122 Sri Lankan trainees hospitalized after food poisoning
Xinhua, China
COLOMBO, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan military said on
Thursday that 122 trainees have been admitted to hospital after food poisoning
in the east. |
The Sri Lankan Solution
Wall Street Journal
Sri Lanka's military is now two months into a full-on offensive
against the Tamil Tiger rebels in their northern base. An end finally may be in
sight |
Malaysian government revokes VOA for Sri Lanka
Colombo Page, Sri Lanka
Aug 28, Colombo: The Malaysian government has revoked the
visa-on-arrival (VOA) facility for nationals from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka,
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Tamil
Tigers drop bombs at Trincomalee Navy camp
Aug 27 (CP)
The Tamil Tigers' tiny air crafts have dropped two improvised
bombs on Trincomalee naval base in eastern Sri Lanka Tuesday night, defense
officials said |
'Lankan Govt strong, will resolve ethnic issue'
Aug 27 (DN)
The Japanese Government believes that the Sri Lankan
Government is strong and capable of resolving the ethnic problem, a Japanese
Parliamentary delegation has told President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday. Hosei
Norota, Member of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the Japan-Sri
Lanka Parliamentarians’ Friendship Association and former Minister of Defence,
has told President Rajapaksa that Sri Lanka was progressing rapidly with a
strong economic framework. |
LTTE receives heavy beating at Mullaittivu front
Aug 27 (DLK)
9 LTTE terrorists were killed and 16 others confirmed wounded
Tuesday (Aug 26) during heavy fighting ensued between troops of the 57 Division
and LTTE in general area Alankulama, North of Thunukkai in Mullaittivu |
New
security system for Sri Lanka's Eastern University
Aug 27 (CP)
Batticaloa: Sri Lanka Police and the University administration
have decided to introduce a new security system for the Eastern University. |
Sri
Lankan Airlines to re-fleet from Dec; Etihad main code-share partner
Aug 27 (LBO)
Sri Lankan Airlines expects to replace its older fleet of
short haul Airbus A320s with new deliveries starting December and will also make
Etihad its main code-share partner, a top official said. SriLankan now operates
four A320 aircraft on its short-haul flights, which the airline is expects to
replace by March 2009. The first delivery of replacement aircraft is expected in
December |
Sri
Lanka says regional deal will help combat terrorist financing
Aug 27 (LBO)
A legal co-operation deal signed by south Asian leaders at a
summit in Sri Lanka earlier this month will help combat terrorist financing and
cross-border crime, the foreign affairs ministry said Wednesday. The SAARC
Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters will establish a legal
basis for regional cooperation among member states, it said in a statement. |
'Use
of chemical weapons, regardless of place, user and context, is an act of
terrorism'
Aug 26 (GDI)
Prime Minister Rathnasiri Wickremanayake has assured that the
Government of Sri Lanka does not have any chemical weapons or mass destructive
weapons in its possession and expressed doubts that the LTTE terrorist outfit
might adopt into such military tactics now or later. Mr. Wickramanayake said
that he said he was certain of one thing: the LTTE was on its last legs. |
Sri Lankan
army advances into key LTTE areas
Aug 26 (wsws)
After a military stalemate lasting nearly a year, the Sri
Lankan army has recently captured several key positions in the northern areas of
the island from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The overall
objective of these operations appears to be to tighten the noose around the town
of Kilinochchi, which has functioned for more than a decade as the LTTE’s
administrative and military centre. |
Anandasangaree lambaste Prabakaran for his ruthless atrocities
Aug 26 (AT)
It is no secret that the LTTE has now become so weak, but
still keep on challenging not only the Government of Sri Lanka but the entire
International Community as well. The Tamils are held as hostages in their own
land. Even the Tamils living freely in the South with Sinhalese and those who
fled the country and are being well looked after by various countries in the
West, Canada and the United States are living in fear and tension due to the
