| Friday 27 February 2009 |
|
LTTE has used more than 7000 Children in
Armed Conflict - UNICEF |
| Parents of over 7000 children had
reported to UNICEF that their children were
forcibly recruited by the LTTE for combat,
said in a joint statement issued by UNICEF
and Bureau of The Commissioner General of
Rehabilitation yesterday.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Terrorism & Global Financial meltdown: twin
challenges before SAARC today – President |
| “We need to re-double
our efforts to combat this menace
individually and collectively.
[Full Story] |
|
|
WPC polls on April 25 |
Election for the Western Provincial
Council will be held on April 25, the
Elections Commissioner’s Department said
yesterday.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Pause in military operations will give LTTE
time to regroup, says Wall Street Journal |
| If the Sri Lankan government to suspend
military operations heeding to the
international pressure, the danger is that
any let-up in the assault will give the
Tigers time to regroup, thus extending the
conflict and the civilian suffering even
longer, said the Wall Street Journal
editorial yesterday.
[Full Story] |
|
|
President reiterates Govt's cautious
approach to avoid civilian casualties |
| President Mahinda Rajapaksa reiterated
his Government's consistent stand in
preventing collateral damage being caused to
civilians in the final phase of the current
military operations to defeat terrorism in
the country during a courtesy call on him by
the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal,
Upendra Yadav in Colombo yesterday.
[Full Story] |
|
|
France expresses interest to provide
humanitarian assistance |
| During a telephone conversation with
Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama
yesterday, French Foreign Minister Dr.
Bernard Kouchner expressed his happiness at
the conflict in the North of Sri Lanka
coming to a conclusion and inquired on how
best humanitarian assistance could be
extended by France.
[Full Story] |
|
|
US and SL create first Energy Efficient
Lighting Center in South Asia |
| Sri Lanka will host the first energy
efficient lighting Center of Excellence in
South Asia with the funding assistance from
the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID).
[Full Story] |
|
|
Strengthen Tamil parents in efforts to end
using children for armed conflict -
President |
| “With this campaign, we
will make sure that our fight to eradicate
terrorism goes hand in hand, with the fight
to free our children from being robots of
terror.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Thursday 26 February 2009 |
|
Clear possibility of A9 reopening next month
|
| After the military operations in which the
armed forces consolidated power in the LTTE
controlled areas, the A9 route is expected
to reopen to the public next month, said
defence spokesman Minister Keheliya
Rambukwella.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Army recovers LTTE suicide bomb factory
|
| Army personnel attached to the 58 Division
recovered the LTTE sea tiger leader Susai's
camp and suicide bomb manufacturing camp
located in west of Puthukkudiyiruppu
yesterday, (25).
[Full Story] |
|
|
Civilians slowing Sri Lanka advance: Defence Secretary
|
| Sri Lanka's advance against Tamil Tiger
rebels, now in its final stages, has been
slowed considerably by the presence of
civilians in the war zone, Defence Secretary
Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has said.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Conflict Is Over Terrorism Not Ethnicity- SL Ambassador to U.S |
| “Sri Lanka’s conflict with the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam is to defeat terrorism
and isn’t about Tamil ethnicity”, said
Jaliya Wickramasuriya the country’s
ambassador to the U.S. in a statement in
Washington to coincide with a Senate
Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the
conflict.
[Full Story] |
|
|
President to launch National Campaign against use of Children in Armed Conflict |
| President Mahinda Rajapaksa will today
(26) launch the Sri Lankan National Campaign
against the Recruitment of Children for Use
in Armed Conflict.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Wednesday 25 February 2009 |
|
UN Under-Secretary General urges LTTE to
free civilians |
| Wrapping up a three-day
visit to Sri Lanka, The UN Under-Secretary
General for Humanitarian Affairs and
Emergency Relief Coordinator,
[Full Story] |
|
|
SAARC Foreign Ministers to meet in Colombo |
| The SAARC Council of Ministers represented
by the Foreign Ministers of SAARC Member
States will meet in Colombo on February
27-28 for its Inter-Summit Session.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Japan funds to improve health and livelihood of conflict affected communities |
| The Government of Japan through its Grant
Assistance for Grassroots Human
Security Projects has provided a total of
US$ 173,710
(approximately Rs 20 million) to three
projects improve health and livelihoods of
conflict affected communities in Batticaloa
and Vavunniya and of plantation communities
in Ratanapura.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Forced conscription led to LTTE's downfall : Tamil civilians |
| The LTTE's forced conscription of people to
fight against Security Forces was the main
reason behind its downfall, according to
Tamil civilians housed in welfare centres.
