| Tuesday 30 June 2009 |
|
All party input
for Development & Reconciliation |
|
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
has
decided
to
appoint
an All
Party
Committee
for work
related
to all
aspects
of
Development
and
Reconciliation
in the
country.
[Full Story] |
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|
Aussies suspect LTTE fighters among Lankan boat people |
|
Australian
fears
that ex-LTTE
fighters
may be
passing
themselves
off as
refugees
will
lead to
the
latest
boatload
of
unauthorized
arrivals
-
believed
to be
Tamils -
being
subjected
to a
particularly
rigorous
security
screening
process,
reported
The
Australian
today
(June
30).
[Full Story] |
|
|
Chinese grant US$ 891 mn for Norochcholai |
|
Sri
Lanka is
expected
to gain
a major
boost to
its
power
sector
with the
completion
of the
Norochcholai
coal
power
project,
already
under
construction.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Priority for
child rights in IDP centers |
|
With the
government
giving
high
priority
to the
welfare
of
children
in the
IDP
welfare
villages,
special
teams
have
been
deployed
to carry
out
urgent
activities
for the
protection
and care
of
displaced
children.
[Full Story] |
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|
Lanka-India undersea power cable pact soon
|
|
Sri
lanka
and
India
are to
sign an
MoU to
study
the
feasibility
of
laying
an
undersea
cable to
connect
the
power
networks
of two
countries.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Monday 29 June 2009 |
|
Jaffna having
new experience with election |
|
After
three
decades
of war,
the
people
of
Jaffna
are
having a
new
experience
of
democracy
during
the
current
local
election.
[Full Story] |
|
|
US Travel
Advisory aimed to undermine Sri Lanka |
|
The Sri
Lankan
government
yesterday
said the
US
warning
of
potential
for
possible
terrorist
attacks
a month
after
the end
of war,
aimed at
discouraging
US
citizens
from
visiting
Sri
Lanka,
was part
of US
strategy
to
undermine
the
country.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Major role for
Maga Neguma in Northern
development - President |
|
“Maga
Neguma
(the
road
development
project)
has a
big role
to play
in
satisfying
the
aspirations
of the
people
released
from
LTTE
terrorism.
[Full Story] |
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|
Pakistan helps rebuild railway tracks
|
|
The
Pakistan
Railway
Advisory
and
Consultancy
Services
(PRACS)
signed a
$2mn
agreement
with Sri
Lanka
for
rehabilitation
of
railway
tracks
damaged
in the
war,
training
of
railway
employees
and
modification
of the
rolling
stock.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Sri Lankans’
peace march in London |
|
Thousands
of Sri
Lankans
representing
all
major
nationalities
and
religions,
organized
under
‘Sri
Lankans
Against
Terrorism
(SLAT)
UK’,
took
part in
a peace
march in
London,
last
Saturday,
June 27.
[Full Story] |
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|
Rajapaksa
brothers’ strategy saw the fall of
Prabhakaran |
|
The
chronic
political
one-upmanship
in
Colombo
over the
Eelam
war
between
the two
national
parties
— the
UNP and
the SLFP
— which
had
contributed
largely
to the
growth
of the
LTTE and
the
prolongation
of the
war, was
contained
by the
Rajapaksa
administration.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Saturday 27 June 2009 |
|
Defeat of LTTE
– victory of one of Asia’s oldest
democracies |
|
“The
end of
the Sri
Lankan
conflict
should
be seen
for what
it is: a
victory
of one
of
Asia’s
oldest
and most
established
democracies
over one
of the
great
scourges
of our
time:
terrorism.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Friday 26 June 2009 |
|
Lanka gets
membership of Egmont Group |
|
The
Financial
Intelligence
Unit (FIU)
of the
Central
Bank of
Sri
Lanka
obtained
membership
of the
Egmont
Group,
at its
recent
annual
meeting
in Doha,
Qatar.
[Full Story] |
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|
Madhu Feast on
grand scale after 33 years |
|
Catholics
are
ready to
celebrate
the
feast of
Our Lady
of Madhu
without
any fear
after 33
years.
Under
state
patronage
all
arrangements
are
being
made to
hold the
"Annual
Madhu
Feast"
on a
grand
scale on
August
15.
[Full Story] |
|
|
New employment
opportunities to people in East |
|
The
Sri
Lanka
Bureau
of
Foreign
Employment
(SLFEB)
will
open a
new
office
in the
East to
promote
foreign
employment
opportunities
to the
people
in those
areas, a
press
release
issued
by the
Government
Information
Department
said
yesterday.
[Full Story] |
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|
Sri Lanka
strongly supports international measures
against terrorism and spread of WMD |
|
“Consistent
with its
own
policy
position,
Sri
Lanka
has
strongly
supported
international
measures
relating
to
counter-terrorism
as well
as
preventing
of the
proliferation
of WMDs.