threat of the LTTE. |
Four
historical places in Sri Lanka to be nominated as world heritage sites
Aug26 (CP)
Central Cultural Fund of Sri Lanka has decided to nominate the
four most historical places as world heritage sites |
Explosion in Dambulla
Aug26 (DM)
An explosion has occurred in Dambulla today morning. The Police
suspect a grenade to have caused the explosion. No one was injured from the
blast. |
Work on Lanka’s longest bridge over
Aug26 (DN)
Work on the 170 metre Nilwala bridge, Sri Lanka’s longest
railway bridge along the Matara-Kataragama railway line has been completed at a
cost of Rs. 91 million, Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said. |
A suicide belt
found - Vavuniya
Aug26 (DLK)
Army personnel uncovered a suicide belt and few other warlike
items while conducting a search operation in general area Chekkadipilaw in
Vavuniya last afternoon, 25 August. |
At least 74 killed in Sri Lanka fighting
Reuters UK, UK
COLOMBO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - At least 74 people were killed
during a Sri Lankan military push to take the symbolic capital of the separatist
Tamil Tiger |
Sri Lanka's ruling party sweeps local polls
Radio Australia, Australia - Aug 24, 2008
Sri Lanka's ruling party swept two local councils in an election
seen as a referendum on the administration's war against Tamil rebels. |
Sri Lanka to launch equity derivatives: report
Economic Times, India
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will introduce derivatives for its stock
market in 18 months to help investors mitigate risks, the island nation's
Securities |
Sri Lanka military moves to take Tiger capital
COLOMBO (AFP) — Sri Lanka staged
provincial elections amid high security Saturday as troops pushed deeper into
rebel territory in the island's north |
Sri Lanka to issue new rules for offshore firms
Aug 23 (LBO) Sri Lanka is
developing a new policy and rules for setting up offices of foreign companies in
the island, with plans to increase a minimum deposit requirement, an official
said. After a new company law came into effect last year, branches of off-shore
firms are coming under Sri Lanka's exchange control department, which is a unit
of the Central Bank. Authorities are framing new rules to promote investor
confidence |
Army
takes commanding position west of A-9
Aug 23 (Island) The LTTE
yesterday abandoned Tunukkai on the Vanni front as the army brought the
strategically important area west of the A9 road under its control. The
withdrawal came after three weeks of fierce fighting between the 57 Division and
LTTE units spearheaded by the elite Charles Anthony ‘Brigade.’ The SLAF over the
past few weeks engaged a range of LTTE targets in the area to facilitate the
ground assault. |
Army liberates Thunukkai and Uilankulam Towns
MOD
According to the latest military information received, troops of
the 57 Division operating in Mullaittiuvu Eastern battlefront have liberated
Tunukkai and Uilankulam towns this morning, 22 August. |
Sri Lankan aircraft pound rebel bases for third day
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's air
force assaulted Tamil Tiger rebels for a third straight day on Friday, hitting a
supply base |
Mendis can get 500 wickets says Bedi
International Herald Tribune, France
AP NEW DELHI: Former India spin great Bishan Bedi says Sri
Lanka's Ajantha Mendis has the potential to claim 500 career wickets |
Sri Lankan troops break through rebel defenses
The Associated Press
 COLOMBO,
Sri Lanka (AP) — The Sri Lankan military says it has broken through the Tamil
Tigers' defenses in recent weeks, ending a prolonged stalemate |
Sri Lanka's air force attacks Tamil rebels
International Herald Tribune, France
AP COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka's air force launched attacks on
Tamil Tiger rebels along the northern front lines Thursday |
Norway-LTTE ties sour over theft of NGO vehicles
SINDH TODAY, Pakistan
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Norway’s decision not to hail a truce
the Tamil Tigers declared before the SAARC summit this month seems to have
fuelled a crisis |
Sri Lanka for international pressure on Tamil Tigers
Aug 20 (Xinhua)
The Sri Lankan government Wednesday urged the international
community to put pressure on the Tamil Tigers to allow civilians to leave the
conflict zones to safety. A government release said the LTTE was preventing