[Full Story] |
|
|
LTTE's call for a ceasefire is absurd - Peace Secretariat Chief |
| It is absurd of the LTTE
to respond merely by formally requesting
what it has tried to promote for so long
through its surrogates,
[Full Story] |
|
|
Sri Lanka welcomes EU’s call to the LTTE to lay down arms |
| The Government welcomes the European Union’s
(EU) call to the LTTE to lay down its arms
and renounce terrorism and violence once and
for all, as contained in the European
Union’s Council Conclusions on Sri Lanka of
February 23.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Tuesday 24 February 2009 |
|
Ceasefire call hilarious - Defence spokesman |
| The LTTE's latest attempt to call for a
truce and pleading for a ceasefire to the UN
at a time when the outfit is all but
defeated militarily is hilarious, said
Defence spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella.
[Full Story] |
|
|
LTTE cadres arrested in France for killing a
French police officer |
| Police in France have arrested six Sri
Lankan Tamils accused of killing a police
officer in Paris, officials said.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Monday 23 February 2009 |
|
Hope of bright future - President's Message
for Maha Shiva Rathri |
| The Hindus in Sri Lanka join their
co-religionists the world over, to celebrate
Maha Shiva Rathri today, one of the most
important festivals in the Hindu religious
calendar.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Saturday 21 February 2009 |
Our main concern is safety of IDPs
– President to Sir John Holmes
|
| “Our main concern is the safety of the
civilians that the LTTE is holding hostage
for their human shield, and we are taking
every precaution to ensure their safety,"
said President Rajapaksa to Sir John Holmes,
the UN Under-Secretary General for
Humanitarian Affairs when they met at the
Presidential Secretariat this morning.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Friday 20 February 2009 |
|
Tamils fear peace talks with LTTE - Tamil
rights activists |
| Sri Lankan Tamils are wary of any peace
talks that will give oxygen to the LTTE,
said two leading Tamil rights activists,
adding that the need of the hour was to give
security to the mass of civilians trapped in
the conflict zone, IANS website reported
today.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Army recovers LTTE underwater scooters |
| Army personnel attached to the 58 Division
have found underwater scooters, diving kits,
oxygen cylinders and many other diving
equipments from west of Puthukudiyirippu
area yesterday.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Emergency medical services launched in
Jaffna |
| An emergency ambulance services and
communications centre funded by U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID) was
opened on Wednesday (February 18).
[Full Story] |
|
Pranab's
statement at Lok Sabha
Proof
of Indo-Lanka best relations |
| The statement made by Pranab Mukherjee at
the Lok Sabha is a testimony of excellent
relations between India and Sri Lanka today
and is much appreciated by the government of
Sri Lanka said Minister of Disaster
Management and Human Rights Mahinda
Samarasinghe.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Sri Lanka maintains position on British
Special Envoy |
| The Cabinet of Ministers met yesterday
decided to maintain the earlier position
taken by them with regard to the appointment
of Des Browne, the British special envoy to
Sri Lanka.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Tamil refugees in TN to return home |
| Nine families of Tamil refugees, lodged in a
camp Tamil Nadu since 2006, are returning to
Sri Lanka as the conditions in the country
have improved despite the ongoing military
operations in the North.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Thursday 19 February 2009 |
|
Let trapped civilians move freely – UN
Under- Secretary to LTTE |
| We want to see the population in LTTE held
area able to leave the area freely, as they
should be able to, and I call, upon the LTTE
to enable them to move freely, which is part
of humanitarian law, said Sir John Holmes,
the United Nations Under-Secretary General
speaking to the media today (Thursday 29).