[Full Story] |
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|
SL calls for
defects correction in world financial system |
|
Sri
Lanka on
Thursday
calls on
the
international
community
to
correct
the
defects
of the
existing
world
financial
system
in order
to
support
sustainable
economic
development
and
international
market
stability,
...
[Full Story] |
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|
Need to relax
travel advisories on SL - Slovenia |
|
With
the
defeat
of
terrorism,
countries
needed
to relax
the
travel
advisories
on Sri
Lanka,
which
Slovenia
is in
the
process
of
doing,
said
Charge
d’
Affaires
of
Slovenia,
Miklavz
Borstnik
during
his two
day
visit to
Sri
Lanka on
yesterday
(June
25).
[Full Story] |
|
|
Colombo
conference on cooperation in security
challenges |
|
The
conference
hosted
by Sri
Lanka to
discuss
regional
approaches
in
meeting
non-traditional
security
challenges
and
enhancing
border
security
provided
useful
in the
evolution
of
regional
institutions
to meet
new
security
challenges,
including
terrorism
and
other
transnational
threats.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Thursday 25 June 2009 |
|
Jaffna and
Vavuniya polls on Aug 8 |
|
The
elections
for the
Jaffna
Municipal
Council
and the
Vavuniya
Urban
council
are to
be held
on
August
8th, the
Election
Secretariat
said.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Large hauls of
war materials recovered from Kilinochchi and
Mullaittivu areas |
|
Sri
Lanka
Army
Troops
of the
57
Division
recovered
09 T-56
Assault
rifles
during a
search
operation
conducted
in
Kilinochchi
area
yesterday
(24).
[Full Story] |
|
|
Govt. committed
to resettle IDPs in six months |
|
The
government
reiterated
its
commitment
to
resettle
in six
months
all IDPs
now
staying
in
relief
centres,
after
their
release
from
being
held
hostage
by the
LTTE.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Wednesday 24 June 2009 |
|
Uva polls on
August 8 |
|
The Uva
Provincial
Council
election
will be
held on
August
8, the
Election
Secretariat
said.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Sri Lankan
–India: More regular contacts |
|
A Sri
Lankan
delegation
led by
Senior
Presidential
Advisor
Basil
Rajapaksa,
Defence
Secretary
Gotabaya
Rajapakse,
and
Secretary
to
President
Lalith
Wiretunge
are
scheduled
to meet
with
Indian
delegation
led by
National
Security
Advisor
M K
Narayanan,
...
[Full Story] |
|
|
Sri Lankan and Malaysia Airlines in new code share deal |
|
Sri
Lankan
Airlines
expanded
its code
share
deal
with
Malaysian
Airlines
increasing
its
reach to
the
United
States,
Australia
and
Asia-Pacific
sectors.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Higher
education for war displaced-Rs.1058mn |
|
The
Government
has
launched
projects
worth
Rs.1058
million
to
provide
higher
education
facilities
to
children
of the
displaced
from
terrorism
in the
North,
funded
by the
ADB and
the
World
Bank,
under
the
‘Uthuru
Vasanthaya’
Northern
Development
Program.
[Full Story] |
|
|
LTTE remains
banned in US – State Dept |
|
“The U.S
has
designated
the LTTE
as a
foreign
terrorist
organization
since
1997 and
that
designation
remains
in
effect
because
of their
consistent
use of
methods
that
both
deliberately
and
indirectly
target
civilians.
[Full Story] |
|
|
World Bank
provides more support to Health Care |
|
The
World
Bank
yesterday
(June
23)
approved
a US$24
million
International
Development
Association
(IDA)
credit
providing
further
support
to the
Government
of Sri
Lanka’s
health
service
delivery
program,
...
[Full Story] |
|
|
Pakistan
donates $70,000 for IDPs |
|
Pakistan’s
Prime
Minister
Yousuf
Raza
Gilani
on
Tuesday
directed
Pakistan’s
High
Commissioner
in Sri
Lanka to
present
a cheque
of
$70,000
to
assist
the
internally
displaced
persons
(IDPs)
of Sri
Lanka.
[Full Story] |
|
We have ended
need for Travel Advisories that crippled
Tourism
– President |
|
This is
a
momentous
phase
for the
Tourism
Industry.
With
terrorism
defeated
after
three
decades,
our
people
can now
travel
freely
in our
motherland.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Tuesday 23 June 2009 |
|
Sri Lanka -
good opportunity for Malaysian Investors |
|
Sri
Lanka,
fresh
from its
success
in
eliminating
rebels
in the
north
and east
of the
island,
is
inviting
Malaysian
investors
to join
efforts
to
rebuild
its
war-shattered
zones
that
need at
least
US$4
billion
...
