right arm paceman Thisara Perera s starred in the 74th Battle of the Saints between St Joseph s and St Peter s helping his side to an emphatic innings and 42 runs victory in an encounter which turned out to be a one sided affair since the match began on Friday morning at the P. Sara Stadium. The two day drama ended minutes before the lunch break which saw the Josephians recording a victory after 35 years. Their last win in this encounter was in 1972 also by an innings when the side was led by Rohan Fernando and St.Peter s by Roy Dias. In fact this was also the year that a side was bowled out for the lowest score when the Petes were bundled out for 36.
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Suresh Subramaniam is back - Sri Lanka Tennis Association Friday, 7 March 2008 - 4:42 AM SL Time At an unofficial meeting held in Colombo, amongst the top officials of the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA), it was resolved to appoint Suresh Subramaniam as President of the SLTA again at its AGM set for March 29. At the meeting, present President Janaka Bogollagama said that he had decided to step down from his post. `I decided to step down and offer a chance again to Suresh (Subramaniam), to be the President. It was a cordial transition of power. I don t advocate any rivalry at the election. All of us needed to avoid such a situation,` Bogollagama told The Island yesterday.
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Peterites hoping to strike form against Joes Thursday, 6 March 2008 - 7:43 AM SL Time St. Peter`s College having maintained an unbeaten record this season are hoping that their senior players would strike form when they take on the traditional rivals St. Joseph`s College in their 74th annual Battle of the Saints` inter school cricket counter on March 7 and 8 at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium. The Peterites of course have done nothing extra ordinary this season and have managed to record just three outright victories against Trinity College Kandy, Dharmaloka MV Kelaniya and De Mazenod College Kandana.
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