thousands of families from moving to safe areas by imposing a strict pass
system. In some instances, the rebels were forcing people to stay behind to
ensure the return of other members of their families. |
Tigers train
civilians for combat
Aug 20 (ML)
The LTTE has recommenced basic military training programmes
for civilians in the Wanni on Monday (18), pro-Tiger websites reported. The
training programmes that were a common phenomenon in 2006 and 2007, recommenced
as tens of thousands of civilians converged on Kilinochchi, fleeing the fighting
along the south western borders of the Wanni FDLs. The Tigers constituted their
auxiliary force, the ‘Civilian Force’ or Makkal Paddi with the civilians who
received basic military training |
Increased
security for provincial polls as elections related violence increases in Sri
Lanka:
Aug20 (CP)
Elections violence monitoring organizations in Sri Lanka say
elections related violence is rising ahead of the provincial polls scheduled to
be held on Saturday, August 23. |
Sri Lankan
journalist J. S. Tissainayagam indicted
Aug20 (CP)
The Free Media Movement (FMM) citing reliable media sources say
Sunday Times columnist J. S. Tissainayagam, who has been held in detention in
the custody of the Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) since 7th March
2008, has finally been indicted in the High Court. |
Minister predicts landslide victory for UPFA
Aug20 (DN)
The UNP will record a historic defeat in the North Central and
Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council elections on August 23. The UPFA will record a
landslide victory, Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said yesterday. |
National carrier flies on operational losses
Aug20 (DM)
SriLankan Airlines Group’s financial performance for the year
2007/08 was severely affected by the steep rise in the price of aviation fuel,
resulting in an operational loss of Rs. 588 million. Group Nett Profit for the
Year 2007/08 was Rs. 4,899.66 million compared to the Nett Profit of Rs. 862.18
million in the previous year |
Tamil
Tigers tacitly admit losing ground to govt
Aug 19 (AFP)
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday tacitly admitted that
they were losing ground in the face of a major military offensive by warning
that thousands of civilians in the north were at risk. In their first public
acknowledgement that government forces were moving deeper into areas previously
held by them, the Tigers said civilians have had to move several times because
of the military onslaught. |
Attacks against JVP continue
Aug 19 (LD)
UPFA supporters had assaulted JVP supporters in two separate
incidents in Kegalle and Rambukkana, said party MP Gamini Ratnayake. A group of
JVP supporters engaged in campaigning activities in front of the Kegalle
Hospital for the final JVP rally tomorrow was attacked around 1.00 this morning,
he said. A group of UPFA supporters who arrived in several vehicles assaulted
the JVP supporters and damaged |
INGOs
agree to prevent equipment falling into LTTE hands
Aug 19 (Island)
International Non-Govermental Organisations carrying out
humanitarian assistance in the Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts, where the
Military is on the offensive, have agreed to secure all equipment in their
possession to prevent it falling into the hands of the LTTE. "If not they agreed
to bring all these equipment into government controlled areas after the
government warned that stern action would be taken against INGOs which |
No
reversal in Northern liberation - President
Aug 19 (DN)
President Mahinda Rajapaksa asserted that after the lapse of
a prolonged period of absolute tolerance and patience and failed negotiations
with the LTTE, his Government eventually responded in the language best
understood by the terrorists with the strong resolve of not turning back until
the very last terrorist is captured. |
Sri
Lanka pilots among first to fly Airbus A380: Emirates
Aug 19 (LBO)
Dubai-based Emirates said two of its pilots from Sri Lanka
were among the first to fly the new Airbus A380 super jumbo aircraft. Suren
Ratwatte has flown the prototype aircraft registered as F-WWDD out of Airbus
Industries home airfield in Toulouse France on June 18, while Suhail Hashim flew
the same aircraft the following day. The pilots had joined Emirates in 1989.
