Sri Lanka News Updates with Discussions

Two Police constables were admitted to hospital after they were attacked by a group of persons under the influence of liquor in Ataweerawewa Kekirawa on Tuesday evening. Police spokesman SSP I.M. Karunaratna said two PCs of the Kekirawa police were engaged in traffic duty when they came under attack by the group at around 4.00 p.m.

The incident had occurred at the 94th mile post along the A9 road in Kekirawa.

Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam attacked a U.S. regulator`s lawsuit on Tuesday, denying insider trading charges and saying government wiretaps violated his constitutional rights.


The Sri Lankan-born billionaire is the most prominent of 20 people who face criminal or civil charges in the largest U.S. hedge fund insider trading case on record and Wall Street s first insider trading probe involving court-approved wiretaps.


Electronic surveillance is permitted only when necessary for the investigation of specified crimes and only when alternative investigative procedures have been tried or appear unlikely to succeed, Rajaratnam`s lawyers, including prominent Washingtonattorney John Dowd, said in a filing with Manhattanfederal court.

True? Confirmed by doctors

Make a checklist, check whether this medicine is in your home or whether it has been recommended by your doctor... please DO NOT use it...

Please Read Very Carefully - INFORM ALL YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY MEMBERS

India has become a dumping ground for banned drugs also the business for production of banned drugs is booming. Plz make sure that u buy drugs ! only if prescribed by a doctor(Also, ask which company manufactures it, this would help to ensure that u get what is prescribed at the Drug Store) and that also from a reputed drug store. Not many people know about these banned drugs and consume them causing a lot of damage to themselves. We forward Jokes and other junk all the time.... This is far more important.

The leading student body in Sri Lanka has admitted that it did not protest when human rights violations were committed against Tamil students during the long conflict between the security forces and the LTTE.


The pro JVP Convenor of the Inter University Student Union (IUSF) told journalist KS Udayakumar that the biggest student union in Sri Lanka had to keep quite while students were abducted and killed in a period of war against separatist terrorism .

Politicians rarely get rattled as much as they do when elections are around the corner. Parliamentary elections have to be held by April 2010 and the presidential affair was always a possibility anytime after Mahinda Rajapaksa completes four years in office. It is of course a monumental flaw in the constitution that a man can call elections at his choosing and therefore able to pick a date that is best suited for his re-election - thanks to JRJ of course, and all the UNPers elected to Parliament in 1977 who voted for the 1978 constitution.

Reminds of Politcians making promises to voters before getting
elected.Like `Boruwta Mama Rata Hadala Denawa` kiyanawa wage ne?

Sri Lankan war-displaced civilians peer from behind barbed wire fences surrounding their internment camp in VavuniyaSTORY HIGHLIGHTS
More than 300,000 displaced by fighting were placed in internment camp.Remaining 130,000 will be free to leave on December 1, official says United Nations says ethnic minority Tamils held by force in inhumane conditions Tamil vote likely to play important role in upcoming election.

Colombo, Sri Lanka (CNN) --

The Sri Lankan government said Saturday it will lift restrictions on thousands of war-displaced ethnic Tamils still residing in squalid internment camps.

By Frederica Jansz

Speaking exclusively to The Sunday Leader General Sarath Fonseka bitterly recounted his ordeal last week. Having been ordered to vacate `Generals` House` by today, November 22, Fonseka was given a mere week to find alternative housing.

Contrary to all previous false reports I allowed my predecessors both General Shantha Kottegoda and Donald Perera to continue in this house for three and a half months after they had retired from service Fonseka said, asserting Yet, I as Chief of Defence Staff am being treated like dirt given a mere week to get out.

Amidst the applause of thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Senior Presidential Advisor and Chairman of the Task Force for Northern Development Basil Rajapaksa MP said that all restrictions on Internally Displaced Persons in the Wanni will be lifted from December 1.

He was addressing a special meeting in this connection at the Menik Farm, Chettikulam in Vavuniya, yesterday.

Rajapaksa said there are no more restrictions for IDPs at the IDP centres in the Wanni and they could move out of the centres freely.

Have you ever seen an animal running on water??

It requires a speed of 85 km per hour with a foot placing of 1 inch to walk on water.

Sad part was that Velu Anna tried it and ended up with an axe in his nut!

Ten-year-old Priyanthi is yet another war displaced child in a relief camp in Vavuniya, but she is special because she had scored 162 at the recently-held Grade Five Scholarship Examination -- the highest marks among all children in Sri Lanka`s northern Vanni area formerly dominated by Tamil Tiger rebels.

Some months back, Priyanthi`s parents carrying her and her younger brother ran from one place to another to save their lives. As the fighting between the Sri Lankan military and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) getting worse, they were compelled to vacate their house in Kilinochchi, the capital of the LTTE which was finally defeated by the troops in May.

Wed, 2009-11-18 18:40 editor

Chennai, 18 November, (Asiantribune.com):

The LTTE had dug its own grave through a series of mistakes starting with the killing of fellow Tamils, moderates and militants alike, and climaxing in indirectly helping Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa to win the Nov 2005 presidential election by asking the Tamils to boycott the polls, resulting in the defeat of peacenik and UNP rival Ranil Wickremasinghe, DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has said.

NEW DELHI:

India is still perceived to be one of the most corrupt countries by the transparency international in its annual corruption perceptions.


India has been ranked 84th in the list of 180 countries in terms of public-sector corruption, which is perceived to be highly corrupt.

While releasing the list of naming and shaming the world`s most corrupt countries, the international watchdog has for the first time recommended that tax havens like Switzerland and Liechtenstein should do away with the secrecy in banking laws.

Indian youth behind threat mail to SL team

The email threat to Sri Lankan team which sent the city police in a tizzy on Saturday has turned out to be the handiwork of a youth.

According to the city crime branch officials who are investigating the case, the email was sent by Ashok Karsh, who lives in Dabra, 200 km away from Raipur, a town located in Janjgir-Champa district of Chhatisgarh.

A woman was having a daytime affair while her husband was at work.

One rainy day she was in bed with her boyfriend when, to her horror, she
heard her husband`s car pull into the driveway.


`Oh my God - Hurry! Grab your clothes and jump out the window. My husband`s home early!`

I can`t jump out the window. It`s raining out there!`

If my husband catches us in here, he`ll kill us both!` she replied.


He`s got a hot temper and a gun, so the rain is the least of your problems!`