[Full Story] |
|
|
Govt to set up
DECs in North and East |
|
The
Government
has
taken
steps to
set up
four
Dedicated
Economic
Centers
(DECs)
in
Batticaloa,
Kilinochchi,
Medawachchiya
and
Jaffna
within
this
year to
provide
essential
commodities
to the
people
in the
North
and the
East at
concessionary
rates.
[Full Story] |
|
|
War materials
found from Thoppigala and Sooriyadi |
|
Special
Task
Force
troops
of the
Kalavanchikudi
camp
recovered
the
following
military
items in
a search
operation
conducted
in
Thoppigala
...
[Full Story] |
|
|
Solar powered
phone booths for IDPs |
|
The
Telecommunication
Regulatory
Commission
(TRC)
has
planned
to set
up solar
powered
coin
operated
telephone
booths
in
welfare
centres
in the
North
for the
benefit
of
displaced
civilians
to
formulate
their
daily
needs.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Resettlement of
IDPs well under way |
|
The
first
phase of
the
overall
relief,
resettlement
and
livelihood
support
in the
immediate-term
180-day
programme
for
northern
IDPs is
well
under
way.
This
plan is
to
provide
relief
to
resettled
persons
and the
populations
of
Northern
Province.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Monday 22 June 2009 |
|
US could learn
lessons from Sri Lanka's victory- Washington
Times |
|
Sri
Lanka
recently
emerged
victorious
from one
of the
world's
longest-running
conflicts,
once
termed
an "unwinnable"
war with
the LTTE.
[Full Story] |
|
|
President
launches Road Map to Promote Spoken English
Skills |
|
The Road
Map to
Promote
Spoken
English
Skills
in Sri
Lanka,
the
accelerated
English
Teacher
Training
Program,
aimed at
training
22,000
English
teachers
in
Government
schools
to
deliver
Spoken
English
courses
to
students
within
18
months,
[Full Story] |
|
|
Search
operations yield more LTTE weapons |
|
At
present,
troops
deployed
in the
former
LTTE
dominated
areas in
Wanni
are
engaged
in a
systemic
search
for the
underground
armories,
mines,
booby
traps in
order to
make the
areas
safer
for the
resettlement
activities.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Student charged
of supporting LTTE loses extradition appeal |
|
A
University
of
Waterloo
student
has lost
his
appeal
to avoid
extradition
to the
United
States
on
charges
he
supported
the LTTE,
an
internationally
recognized
terrorist
group.
[Full Story] |
|
|
President has
no intention to hold office beyond peoples’
mandate |
|
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
firmly
believes
in the
peoples'
mandate
and the
voters'
franchise
rights,
and has
no
intention
to be in
power
beyond
the
period
mandated
by the
ballot,
...
[Full Story] |
|
|
Govt moots IDP
forum |
|
The
Government
is to
create a
new
forum to
discuss
IDP
protection
issues.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Focus on
home-grown economic strategies - President |
|
Sri
Lanka’s
future
economic
strategies
would be
based on
“home-grown”
policies
which
would
supplement
the
unique
needs of
the
country,
said
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
addressing
new
recruits
to the
National
Planning
Service
of the
Finance
and
Planning
Ministry
at
Temple
Trees on
Saturday.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Government
removes fishing restrictions in North |
|
The
government
has
decided
to
remove
fishing
restrictions
in the
north to
increase
production
and
marketing,
...
[Full Story] |
| |
| Friday 19 June 2009 |
|
Sri Lanka and
Maldives agree on intelligence sharing |
|
Sri
Lanka
and the
Maldives
have
reached
agreement
to share
intelligence
and
exchange
information
on the
flow of
funds
that may
be
linked
to
terrorist
activities.
[Full Story] |
|
|
War materials
recovered in Batticaloa |
|
The
Police
recovered
the
following
war
materials
in a
search
operation
conducted
in the
Thonitattamadu-Vakare
area
yesterday
(18):101
T-56
Weapons,
05
Mortar
Launchers,
and 03
Commando
Mortar
Launchers.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Iran, Sri Lanka
Sign $106mln Power-Transfer Agreement |
|
An
Iranian
private
company
inked a
106-million-dollar
agreement
with the
Sri
Lanka
government
on the
transfer
of
electricity
to 1000
villages
in the
South
Asian
country,
Fars
News
Agency
reported.