"The A380 is the world's largest commercial aircraft, and |
Toronto non-profit
raised millions for Tamil Tigers
Aug 19 (NP)
A Toronto non-profit group wired more than $3-million to
overseas bank accounts, some of them linked to the Tamil Tigers, before it was
shut down by the government in June for alleged terrorist financing, says an
RCMP report released yesterday. The report, marked "Secret" but unsealed by
order of a Federal Court judge, provides the first detailed look at the banking
activities of the World Tamil Movement (WTM), a Toronto-based group accused of
bankrolling Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers guerrillas. |
Mendis remains a mystery
CricInfo.com, UK
 The
crisp, cream clothing made way for dazzling blue, but the script read much the
same. Watching India clearly weighed down by the finger freak |
Fierce Sr Lanka fighting kills 23 rebels, 8 troops
COLOMBO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Another
23 Tamil Tiger rebels and eight soldiers were killed in battles in Sri Lanka's
north on Sunday |
Sri Lanka wants maids to go to Europe, avoid Gulf
Fresh News, India
By Indo-Asian News Service on Monday, August 18, 2008 The Sri
Lankan government is seeking to encourage women migrants to look for jobs in
European |
Sri Lanka Industrial Exports Plunge in June
Yahoo, Thailand
COLOMBO, Aug 18 Asia Pulse - Sri Lanka's industrial exports
plunged 9.3 per cent in June 2008, with the key apparel sector slumping 8.9 per
cent |
Sri Lanka fighting kills 56, rebel base captured
COLOMBO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Almost
50 Tamil Tiger fighters and seven soldiers have been killed and an important
rebel training base has been captured |
22 Tiger rebels killed: Sri Lanka military
 COLOMBO
(AFP) — Twenty-two Tamil rebels have died in fresh ground
battles in war-torn northern Sri Lanka as soldiers move closer to the
insurgents' |
Tamil rebels 'breaking the law'
 BBC
News, UK
Tamil rebels in Sri Lanka are breaking international law by
using civilians as buffers against the army, human rights group Amnesty
International says |
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Fighting kills 36 rebels, 5 soldiers in Sri Lanka
International Herald Tribune, France
AP COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Fierce fighting between
government troops and separatist Tamil Tigers across Sri Lanka's
embattled north killed 36 rebels |
Jayawardene blames inconsistent batsmen
CricInfo.com, UK
Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, blamed
inconsistent batting for his side's defeat in the ODI series against
India. |
Lanka's inflation may fall below 10 pct by end-09
Reuters India, India
COLOMBO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's inflation rate
could fall into the single digits by end-2009, barring external factors
such as fuel and food price |
Sri Lanka president says no snap elections
Xinhua, China - Aug 26, 2008
26 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse
has scoffed rumors that he would call a snap parliamentary election in
the country, his office said ... |
No snap poll -
President
Aug 27 (DN)
Contrary to recent speculation, President Mahinda
Rajapaksa yesterday ruled out a snap poll. |
LTTE presence in the East on the increase—TMVP
Aug 27 (ML)
The Tiger intelligence operations in the east have
shown a marked increase in recent weeks, TMVP spokesperson Azath Moulana
told The Morning Leader yesterday. The heightened intelligence work
comes one year after government forces gained control of the entire
eastern province. He said the intelligence activities are mostly in
Kancikudichcharu and the surrounding areas. |
LTTE terrorist
killed sniped at Thunukkai
Aug 27 DLK)
A LTTE terrorist was reported killed sniped at general
area Alankulam, North of Thunukkai at the Vavuniya-Mullaittivu
battlefront Wednesday (August 27) at around 2 p.m |
Vaas takes 400th one-day wicket
Aug 27 (Reuters)
Sri Lanka left-arm fast bowler Chaminda Vaas took his
400th wicket in one-day internationals when he dismissed Indian batsman
Yuvraj Singh for a duck in the fourth one-day international on
Wednesday. Vaas had Yuvraj caught by Mahela Jayawardene at short mid
