Sri Lanka News Updates with Discussions

With the ever increasing gas price, average Sri Lankans are facing a huge struggle to manage daily life. The sky is having lot of clouds but full sunny days are not rare in Sri Lanka. These photos show a very traditional but practical way to heat water use in some countries. It`s worth to see the possibility to introduce this method to our country..? This may be a good option to heat water for tea, in the field too. This is a clean cheap energy, no running cost, and less danger .

This photo I took few days ago in Anuradhapura.
From distance, two giant dagabas are visible.

Also,...
I wish a violence free, fair election for all at home.
Regardless to the results, I hope leaders will protect and serve people from respective positions.

Wish all the best for you all.

`Bottlebrush` flower has the exact appearance of its name. There are many colours, and this bright red is common in most of the coastal areas of eastern Australia. Birds love the tree and these flowers, and I watch many parrots in our garden tree, when flowers are blooming.

For more info:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/callistemon/index.html

Bottlebrushes are members of the genus Callistemon and belong to the family Myrtaceae. They are closely related to paperbark melaleucas, which also have `bottlebrush` shaped flower spikes. It is difficult to tell to which genus some species belong. Botanists are currently closely studying these plants to determine how they are best classified. There are 34 species currently called Callistemon.

The dailymail.co.uk, has published a pictorial account of war zone after its reporter had a trip over the area with Ban-Ki-Moon.
They are extensively reporting about the war damage and depict the area as the disaster zone, but have forgotten, it`s a extra-ordinary temporary living area, which became a tent city, after LTTE forcing people to settle there.

I post one of the photos they publish to post here. The level these western journalists understand our local situation shows by the caption of the photo. They described the lorry as a bus..! Also, though they talk about the white flag of on the lorry, deliberately of due to negligence, no mention about the LTTE green sand-bag bunker just next to the lorry.

`You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.`
- GANDHI

This post is to pay my tribute to commitments of SLDF continued through the blood and life to push the country to stability, while caring all civilians at all the moment they could. Facing all odds, they did that task with a brilliant colour.

SS

Yaldeevi
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This is an excellent documentary based on North-South train and its future development. Please see, it will give you a pure and comfortable feeling about the ethnic harmony our country should seek today.

The English video has English sub-titles and Sinhalese/Tamil in sections.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izh0lX9-FOc&
(I got this URL from ADZAM`s post, Thanks).

According to latest Rupawahini news, heavy explosions are continuing in the last LTTE pocket. News explains those as ammunition dumps located among tents of civilians and LTTE is purposely exploding them before SLA arrive. Placing ammunition among civilians is clearly against the general norms and neglecting the civilian safety to the highest level, though LTTE blame SLA for all bad deeds of civilians.

WEST and UN must learn these facts well, when they evaluate the situation.

Guys, Adzam, a member of LNP asked to post this photo.
UpulJ also helped me to find info.

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This is a very interesting photo,...
I hope its not a photoshop work. It seems a deadly truth is hidden in it.

Image media !

[HRW and AAAS (American Association for the
Advancement of Science) explanation for the image:

This image shows interior walls, likely evidence of burning, of destroyed
permanent structures in the CZ on May 6, 2009 (Lat: 9.31 N Long: 80.77 E).]

First see the AAAS/HRW image at top.

Then, see these yellow marked building locations in goggle image in centre image. All places are empty, and google image is also not very old (may be 2009, digital globe image).

At least, people must open eyes and select the correct path to ask demands. The world has changed, and space to taking demands by force is less, unless you are not a big-power. The global respect for the Tamil culture and nation at danger, if things move this way ..!

A section of civilians are facing the death, but SLA/LTTE is dragging war. But, no war is going to settle for peace, when one party is facing a near defeat.
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Kids are the most unfortunate victims of the war we are facing today. But, this photo is not to show another bad encounter of this kid`s fearful fate. He is one of the IDP kids and getting a free hair-cut from a kind volunteer barber from Vaunia.

Yet,..kids are kids,..after all those bombs and bloody war, this little kid is again crying for the hire cut.
Innocent and cute !

This photo shows some LTTE people getting-off from LTTE armed car, which they used to SLA just after that. Eventually, armed car and all inside it were destroyed by SLA, according to national TV. The people those who are getting down from the armed car may not among the dead.

From the out-look, these two people, both with off-white shirts may not ordinary LTTE members. They must have some special value, and armed car brought them close to the SLA border line, for some special prepose.

This is a very common flower in Australia and I took this photo in NSW. I wish this white flower may deliver some peaceful feelings to you.

Permanent building ?

This is just one example site from the UN satellite image interpretation. It says a permanent building destroyed at this place within last month.

See the tree images here.

Google image:
May be taken about 1 year or so before the conflict in this area. No permanent building in the spot (see the yellow and red circles).

March 29 image:
There are buildings, but it`s not easy to say that they are permanent. They may newly build for resettlement of IDPs and perhaps some activities of LTTE too.