[Full Story] |
|
|
Tamil people are part of Sri Lanka - Foreign
Secretary to MIA |
| The Tamil people of
this country are our people; they are our
brothers and our sisters; they must live
among us. I don’t think that there is a
problem that the Sinhalese have with the
Tamils.
[Full Story] |
|
WPC polls:
Nominations begin today |
| Nominations for the upcoming Provincial
Council polls in the Western Province which
began today(19) will end by 12 noon on
February 26.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Civilians won’t be harassed - Govt |
| The Government strongly denied TNA MP Mr. R.
Sampanthan statement that the government’s
Military operations carried out with
harassment to the civilians, said Minister
Keheliya Rambukwella Defence Spokesman at a
media briefing held at the Media Center for
National Security yesterday.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Govt sends food to civilians in Putumattalan |
| The Government
yesterday dispatched 30 metric tonnes of
foodstuffs to IDPs in Putumattalan with the
help of ICRC.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Wednesday 18 February 2009 |
|
FM briefs diplomatic community |
| Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama called
on the diplomatic corps who represent the
international community to witness the complexities of the current
ground situation in the North.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Lay down arms in interest of Tamil community
– Mukherjee to LTTE |
| LTTE has done much damage to Tamil
community, it should release all civilians
and lay down arms for the interest of Tamil
community, says External Affairs Minister
Pranab Mukherjee.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Govt to probe NGO spending in North and East |
| With reasonable doubts emerging about monies
from NGOs and other international
organizations meant for public welfare in
the North and East being used to fund
terrorist activities of the LTTE,
[Full Story] |
|
|
Govt sends food to civilians in Mullaitivu |
| Government yesterday dispatched a
consignment of food and medical supplies for
the benefit of civilians in Mullaitivu on
the direction of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Tuesday 17 February 2009 |
|
LTTE has intensified forcible child
recruitment - UNICEF |
| The LTTE has intensified forcible
recruitment of civilians and that children
as young as 14 years old are now being
targeted, said UNICEF Office in Colombo
today.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Civilian Safety is the top priority -
Defence Secretary |
| Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has
highlighted that Sri Lanka's armed forces
have been taking the maximum precautions to
avoid civilian casualties in the on-going
counter terrorist manoeuvre in the country's
north.
[Full Story] |
|
|
India will intervene if LTTE lays down arms
- Chidambaram |
| If the LTTE laid down arms, India would
intervene and arrange for a negotiated
settlement to the ethnic issue, said Indian
Union Minister P. Chidambaram addressing a
public gathering organised by the Congress
Party yesterday.
[Full Story] |
|
|
My people not exhibits – IDPs well cared for
- President |
| President Mahinda Rajapaksa reiterated that
he will never ever be prepared to display to
the world his motherland or its people, as
sympathy evoking exhibits.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Tigers killing civilians fleeing Sri Lanka
war zone: UN |
| LTTE terrorists have prevented tens of
thousands of civilians from leaving Sri
Lanka's war zone and those trying to escape
have been "shot and sometimes killed," the
United Nations said Monday (16).
[Full Story] |
| |
| Monday 16 February 2009 |
|
Election victory triumph of all who love
Motherland - President |
| The victory of the United People’s Freedom
Alliance (UPFA) at the Central and North
Western Provincial Council Election is a
triumph of all those who love the
Motherland, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa
in a statement issued yesterday on the
outcome of the polls.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Govt to resettle IDPs by year end – Minister
Samarasinghe |
| The Government is making arrangements to the
Internally Displaced Persons who are
displaced due to the ongoing military
operations in North before the end of the
year, said Minister of Disaster Management
and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe.
[Full Story] |
|
|
UPFA gets landslide win at Provincial Polls |
| The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA)
led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa has swept
the board in the elections to the Central
and North Western Provincial Councils held
Saturday.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Friday 13 February 2009 |
|
Murthy appointed International Advisor on IT |
| President Mahinda Rajapaksa today appointed
Mr. Narayana Murthy as International Advisor
on Information Technology.