wicket in his seventh over of the innings. He lifted his head to the
skies and raised his arms as his team mates rushed to congratulate him. |
Sri Lanka's Sprint Queen to retire
Aug 27 (CP)
Sri Lanka's sprint queen Susanthika Jayasinghe today
said that she will retire from the athletics very soon. |
Ranil
urged to resign from party and opposition leader posts
Aug 26 (LNP)
The struggle to change the leadership of the UNP came
to surface again with fresh vigor from another group of MPs, just after
the Provincial Council elections in North Central and Sabaragamuwa
Provinces. The group of MPs are to meet tomorrow (26) night to discuss
the future programme. They are to urge Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe not only
to resign from the post of the party leader but also from the Opposition
Leadership |
'Stop LTTE’s fund
raising activities and ban the TRO in Sweden'
Aug 26 (AT)
The Swedish Chapter of the Campaign Against
Separatist Terrorism in Sri Lanka (CASTIS), has urged the Swedish Prime
Minister to ban the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization in Sweden. In a
letter addressed Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden, CASTIS has
pointed out that the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) is very
active in fund raising and they are collecting funds from each and every
Tamil family in Sweden. |
LP
gas price to go up in Sri Lanka
Aug26 (CP)
Shell Gas Company, one of Sri Lanka's leading gas
suppliers says that they will revise the price of a LP gas cylinder with
effect from next month. |
Ticket fury hits family members
Aug 26 (DM)
The interim committee of Sri Lanka Cricket in what is
said to be a tit for tat move has cut down issuing players’ wives and
family members with complimentary tickets for the remaining two one-day
internationals against India scheduled for today and Friday at the
Premadasa Stadium. Many family members of players refused to sit in a
makeshift enclosure for the third one-dayer last Sunday and boycotted
the match in protest at being given seating accommodation akin to common
spectator stands |
Tharanga shines in drawn encounter
Aug 26 (CI)
Upul Tharanga stood out with a quick-fire 169 as Sri
Lanka A gained valuable batting practice in their high-scoring draw
against the South African Challenge XI at the Willowmoore Park in Benoni.
Batting first, Sri Lanka set off at a rollicking pace despite the early
dismissal of Tharanga Paranavitana, reaching 50 in the ninth over.
Tharanga found strong support from Kanchana Gunawardene, with whom he
added 226 runs for the second wicket. |
Pressure on Sri Lanka to stay afloat
CricInfo.com, UK
Much of the success has been due to the seam duo of
Zaheer Khan and Praveen Kumar who, with their contrasting styles, |
Sri Lanka journalist denied bail
BBC News, UK
By Roland Buerk A Sri Lankan journalist, accused under
the country's Prevention of Terrorism Act, has been remanded in custody.
JS Tissainayagam was held |
Sri Lanka comparatively backward and failed to
develop technologically
Asian Tribune, Thailand -
By Quintus Perera – Asian Tribune Colombo, 25 August, (Asiantribune.com):
Sri Lanka is faced with problems - largely the problems of poverty |
Sri Lanka holds provincial polls amid military
push
Radio Australia, Australia
Sri Lanka is holding provincial elections amid high
security with 25 thousand police deployed to guard polling booths in two
provinces voting |
India banking on flat Premadasa wicket to take
lead
Press Trust of India, India
Colombo, Aug 23 (PTI) After two horrendous outings in
the low and slow Dambulla pitch, Indian batsmen will take a lot of heart
from the batting-friendly |
‘PC polls referendum on war against terror'
Aug 23 (Island)
Both leading contenders the SLFP-led ruling coalition and the UNP
yesterday expressed confidence in winning Sabaragamuwa and North Central
Provinces at today’s provincial council elections which President
Mahinda Rajapaksa described as a referendum on the war against
terrorism. Interestingly, CaFFE widely believed to be supportive of the
UNP propaganda effort, too, has termed the August 23 elections a
mini-referendum on the military campaign. |
Terrorism