[Full Story] |
|
|
War-risk rating
of Sri Lanka for insurance down graded |
|
The Sri
Lankan
insurance
market
has
received
a boost
with the
Joint
Cargo
Committee
(JCC)
London
lowering
the risk
rating
from 3.4
to 3.0,
following
a
reassessment
of the
war risk
level
currently
pertaining
in Sri
Lanka.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Sri Lanka
bourse among world's best performing markets |
|
Sri
Lankan
shares
jumped
2.61
percent
yesterday
(18), to
become
one of
the
best-performing
bourses
among
the
world
stock
markets
after a
global
recession,
with top
blue
chips
hitting
over
one-year
highs.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Tamil protest
in London ends after 73 days |
|
The
73-day
protest
of Pro-LTTE
Tamils
in the
UK
demonstrating
over the
alleged
plight
of
Tamils
in Sri
Lanka
has
ended.
[Full Story] |
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|
“There will be
no undeveloped villages in future” -
President |
|
“Irrespective
of all
differences
of
caste,
religion
or
nationality,
at
present
the most
important
obligation
on all
Sri
Lankans
is to
work
together
to build
up the
nation,
which
will
never
again
demarcate
villages
with
tags
such as
‘threatened’
or
‘border’.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Israel gives
humanitarian aid to IDPs |
|
Israel
Ministry
of
Foreign
Affairs
(MFA)
has
dispatched
a
shipment
of
humanitarian
aid to
assist
the
people
of Sri
Lanka.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Thursday 18 June 2009 |
Threshold of a
new era of development and national
integration
- Secretary to the President |
|
“We are
at the
threshold
of a new
era of
development
and
national
integration.
As
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
has
emphasized
during
the past
few
weeks,
some
sections
of our
population
will not
be
considered
minorities,
and all
are the
same.
[Full Story] |
|
|
TRO Chairman
further detained |
|
The
Chairman
of the
Tamil
Rehabilitation
Organization
(TRO),
Velupillai
Shivanadgar
and
another
member
of the
organization,
Eliyathambi
Threshakumaran
who were
arrested
by the
Criminal
Investigation
Division
(CID)
are
further
detained
under
detention
orders.
[Full Story] |
|
|
English schols
for 40 Master Trainers |
|
The
Indian
Government
has
granted
40
scholarships
this
year to
train
English
teachers
as
Master
Trainers
in
spoken
English
at the
English
and
Foreign
Languages
University
(EFLU),...
[Full Story] |
|
|
A-9 takes
Essentials to North |
|
Around
35
lorries
belonging
to
private
traders
transporting
essential
items to
the
North on
the A-9
Road
left
Medawachchiya,
yesterday
(17)
morning.
[Full Story] |
|
|
President to
unveil Jetawana stupa for public today |
|
The
historic
Jetawana
stupa in
Anuradhapura,
which is
considered
the
largest
and
tallest
stupa
made out
of
bricks,
will be
unveiled
for the
benefit
of the
public
by
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
today(June
18).
[Full Story] |
|
|
Sri Lanka may
become ‘Hong Kong of India’- HSBC |
|
Sri
Lanka’s
economy
can
bounce
back
from its
weakest
growth
and
become
the
“Hong
Kong of
India”
as the
end of
almost
three
decades
of civil
war
boosts
business
opportunities,
reported
Bloomberg
Press
quoting
HSBC
Bank, in
a report
on
current
economic
trends
in Sri
Lanka.
[Full Story] |
|
|
SL releases 9
Indian fishermen |
|
Nine
fishermen
from
India
arrested
on June
8 by Sri
Lankan
Navy
have
been
released
and were
handed
over to
Indian
Coast
Guard (ICG)
personnel
at the
International
Maritime
Boundary
line in
the Palk
Strait
on
Wednesday,
reported
The
Times of
India
today
(18).
[Full Story] |
|
|
UK should help
Sri Lanka and cease lecturing – Lord Naseby |
|
“As we
look to
the
future,
the key
for us
in the
UK is to
hopefully
provide
some
meaningful
resources
to help
with
resettlement
and to
cease
lecturing,”
says
Lord
Naseby
in a
letter
of
congratulations
to
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
on the
successful
defeat
of the
LTTE.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Wednesday 17 June 2009 |
|
Bishop Malcolm
Ranjith is New Archbishop of Colombo |
|
Pope
Benedict
XVI has
appointed
Archbishop
Dr.
Malcolm
Ranjith
as the
New
Archbishop
of
Colombo,
reported
a
communiqué
of the
Apostolic
Nunciature
in Sri
Lanka.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Another huge
stock of hidden LTTE weapons found |
|
The
Armed
Forces
continue
to
recover
large
amounts
of war
materials
from
Mullaittivu,
Vellamullavaikkal,
Chalai,
Puthukudueuruppu,
Kuppilankulam,
Pattikarai
and
Pullayanpokkanei
areas
that
were
earlier
under
the
control
of the
LTTE.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Wildlife
sanctuaries in North to be re-opened |
|
The
government
has
decided
to
reopen
the
wildlife
sanctuaries
in
several
districts
of North
which
had been
closed
due to
war.