[Full Story] |
|
Year of
English & IT
2009 - Year of Peace, Reconciliation and
true Independence - President |
| 2009 is our country’s
Year of English and IT. With the liberation
of our people from the clutches of terrorism
which destroyed our country for more than 25
years,
[Full Story] |
|
|
Govt rejects unilateral appointment of
Special Envoy |
| The Cabinet presided by President Mahinda
Rajapaksa today rejected the unilateral
appointment of a Special Envoy for Sri Lanka
by the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Sri Lanka welcomes US decision |
| The Government appreciated the US
Government’s decision to designate the
‘Tamil Foundation’ as an organization
extending support to LTTE and to freeze all
its US assets.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Nun shot by LTTE |
| LTTE shot at a Catholic nun who is trying to
cross over to the safe zone with civilians
yesterday.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Dubai based venture to develop local
computer manufacturing sector |
| The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka granted
investment approval to EZY Infotech
(Private) Limited to manufacture Personal
Computers and Laptop under the brand name “EZY”,
a BOI media release said.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Sri Lanka rejects Britain’s special envoy as
intrusive and disrespectful |
| Sri Lanka has rejected British Prime
Minister Gordon Brown's appointment of Des
Browne, the former UK defence minister, as a
special envoy here, as a unilateral move,
intrusive and disrespectful to the country.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Thursday 12 February 2009 |
|
Security Forces declare new Safety Zone |
| The Army today declared a new 12-km long
Safe Zone along the Western boundary of the
Mullaitivu lagoon, effective from today
afternoon, Media Center for National
Security said.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Time for us to use knowledge of Northern
children to rebuilt country - President
|
| It is time for us to
use the knowledge of Northern children to
rebuild our country.
[Full Story] |
|
|
“Mischievous media reports have distorted
the international perception of developments
in North” - Ambassador Ariyasingha |
| Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Belgium,
Luxembourg and the EU Ravinatha Aryasinha
has said, a series of mischievous reports
filed over the past two weeks based on LTTE
propaganda, had distorted the international
perception of the ground situation in
Northern Sri Lanka.
[Full Story] |
|
|
US Treasury freezes Tamil Foundation assets |
| The US Treasury on Wednesday decided to
freeze the assets of Maryland based Tamil
Foundation under Executive Order 13224. The
Tamil Foundation is suspected to be a front
organization of the LTTE.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Take courageous, just measures required to
curb terrorism - Mahanayakes tell President
|
| Four Mahanayake Theros yesterday told
President Mahinda Rajapaksa to take
courageous and just measures required to
curb terrorism and other national issues.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Tigers must stop suppression of Tamil
civilians - Colombo Bishop |
| Rt. Revd. Duleep de Chickera, Bishop of
Colombo in a statement on the fate and
freedom of civilians caught up in the war,
unreservedly condemned the two recent
incidents of violence unleashed against
innocent and defenceless civilians by the
LTTE.
[Full Story] |
|
|
"See LTTE for cold blooded murderers they
are" - Human Rights Minister |
| "It was time the Tamil Diaspora saw the LTTE
for what it is - a bunch of cold blooded
murderers who would kill their own Tamil
people to satisfy its lust for power on
dominance" said Minister of Disaster
Management and Human Rights Mahinda
Samarasinghe at a Media Briefing to Foreign
Journalists on Tuesday (February 10).
[Full Story] |
| |
| Wednesday 11 February 2009 |
|
The number of civilians coming to cleared
areas increases to 2260 |
| Despite the attack them yesterday civilians
are crossing to the government controlled
areas from the uncleared areas in
Puthukudiruppu.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Don't Take Prabhakaran Lightly |
| Velupillai Prabhakaran
and around 2,000 of his supporters are
engaged in a desperate battle for survival
with the Sri Lankan army…
[Full Story] |
|
|
BJP not for LTTE |
| The Party’s participation on Sri Lankan
Tamils Protection Movement (SLTPM) is based
on the understanding of “zero tolerance
against violence on innocent Tamil
civilians”,
[Full Story] |
| |
| Tuesday 10 February 2009 |
|
Security Forces continue to receive civilians; ensure their safety
|
| Security Forces whilst taking the necessary
security precautions to ensure the safety of
civilians who are crossing over to the
cleared areas in Vanni would not relax the
operation of receiving them, the Ministry of
Disaster Management and Human Rights said.