successfully eradicated under present Govt - Artistes
Aug 23 (DN)
President Mahinda Rajapaksa is successfully eradicating terrorism and is
about to unite the country while NGOs and all other LTTE friendly forces
are trying their best to save the LTTE. The party which killed youth and
the party which let youth die has signed an unofficial MoU against the
Government. All patriotic artistes have come together to strengthen the
President, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Commanders of the
three Armed Forces and war heroes, actor Senaka Wijesinghe said. more.. |
Sri Lanka says closing in on rebel capital after
fall of key towns
COLOMBO (AFP) — Sri Lankan
troops on Friday captured two strategic towns from Tamil Tigers as they
closed in on the rebels' political capital, |
Suicide bomb kits found in church
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia
SRI Lankan troops found suicide bombing kits inside a
Roman Catholic church in Colombo, the defence ministry said. Acting on a
tip-off, |
Sri Lanka's sensation Mendis spins a mystery
Hindustan Times, India
Unorthodox Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis, who has
confounded batsmen with his range of variations without a perceptible
change in his action |
Eleven die in Sri Lanka violence: military
COLOMBO (AFP) — Fighting in
Sri Lanka left dead at least 11 people, including eight Tamil Tiger
rebels, the defence ministry said Thursday. |
A Sri Lanka Rice Cargo Ship Sinks Near Chittagong
Harbor – 16 Crew ...
Asian Tribune, Thailand -
By Walter Jayawardhana A Sri Lankan cargo vessel
carrying 3609 tons of rice was sunk off Banglades’s Chiitagong harbor
after colliding with a Panamanian |
Pre-poll violence mars election campaigns in Sri
Lanka
SINDH TODAY, Pakistan -
Colombo, Aug 21 (IANS) Campaigning for elections for two
of Sri Lanka’s nine provincial councils has ended, with independent
monitors accusing the ruling |
LTTE increasing use of human shields
Middle East Times, Egypt
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam terrorist group in Sri Lanka is increasingly using
citizens for human shields |
Sri Lanka smells victory over Tamil rebel state
Aug 20 (AFP)
Sri Lanka is on the verge of a major victory against
Tamil separatists, officials say, in a high-risk military strategy to
dismantle a de facto rebel state. President Mahinda Rajapakse announced
that security forces will pursue a major offensive in the north of the
island and capture Kilinochchi, the political capital of the LTTE. "The
government would continue with the anti-terror drive until the north too
is liberated, just as the east," |
Malaysian bank used to channel LTTE funds
Aug 20 (Bernama)
A Toronto non-profit group was reported to have wired
more than C$3 million (C$1=RM3.14) to overseas bank accounts, including
Malaysian ones, with some of them linked to the Tamil Tigers before it
was shut down by the Canadian Government in June for alleged terrorist
financing. About C$1.9-million went to an account at a
Malaysian-incorporated bank in Kuala Lumpur and it was utilised as a
vehicle to forward money to the LTTE from Canada. |
'Peace &
Goodwill' continues to remain in Jaffna
Aug20 (DLK)
A review of all security measures in force, steps taken
to prevent robberies and thefts, ongoing humanitarian and welfare
projects in the Jaffna peninsula was made during the forum, "People's
Council for Peace and Goodwill," assembled at the transit hall in
Kankesenthurai Forward Maintenance Area last Sunday (17th August |
SL 142 all out
Aug20 (DM)
Sri Lanka were all out for 142 in the 39th over moments
ago. Thilina Thushara scored the highest with 44 runs to his name |
Susanthika in 200m semis
Aug 19 (LD)
Sri Lankan medal hopeful Susanthika Jayasinghe
advanced to the semi-finals of the women's 200 m event at the Beijing
Olympics today (Aug. 19th). Susanthika clocked 22.94 seconds to be
placed third in the second heat of the second round, after Bahrain's Al Gassra Roqaya (22.76 sec) and Hurtis Houairi Muriel of France (22.89
sec). |
Sri Lankan military says 21 rebels killed
Aug 19 (AP)
Scattered battles between the government forces and
Tamil Tiger rebels across Sri Lanka's embattled northern region killed