[Full Story] |
|
|
TamilNadu
remains on alert for LTTE |
|
TamilNadu
police
have
stepped
up
patrolling
and
tightened
security
along
the
state's
coast to
prevent
possible
infiltration
of LTTE
remnants
from Sri
Lanka.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Protecting
Human Rights essential value in SL- Sri
Lanka’s U.S. Envoy |
|
Sri
Lanka
has no
record
of
inflicting
misery
on
fellow
human
beings
for the
purpose
of
empire
building,
commercial
advantage
or
religious
righteousness,
...
[Full Story] |
|
|
A-9 opens for
private traders |
|
A-9
highway
is open
from
today,
June 17,
for
private
traders
to
transport
essential
goods
following
the
defeat
of
terrorism
in the
North.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Three arrested
in LTTE terrorism case in Thailand |
|
Three
men have
been
arrested
in
Thailand
for
being
involved
in arms
trade
with the
LTTE and
assisting
the 9/11
terrorist
attacks
of the
New York
World
Trade
Centre
in the
United
States.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Sri Lanka gains
partnership in SCO |
|
Sri
Lanka
has been
granted
the
status
of
Dialogue
Partner
of the
Shanghai
Cooperation
Organization
(SCO).
[Full Story] |
| |
| Tuesday 16 June 2009 |
|
President
returns after successful visit to Myanmar |
|
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
returned
to the
island
today
(June
16)
after
completing
a
successful
two-day
State
visit to
Myanmar.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Korean Navy on
a goodwill visit to Sri Lanka |
|
Two
ships of
the
Republic
of Korea
Navy
arrived
on a
goodwill
visit to
Sri
Lanka,
yesterday
June 16.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Large hauls of
war materials found in areas of Mullaittivu |
|
The
Armed
Forces
continue
to
recover
large
amounts
of war
materials
from
Mullaittivu,
VISHVAMADU,
AMPALAVANPOKKANAI,
VELLAMULLAVAIKKAL,
ETHENKOKKULAM
and
PUTHUKUDUEURUPPU
that
were
earlier
under
the
control
of the
LTTE.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Special classes
for A/L students in IDP camps |
|
The
Government
yesterday
initiated
a
special
educational
program
for the
students
of
displaced
families
who are
sitting
for the
G.C.E.
Advanced
Level
examination
this
year
under
the
directive
of
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Pakistan gifts
ambulances to SL |
|
The
Government
of
Pakistan,
through
its High
Commission
in
Colombo,
gifted
three
fully
equipped
and
high-roof
ambulances
to the
Health
Ministry
of the
Government
of Sri
Lanka.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Monday 15 June 2009 |
|
President
congratulates Dr. Ahmedinejad |
|
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
has sent
a
message
of
congratulations
to Dr.
Mahmoud
Ahmedinejad
on his
re-election
as
President
of the
Islamic
Republic
of Iran.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Will not push
SL towards solutions - India to TNA |
|
Members
of the
Tamil
National
Alliance
(TNA)
have
failed
to
persuade
the
Government
of India
to play
any
active
role
with
regard
to the
arriving
at a
political
solution
to the
national
question
in Sri
Lanka,
including
the
re-merger
of the
Northern
and
Eastern
Provinces
of the
Island.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Sri Lanka and
UAE to promote bilateral trade |
|
Sri
Lanka
and the
UAE
agreed
to
explore
bilateral
trade
links
with an
emphasis
on
investment
in
agriculture
and
tourism
development,
as well
as
cooperation
with the
Abu
Dhabi
Development
Fund,
during
the UAE
Foreign
Minister,
Shaikh
Abdullah
bin
Zayed
Al-Nahyan’s
official
visit to
Sri
Lanka on
June 13.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Priority is to
rehabilitate IDPs-President tells Myanmar
Leader |
|
Priority
of the
Sri
Lankan
government
is to
rehabilitate
the war
torn
region
and
bring
normalcy
to the
lives of
the
people
said
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
at a
meeting
with the
Chairman
of the
State
Peace
and
Development
Council
of
Myanmar,
Senior
General
Than
Shwe.
[Full Story] |
|
|
President in
Myanmar |
|
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
leading
a
delegation
from Sri
Lanka
arrived
at the
Nay Pyi
Taw
airport,
June 14.
