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TNA on Firing line
2009-06-11 | 8.00 PM
  Four TNA MPs may have to leave parliament if speaker WJM Lokubandara refuses to grant leave of absence on Friday.

Informed sources say that the TNA parlimenterians are abroad and finding it difficult to return.
 
Canada displeased with Lanka
2009-06-11 | 11.30 AM
  The Canadian government is angry on deportation of Canadian parliamentarian Bob Rae.

Senior parliamentarian Bob Roe was detained after flying into Colombo and put back on the next available flight to Canada.
 
Government on LTTE Funding Trail
2009-06-11 | 11.30 AM
  Sri Lankan officials are on the trail of LTTE funding says the wall street Journal.

Sri Lankan officials have been sifting through computer files, business cards and daily schedules taken from Tamil Tiger offices in the country's north during this year's military offensive says Peter Woncot of wall Street Journal.
 
Diplomatic Concoction – The Truth is Now Revealed
2009-06-10 | 12.05 PM
  “Lanka News Web” exclusively reported a news item on the 29th May 2009 revealing the diplomatic bungles made by a Sri Lankan Ambassador and a Minister by fabricating a story of an “Israeli Proposal” to send an UN and WHO delegation to investigate the conduct of Sri Lankan security forces during the recently concluded offensive against the LTTE, at the WHO forum in Geneva. The news of such an Israeli proposal was given top priority in at least two national newspapers at that time.
 
Pakistan officials in trouble on SL cricket attack
2009-06-10 | 12.05 PM
  Criminal proceedings against all those security officials who showed incompetence and negligence when the Sri Lankan cricket team was attacked has been recommended by a parliamentary committee.

The Interior Ministry has been requested to speed up their investigations to arrest all involved in the attack.
 
Show courage-Indian PM tells Lanka
2009-06-10 | 12.05 PM
  The Indian Prime Minister said that its time for Sri Lanka to show courage in meeting the legitimate aspirations of the Tamil community.

He said that the Tamil problem as "larger than that of the LTTE".

“We hope Sri Lanka will show imagination and courage in meeting the legitimate concerns and aspirations of Tamil people to live their lives as equal citizens and with dignity and self-respect," said Prme minister Manmohan Singh addressing the Lok Sabha.
 
Tamils Diaspora to push for a two state solution
2009-06-10 | 12.05 PM
  The Tamil Diaspora is actively strategizing for its next move.

According to the Diaspora organization Tamils for Obama a Two stare solution is top on the agenda.
 
Sri Lankan envoy presents credentials to President of Portugal
2009-06-09 | 8.50 PM
 
Splits in Tamil Diaspora
2009-06-09 | 12.05 PM
  The Tamil Diaspora in many parts of the West is witnessing splits and fractures. Some are ideological and others are on practical issues.

The pro LTTE Tamil Net website in a special editorial said that it will keep away from

ongoing factional news and debate on Tamil politics.
 
A Pream Jayanth Move to Curb Protest
2009-06-09 | 12.05 PM
  Trade unionist in the education sector say a new circler that makes compulsory for Teachers to support the government is a move to curb dissent and protest.

According to a circular sanctioned by Education Minister Susil Prem Jayanth teachers have to affirm in front of the principal that they will not bring the government to disrepute and not make any statement against the government.
 
Mass Scale Job losses
2009-06-09 | 12.05 PM
  The JVP trade unionist Vasantha Samarasinha says that within the last five months there have been 80,000 job losses.

He put the the indirect job losses at 300,000 as supplementary business such as providing board, lodging and transport to workers was effected.
 
IDPs in the North – Citizens of Another Country
2009-06-08 | 8.30 PM
  It was only a few days ago, the outgoing Chief Justice, Sarath N.de Silva stated that Vanni IDPs live under appalling conditions. This was already reported in Lanka News Web. He further said, “I openly say this. The authorities can penalize me for telling this.” Our learned readers, we are certain will understand the underlying truth of the above statement. The Chief of the Judiciary of Sri Lanka is afraid of getting “penalized” for telling the truth. What a vibrant democracy, Sri Lanka is? It is well known that nearly 300,000 Internally Displaced People of the North are living under below-minimal conditions and many who have visited the “welfare” camps have stated that the conditions are not suitable for human living.
 