21 rebels, the military said Tuesday. The newly reported fighting took
place Monday along the front lines separating government
controlled-territory and the rebels' de facto state in the north. In the
worst fighting, soldiers killed 11 guerrillas in three separate clashes
in the rebel stronghold of Kilinochchi, the military said. |
Air
Force crippling LTTE with precise, effective air strikes
Aug 19 (LNP)
Sitting in the upper level of the Air Force
Headquarters he has a bird`s eye view of Colombo to observe what is
happening in the City. Air Marshal Roshan Goonetileke has a clear view
on what he had done during the past two years and also to be done in the
near future considered to be the final stage of the war. He very clearly
rejected pro-LTTE media allegations that civilians get affected by air
raids of the SLAF saying that they are extremely cautious about the
civilian presence around the targets they are selecting. |
Mendis not a permanent threat - Dhoni
Aug 19 (CI)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian captain, has said
that Ajantha Mendis was an unusual bowler in comparison to Muttiah
Muralitharan, but it's only a matter of time before batsmen are able to
pick his variations easily. Mendis continued to trouble the Indians
after picking up 3 for 21 off nine overs in Sri Lanka's easy
eight-wicket win in the first one-dayer in Dambulla. Muralitharan too
chipped in with three wickets to skittle India out for a paltry 146 |
LTTE about to be
destroyed - Strategy Page
Aug19 (DM)
LTTE personnel and territorial losses are accelerating
because the LTTE can no longer maintain a “front line” of bunkers, the
respected military website Strategy Page said yesterday |
Thousands displaced by Sri Lanka fighting: UN
COLOMBO (AFP) — Thousands
of people have been forced to flee their homes in northern Sri Lanka,
joining thousands of others displaced |
MIA
ACCUSED OF QUESTIONABLE LYRICS & ARTWORK USE: Sri Lankan
Eurweb.com, CA
.jpg) Sri
Lankan/American hip-hop artist, DeLon, questions Interscope recording
artist, MIA (Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam), for using images
representative |
Chinese tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka grow 7.3% in
first half of 2008
CCTV, China
Tourist arrivals from China to Sri Lanka grew by 7.3
percent in the first half of 2008 over the same period a year ago |
Georgia – a lesson for Sri Lanka
The Island (subscription), Sri Lanka
This also is a good example for little Sri Lanka. The
consequences of ignoring India and moving too close to China and
Pakistan |
Crime: Two teenagers stabbed to death in one night
guardian.co.uk, UK
Nilanthan Murddi, 17, who is believed to be Sri Lankan,
was killed during a street fight in Croydon, south London, in the early
hours of Saturday. |
Sri Lanka may be close to peace
The Statesman, India
Sri Lankans have just completed another month of
introspection, as they have every July for so long now. This year marks
the 25th anniversary |
'I can't think of life without cricket'
 Aug
16 (IANS) It will be 19 years of cricket for
Sri Lankan batting stalwart Sanath Jayasyriya in December. At 39, his
contemporaries are long gone but Jayasuriya, still feared by bowlers the
world over, is as passionate about the game as a fledgling. The opener
says it is the pride to represent his country that keeps him going.
"When I was growing up I only wanted to do one thing and that was to
play for my country. |
State radio: Life back to normal in N Sri Lanka
Xinhua, China -
COLOMBO, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The civilian life in Sri
Lanka's Northern Province is fast returning to normal, the state radio
announced on Saturday. |
Children in armed conflict:
Ceylon Daily News, Sri Lanka
 COLOMBO:
UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative for Children in
Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy yesterday said the United Nations |
India pin hopes on fresh legs in Sri Lanka one-dayers
Hindustan Times, India
India open a five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka in
Dambulla on Monday hoping to erase unhappy memories of their last
encounter |
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