President
Rajapaksa
and
Madam
Shiranthi
Rajapaksa
were
welcomed
by the
Chairman
of the
State
Peace
and
Development
Council
of the
Union of
Myanmar,
Senior
General
Than
Shwe.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Friday 12 June 2009 |
|
Welfare of IDPs
progressing well - Yasushi Akashi |
|
Japanese
special
envoy
Yasushi
Akashi
expressed
his
appreciation
of the
programme
for the
welfare
and
resettlement
of
Internally
Displaced
Persons
(IDPs)
in the
North,
despite
the many
challenges
faced by
the
government
due to
the
larger
numbers
who
arrived
within a
very
short
period.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Canadian MP
debarred from entry |
|
Canadian
Liberal
Member
of
Parliament,
Bob Rae
was not
allowed
to enter
Sri
Lanka
when he
arrived
at the
Bandaranaike
International
Airport
on June
10.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Thursday 11 June 2009 |
|
UNHCR notes
Govt’s good practices in IDP returns |
|
The
Government
has
applied
good
practices
in IDP
return
such as
certified
mine
clearance
prior to
return,
go & see
visits,
provided
transport
for
returnees
and
their
belongings,...
[Full Story] |
| |
| Wednesday 10 June 2009 |
|
Musali
Divisional Secretariat IDPs: 90 percent
resettled |
|
The
Government
has
allocated
Rs. 800
million
for the
development
of
Musali
Divisional
Secretariat
Division
on the
directive
of
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
and 90
percent
of
resettlement
process
in the
division
was
completed
by the
Government
...
[Full Story] |
|
|
Four LTTE
agents in US convicted for supporting terror |
|
Four
Arms
Procurement
Agents
of the
LTTE in
US,
including
the
director
of the
American
branch
of the
LTTE,
pleaded
guilty
to
conspiracy
to
provide
material
support
to the
LTTE, a
designated
foreign
terrorist
organization
in the
United
States.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Political
solution, a task for Sri Lanka- Indian
Foreign Secretary |
|
A
political
solution
for the
National
Question
is a Sri
Lankan
affair
and it
is not
the task
of
India,
Norway
or the
United
Nations
to push
Sri
Lanka
towards
a
political
solution,
said
Indian
Foreign
Secretary
Shiv
Shankar
Menon to
a group
of Sri
Lankan
editors
visiting
India at
the
invitation
of
Indian
Government.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Akashi welcomes
Govt’s action on IDP welfare |
|
Japanese
special
envoy,
Yashushi
Akashi
says
appreciable
measures
had
already
been
taken by
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa’s
administration
to speed
up the
resettlement
process
for the
Internally
Displaced
Persons
(IDPs)
in the
North.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Embassy of SL
in US launches Tamil class |
|
The
Embassy
of Sri
Lanka in
Washington
DC has
recently
commenced
Tamil
language
classes
for its
staff in
order to
improve
their
language
skills
and,
thereby,
facilitate
a closer
interaction
with the
expatriate
Tamil
citizens.
[Full Story] |
|
President seeks
new thrust for agriculture in North
- meets with
father of the Green Revolution |
|
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
sees the
need for
a new
thrust
in the
agricultural
development
of the
North,
as the
people
are
resettled
and they
return
to their
traditional
livelihoods,
mainly
agriculture.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Thursday 09 June 2009 |
|
US help to train English teachers in Sri
Lanka |
|
US
Embassy
joins
hands
with
Cities
of
Excellence
Initiative
to train
English
teachers
from
different
parts of
Sri
Lanka.
[Full Story] |
|
|
French, British voters reject LTTE proxies
for EU Parliament |
|
French
and
British
voters
rejected
outright
the pro-LTTE
Tamil
candidates
who
contested
last
weekend
elections
to the
EU
Parliament.
[Full Story] |
|
Sri Lanka’s priority – three Rs in post
conflict phase
- Attorney General |
|
Sri
Lanka’s
priority
now is
reconstruction,
reintegration
and
rehabilitation
in the
post-conflict
phase
which we
propose
to
approach
in a
spirit
of true
reconciliation.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Explaining the Tamil Tigers to the world |
|
Following
the
defeat
of the
LTTE,
accepted
as the
world’s
most
ruthless
terrorist
organization,
the
continued
and
concerted
attack
on Sri
Lanka by
countries
of their
West,
led by
key
members
of the
European
Union,
[Full Story] |
|
|
Cancel visas of LTTE propagandists - Janata
Party President |
|
The
Union
government
should
cancel
the
visas of
Sri
Lankan
citizens
who are
campaigning
against
their
government
on
Indian
territory,
said
Janata
Party
President
Subramanian
Swamy.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Monday 08 June 2009 |
|
Huge stocks of hidden LTTE weapons found |
|
The
Armed
Forces
and
Police
continue
to
recover
large
amounts
of war
materials
from
Mullaittivu,
Vavuniya,
Batticaloa
and
other
areas
that
were
earlier
under
the
control
of the
LTTE.