Captain Ali to leave without unloading cargo
2009-06-08 | 8.30 PM
  The vessel carrying essential food and medical supplies for the displaced in the vanni has been ordered to leave Sri lankan waters.

The Syrian flagged vessel has been asked to leave without unloading its cargo. It was not allowed to enter the Colombo port.
 
Lankan journalist in exile to meet
2009-06-08 | 8.30 PM
  A number of journalists who have fled the country are planning to meet in a European capital this summer.
“We have not decided on a city but Verona in Italy or Brussels in Belgium are possibilities said a convener of the meeting to LNW.

A call for impartial investigations on attacks, guarantees of security and putting a stop to tarnishing reputations by inaccurate reporting are priorities on the agenda say the conveners.
 
Captain Ali 'safe'
2009-06-08 | 1.15 PM
 
Appalling Silence on Poddala Jayanta Attack
2009-06-08 | 12.45 PM
  According to a senior journalist the silence of many was appalling when senior media editors met the President a day after the attack on Journalist Poddala Jayanta.
 
“The president said that he will look in to the matter at the next Security Council meeting and that was it” said the senior journalist who spoke to LNW.
 
London Deputy High commissioner called back
2009-06-08 | 12.45 PM
  The Sri Lankan Deputy High commissioner in Landon Sumith Nakandala has been called back to Colombo.

Nakandala undertook the London posting only recently. He is an experienced carrier diplomat who has served in Nepal and India.

The Embassy in London is headed by former Supreme Court judge Nihal Jaysinhia who was given the diplomatic posting only a few months after retirement.
 
The left on the national question Israel Vs Sri Lanka
Vickramabahu writes
2009-06-08 | 12.45 PM
  Some left oriented analysts argue that the biggest obstacle to the international working class and trade unions intervening influentially in the Lankan conflict is not lack of approaches from Tamil polity, but the huge mobilization of almost all groups of working people and their political Representatives ( JVP, CP, LSSP, Vasudeva DLF, SLFP TRADE UNIONS, EVEN THE INDIAN WORKERS OF TAMIL ORIGIN WITH THEIR LEADERS HOLDING CABINET POSITIONS UNDER Mahinda regime, etc ) behind Mahinda Rajapaksa.

They further argue that the entire rural peasantry - without any progressive political leadership on this question- was mobilized by Sinhala bourgeoisie to give away their underlings to provide fighters to the Army.
 
Lankan girls are quite active
2009-06-08 | 1.30 AM
  The Sri Lankan girls are ahead of boys when it comes to the first sexual encounter with sex says a recent Health Ministry survey.

According to the survey Sri Lankan girls have their first sexual encounters at the age of 14 while boys lag a bit behind as they have their first encounter at the age of 15.
 
‘Sri Lankan Style’ Probe
2009-06-07 | 8.45 PM
  Political circles in Colombo have been busy analyzing why Mahinda Samarasinha minister of Human Rights is doing all the talking regarding the Possible UN probe while foreign minister Rohita Bogallagama is not heard very much.

Samarasinha was recently in Geneva and strongly echoed the government position on the refusal of an international probe on human rights violations in Sri- lanka.
 
Tamil Tigers Defunct, Should be Taken Off Terrorist List
- Tamils for Obama
2009-06-06 | 12.05 AM
  The Tamil Tigers are gone, wrote Tamils for Obama in a letter to U.S. officials. Humanitarian organizations that were once accused of being Tiger fronts should be allowed to help the Tamil war victims who need their help.

The letter was sent to Secretary Clinton, President Obama, and appropriate elected officials on Friday, June 5 by Tamils for Obama. The letter said that since the Tamil Tigers are no longer a functioning organization and their leaders are all dead, according to the Sri Lankan government, the Tigers should be taken off lists kept by the U.S. and other governments of terrorist organizations and their supporters.
 
Vanni IDPs live under appalling condition - Sri Lankan Chief Justice
2009-06-05 | 11.25 PM
  (This statement by the Chief Justice was aired with Tamil translation Wednesday night in MTV News bulletin).

Vanni IDPs sheltered in transit centres in Cheddiku'lam cannot expect justice under the Sri Lanka's law. Law of the country does not show any interest on these IDPs. I openly say this. The authorities can penalize me for telling this," said Sri Lanka's Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva when he addressed a public meeting which followed the ceremonial opening of a court complex at Marawila in Negombo district Tuesday. These transit centres are described as internment camps by human rights activists.