[Full Story] |
|
|
LTTE kills 17 fleeing civilians |
| LTTE has fired at a group of civilians who
are crossing over to the cleared areas in
Udayarkattukulam killing 17 of them today,
defence sources said.
[Full Story] |
|
|
"GoSL to be congratulated on prosecution of war against LTTE" says defence analyst |
| "The government of Sri Lanka and its
President are to be congratulated on the
prosecution of the war with the LTTE which
has been accomplished with resolve and
courage.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Defence Sec. tells intl. organizations to be mindful of the responsibility cast upon them |
| Some of the international agencies should be
mindful of the responsibility cast on them
in disseminating information to the world at
large, said Defence Secretary Gotabhaya
Rajapaksa during a meeting with the UN
officials in Colombo yesterday.
[Full Story] |
|
|
LTTE suicide attack on IDP welfare centre kills 29 |
| At least 29 people including 10 civilians
and 19 Security Forces personnel were killed
and 64 others including 40 civilians were
injured when an LTTE woman suicide bomber
blew herself at an IDP welfare centre, North
of Visuamadu in Mullaittivu last morning.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Friday 06 February 2009 |
|
UN apologizes for the comment on 'cluster
bombs' |
| The United Nations yesterday apologized to
the Government for their comments about the
use of cluster bombs on the Pudukkudyirippu
Government Hospital.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Child suicide bomber sent to Chalai army
frontline |
| Sri Lanka Army sources said that the LTTE
had sent a child suicide bomber to attack
the Army 55 Division frontline yesterday.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Security forces bag Chalai |
| Security Forces yesterday took the full
control of Visuamadu and the LTTE's last Sea
Tiger base Chalai in the North of Mullaitivu,
Military sources said.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Susanthika leaves the track |
| Sprinter Susanthika Jayasinghe who won Sri
Lanka's second Olympic medal announced her
retirement from national and international
events, yesterday.
[Full Story] |
|
|
You made Sri Lanka proud - President to
Murali |
| President Mahinda Rajapaksa today sent a
message of congratulations to Sri Lankan
cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan on his
capturing 503 wickets in One Day
International, reaching the world record for
the highest number of ODI wickets.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Lay down arms, surrender - European
Parliament tells LTTE |
| The European Parliament has called upon the
LTTE to lay down their arms and participate
in the democratic process.
[Full Story] |
|
|
No review to remove LTTE from terrorist
organisation list - US |
| The US has said yesterday that there is no
review or move to remove the LTTE from the
list of terrorist organisations.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Foreign Minister endorses Co-Chairs'
statement |
| The Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha
Bogollagama appreciated the statement made
by the Tokyo Co-Chairs who have recognized
that the “international efforts to persuade
the LTTE to allow the civilians freedom of
movement have failed”.
[Full Story] |
|
|
No harassment to civilians in north –
President tells UN Sec. Gen.
|
| President Mahinda Rajapaksa has told the UN
Secretary General Ban ki-moon that the
current military operations to defeat
terrorism in Sri Lanka would be carried out
without harassment to the civilian
population in the north.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Thursday 05 February 2009 |
|
All patients transferred to safer locations |
| All patients and the medical staff of
Pudukkudyirippu Government Hospital have now
been shifted to a safer location north of
Pudukkudyrippu through the mediation of ICRC.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Lankan Army does not use lethal weapons
against civilians |
| The Sri Lanka Army does not use lethal
munitions against innocent civilians in
their war against terror. Cluster bombs are
banned in the UN convention and Sri Lanka
being a party to this convention, respects
these laws.
[Full Story] |
|
|
LTTE lost DMK sympathy long ago: Karunanidhi |
| DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
M. Karunanidhi on Tuesday said the LTTE had
lost the sympathies of the party way back in
1987 itself as its chief V. Prabhakaran was
planning to adopt a dictatorial form of
government in Tamil Eelam for which they
were fighting, reported The Hindu yesterday.