[Full Story] |
|
Sri Lanka is best place to invest in this
region
- global investor Jim Rogers |
|
Global
investor
Jim
Rogers
says
that Sri
Lanka is
now the
best
place to
invest
in this
part of
the
world.
He says
investing
in Sri
Lanka at
this
time is
probably
a better
bet than
Pakistan,
Bangladesh,
India or
some of
the
other
countries
nearby.
[Full Story] |
|
|
LTTE defeat proves terrorism could be
eliminated- UK Shadow Defence Secretary |
|
The
British
Shadow
Defence
Secretary,
Dr. Liam
Fox
congratulated
the Sri
Lankan
Government
on the
military
victory
against
the LTTE
terrorist
group
and he
pointed
out that
the
defeat
of the
LTTE
proved
to the
world
that
terrorism
could be
eliminated.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Commonwealth Sec. Gen. hails Sri Lanka on
defeating LTTE |
|
Secretary-General
of the
Commonwealth,
Kamalesh
Sharma,
congratulated
the Sri
Lankan
Government
on the
military
defeat
of the
LTTE at
a
meeting
with
Foreign
Minister
Bogollagama.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Open French and British military conduct to
international probe-SL Envoy |
|
France
and
Britain
should
submit
their
own past
military
conduct
to
international
inquiry
and Sri
Lanka
would be
prepared
to
regard
the
demands
for an
international
inquiry
into
alleged
Human
Rights
violations
in
defeating
the most
ruthless
terrorist
organization
in the
world.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Justice Asoka De Silva is new Chief Justice |
|
Justice
J. Asoka
N. De
Silva of
the
Supreme
Court
took his
oaths as
the new
Chief
Justice
in the
presence
of
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
at
Janadipathi
Mandiraya,
today
(08).
[Full Story] |
| |
| Sunday 07 June 2009 |
Intensified strategy of better dialogue
abroad necessary
- Minister Samarasinghe |
|
We
should
now go
in for
an
intensified
strategy
of
putting
in place
a better
dialogue
and a
better
information
sharing
action
plan
with the
countries
that
voted
against
Sri
Lanka at
the
Human
Rights
Council
countries
so that
they
would be
possessed
with our
side of
the
story as
well,
and be
able to
take a
more
balanced
position
on key
issues,
said the
Minister
for
Disaster
Management
& Human
Rights.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Saturday 06 June 2009 |
Be thoughtful not to disturb communal
harmony
– President to Media |
| The
media
should
not be
used to
disturb
communal
harmony.
The
defeat
of the
LTTE and
terrorism has brought the country to the
threshold of a new era of unity and
understanding.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Friday 05 June 2009 |
|
Indian Envoy castigates Navanethem Pillay
for remarks on Sri Lanka |
| We would
like to
remind
all
concerned
that the
independence
of the
High
Commissioner
for
Human
Rights
[Ms.
Navanethem
Pillay]
cannot
be
presumed
to
exceed
that of
the UN
Secretary-General.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Sri Lankan maintained zero civilian casualty
policy - Don Randall, Australia |
| The Sri Lankan
Government maintained a zero civilian
casualty policy and to meet this policy
slowed their advance considerably in
consideration of the Tamils being used as
human shields,...
[Full Story] |
|
|
Govt. to promote coconut cultivation in
North |
| A number of schemes have been drawn up by
the Ministry of Plantation Industries to
promote coconut cultivation in the North,
parallel to other development plans that are
being undertaken there.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Japan assists Grassroots Human Security
projects |
| The Government of Japan pledged a grant aid
of US$ 1.4 million (approximately Rs. 160
million) to Danish De-mining Group and the
HALO Trust (approximately Rs. 80 million
each) for humanitarian de-mining activities
in the North.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Myanmar gives US$ 50,000 to IDPs |
| The Government of the Union of Myanmar has
decided to donate US$ 50,000/= as a
demonstration of sympathy and goodwill
towards Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
in the North to be utilized for the welfare
of the IDPs in the North.
[Full Story] |
|
|
SL Navy seize LTTE cargo vessel off Colombo |
| An cargo vessel 'Captain Ali', believed to
be carrying supplies for the LTTE, was
seized by Sri Lankan Navy patrol craft 160
Nm off the Colombo seas yesterday, Naval
sources said.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Sri Lanka will not allow equating both sides
in armed conflict |
| Sri Lanka does not
believe in any attempt to equate the two
sides involved in the armed conflict in Sri
Lanka.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Thursday 04 June 2009 |
| Former Minister's funeral today |
| The funeral of the late
Minister of Justice and Law Reforms
Amarasiri Dodangoda will take place at the
Samanala playground in Galle today (4).