[Full Story] |
|
|
India on alert against LTTE attacks |
| Rising anti-India anger on websites linked
to the LTTE is causing concern in New Delhi,
which has alerted Tamil Nadu and other
Indian states to increase vigilance against
a terror threat from the group.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Time has come for LTTE to end the war that
it is not winning - Col. R. Hariharan |
| The LTTE has to come to terms with the
reality all over the world now. The world
has lost its patience with terrorism. Most
nations consider the methods used by
organisations like the LTTE to be terror
tactics. That was one of the main reasons
for the LTTE’s downslide in the present war.
[Full Story] |
|
|
LTTE plans to abduct Indian fishermen, boats |
| The LTTE is planning to abduct Tamil Nadu
fishermen and hijack their boats to use them
as shields against Sri Lankan forces,
according to sources in the Indian Fisheries
Department.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Wednesday 04 February 2009 |
Short time before LTTE loses all areas in
North
– Tokyo Co-Chairs |
| “International efforts to persuade the LTTE
to allow the civilians freedom of movement
have failed. There remains probably only a
short period of time before the LTTE loses
control of all areas in the North,” the
Tokyo Co-Chairs of Sri Lanka’s Peace Process
in a statement on the current developments
in Sri Lanka.
[Full Story] |
|
Together for Peace & Prosperity
- President
Obama |
| "Our governments together can work to
foster peace, prosperity, and stability
throughout Sri Lanka, states President
Barack Obama of the United States in an
Independence Day message of greetings to
President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
[Full Story] |
|
|
“Free from the shadow of terror, grasp the
new opportunities before us” - President
Rajapaksa on Freedom Day |
| “Today, we are a nation
that has defeated a powerful enemy that
stood before us. An enemy that we were told
was invincible…
[Full Story] |
|
|
Be united as a single Nation - President |
| President Mahinda Rajapaksa called upon all
people to be united as a single Nation in an
undivided country, showing tolerance, trust
and understanding that have been the
foundation of the Nation throughout its
glorious history.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Tuesday 03 February 2009 |
|
Health Ministry instructs regional officials
to move healthcare activities to No Fire
Zone |
| Secretary of Ministry of Healthcare and
Nutrition has informed all heads of
Diplomatic Missions and ICRC in Sri Lanka
that he has instructed Regional Directors of
Health in Mullaitivu ...[Full Story] |
|
|
Special school for displaced children |
| The Education Ministry officials have
established a temporary school for the
children who are living in the Manik Farm
IDP camp in Vavuniya.
[Full Story] |
|
|
President requests clergy to return |
| President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday
requested members of the clergy in the North
to return to Government controlled areas
along with the trapped civilians as the
Government has taken all measures to cater
to their welfare.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Come to security of Safety Zone – Govt.
urges all civilians |
| With the Security Forces now at the
decisive stage of the operations to defeat
terrorism, the Government has reiterated its
call to all civilians held by the LTTE to
break free from uncleared areas and enter
the Safety Zone provided for their security.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Monday 02 February 2009 |
|
President renews call for LTTE to surrender |
| President Mahinda Rajapakse on Sunday
renewed his call for LTTE to surrender or
face grave danger of being captured by the
government troops.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Jaffna civilians stage massive protest
against LTTE |
| People of Jaffna peninsula staged a massive
protest campaign yesterday against the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
[Full Story] |
|
PC polls:
Postal voting begins tomorrow |
| Casting of postal votes for the upcoming
Central and North Western provincial council
election will commence, the Election
Secretariat said.
[Full Story] |
|
|
UN Secretary General welcomes President’s
announcement of safe passage for civilians |
| UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon in a
statement issued on January 30 welcomed
President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s announcement
of safe passage to a secure environment for
civilians who are kept as a human shield by
the LTTE in the North.
[Full Story] |
|
|
New BOI venture to assemble vehicles |
| The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka granted
investment approval to W T L Automobiles
(Private) Limited for a project to assemble
motor vehicles for the local market.
[Full Story] |
|
|
UN provided US $ 125m for Sri Lanka’s
Development in 2008 |
| The United Nations in Sri Lanka has
provided US$125 million in development aid
to Sri Lankans in 2008.
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