[Full Story] |
|
| Nominations for North to begin June 18 |
| Accepting nominations for the upcoming
elections in Jaffna Municipal Councils and
Vavuniya Urban Councils will commence from
June 18th, the Election Commissioner’s
Department announced.
[Full Story] |
|
| FM briefs US Deputy Secretary of State |
| Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama
briefed the newly appointed US Deputy
Secretary of State, James Steinberg, on the
current situation of Sri Lanka at a meeting
last week on the sidelines of the 8th
Shangri - La Dialogue in Singapore.
[Full Story] |
|
| Sri Lanka should be allowed to tackle its
internal affairs - China |
| China says that the Sri
Lankan Government and the people should be
allowed to tackle its internal affairs and
the international community can make
concrete efforts to improve the humanitarian
condition of the country.
[Full Story] |
|
| Tamils hail President’s leadership in return
to peace and unity |
| Leaders and
representatives of the Tamil business
community from Colombo and several regions
of Sri Lanka hailed the leadership given by
President Mahinda Rajapaksa in achieving
peace in the country and unifying a divided
nation.
[Full Story] |
|
| Quote |
|
This is
the
Motherland
of us
all. We
should
live in
this
country
as the
children
of one
mother,
as
brothers
and
sisters.
There
can be
no
differences
here.
[Full Story] |
|
| Singapore, Philippines hail Sri Lankan
victory over LTTE terrorism |
| The Secretary of National Defence of
Philippines, Gilberto C Teodoro and Minister
of Foreign Affairs of Singapore, George Yeo
,congratulated the Sri Lankan Government on
the military defeat of the LTTE at a meeting
on the sidelines of the 8th Shangri – La
Dialogue held in Singapore last week.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Wednesday 03 June 2009 |
| New era in foreign relations to safeguard
motherland – President |
| In order to, protect
our new freedom after defeating terrorism,
and to prevent being under the pressure of
others, ...
[Full Story] |
|
| Rs.14000m boost for Rural Development |
| The government has allocated Rs.14000
million for rural development under the
‘Gama Neguma’ (Developing the Village)
programme, launched by the Nation Building
and Infrastructure Development Ministry.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Tuesday 02 June 2009 |
| Govt. grants 7 million to develop Catholic
churches |
| The government has granted Rs.7 millions
to develop the facilities of Catholic
churches in the Kurunrgala and Kalutara
districts under the programme to develop
religious establishment.
[Full Story] |
|
| Victory celebration over terrorism tomorrow |
| Elaborate arrangements are now in place
for tomorrow’s (03) national celebration to
salute the armed forces for historic victory
over terrorism that ended with the defeat of
the LTTE after three decades.
[Full Story] |
|
| Pro-LTTE demos cost UK police 8 million
pounds |
| London's Metropolitan Police spent a
whopping 8 million pounds to control the
43-day long demonstrations outside the
British Parliament by pro-LTTE supporters,
the PTI reported quoting a high police
official.
[Full Story] |
|
| Peace brings new boost for Tourism |
| Sri Lanka is looking forward to a new
boost for Tourism, which has for long been
one of the major revenue earners for the
country.
[Full Story] |
|
“Stand up for others, they stand up for
you...’’
- Ambassador Dayan Jayatilleka |
| Those driving the move
wanted to hold it when the war was on, and
they pushed for it to be held on May 14th.
[Full Story] |
|
| Sri Lankan forces protected civilian lives
during counter-terrorism operations - FM |
| In conducting military operations to
eliminate terrorism, the Government’s
primary concern was to safeguard the
innocent civilians, many of whom had
experienced multiple displacements over the
years, and had their children forcibly
conscripted by the LTTE to be used as cannon
fodder.
[Full Story] |
|
| Key SF Commands restored in North |
| The Sri Lanka Army has restored two key
regional headquarters in the North, at
Killinochchi and Mullaitivu.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Monday 01 June 2009 |
| "I went to war to save innocent people from
a ruthless man and his organization"
- President |
| The war was not fought
against an innocent person or an
organization.
[Full Story] |
|
| Northern Province to light up |
| The government is planning to expedite
providing electricity to all areas in the
Northern region of the country. It is
planning to be done under the "Uthuru
Wasanthaya" program, which was implemented
by the government to develop the region.
[Full Story] |
|
| Poland to expand economic ties with Sri
Lanka |
| Poland wishes to expand economic ties
with Sri Lanka which includes tourism, said
the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland,
Piotr Klodkowski.
[Full Story] |
|
| Sri Lankan forces protected civilian lives
during counter-terrorism operations - FM |
| In conducting military
operations to eliminate terrorism, the
Government’s primary concern was to
safeguard the innocent civilians, many of
whom had experienced multiple displacements
over the years,...
[Full Story] |
| |