Sarath N. Silva further said:
 
No thanks Dayan says to Navi
2009-06-05 | 9.55 PM
  Ambassador Dayan Jayatilleka has said UNHCR High Commissioner Navi Pillay to mind her business in diplomatic language.

Addressing the United Nations Geneva-based Human Rights Council, Sri Lanka's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Dayan Jayatilleka said that there is no need for an international probe.
 
Protest at Lord’s
2009-06-04 | 1.30 PM

A demonstration against the Sri Lanka cricket team outside Lord's.
(photo courtesy Gurdian)
   Tamil protesters stormed the Lord’s calling for the Sri Lankan cricket team to return home and for other international teams to keep away from them.

The protesters were holding picket boards that said “Sri Lankas latest score: 20,000 dead, 300,000 displaced".
The Sri Lanka team had to cancel a match at Oxford due to security concerns.
 
SRI LANKA: More journalists harassed
2009-06-03 | 11.30 PM
  The investigation into the assault on journalist Poddala Jayantha took a new turn when the police arrested and interrogated another journalist who provided the initial information about Mr. Jayantha's abduction. Journalists groups accused the Sri Lankan police of covering up the real culprits of the abduction and the serious assault on Mr. Jayantha.

Mr. Bennet Rupasinghe, a news editor of the Lankaenews.com website, received information about the abduction of Mr. Jayantha and informed the Inspector General of Police. The timely intervention also made it possible for a group of journalist who were meeting President Rajapaksa at the time, to inform him of the incident.
 
This way pls- Aid workers out
2009-06-03 | 3.30 PM
  The UK daily The Times reveals a long list of aid workers who have been deported or asked to leave the country by the government.

The news paper says that new visa rules have been used to get rid of aid workers whom the government suspects to be LTTE sympathizers.

The Norwegian head of Forut, an Oslo-based NGO, was deported on Saturday, while a British employee of Forut was prevented from re-entering Sri Lanka last month.
Two foreigners working for Care International, including a Briton, were forced to leave last month because their visas were not extended, reported The Times sighting local sources.
 
Towards a total dictatorship……..Remember what we said on the 19th May?
2009-06-02 | 7.25 PM
  “There are no more minorities in Sri Lanka, only two national identities; patriots & non-patriots says President” – Ada Derana

Our post on the 19th May 2009 “Towards a total dictatorship” began with the above caption and received an overwhelming response from our readers. Today, we are witnessing what we predicted just after the victory speech was delivered by His Excellency the President, who since then has become “His Majesty the King Mahinda of the Kingdom of Sinhalé (formerly known as Sri Lanka)”.
 
Schools Closed, Roads Closed…. Tamasha Continues…......
2009-06-02 | 1.45 PM
 
Anandasangaree says NO
2009-06-01 | 9.35 PM
  The leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) V Anandasangaree has turned down an offer from President Mahinda Rajapaksha to contest local elections in the North with the SLFP.

The TULF has aligned itself with the People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) and Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF)

to contest local polls.
 
Poddala Jayantha, secretary SLWJA abducted and severely assaulted
2009-06-01 | 9.35 PM
  Poddala Jayantha, General Secretary of Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association was abducted by an unknown group late afternoon today. He was on his way back home form work and abducted some close to Nugagoda town. Some people who have seen him pushed in to a white van alerted the journalists on the abduction.

Later he was found left on the road side by some people. He had been severely assaulted. Later he was admitted to ICU of the Colombo general hospital. Reports say that he is out of danger.
 
Army Hunt for Pottu Amman
2009-06-01 | 12.55 PM
  The army is investigating the possibility of the Tiger spy chief Pottu Amman being alive.

The army has not been able to recover the body of Pottu Amman who is said to have been fighting along with Tiger leader Velupillal Prabhakaran.
 
Did UN Cover up?
2009-05-30 | 5.30 PM
  The united nations have been coming under fire from international media and human rights organizations for failing in there duties to protect civilians traped in the coflict zone.

French news paper Le Monde accused the UN of covering up the "severity of the massacres" in Sri Lanka.
The Le Monde says that the UN is covering up the massacres fearing that they would be expelled fro Sri Lanka.
The UN in Colombo said on Friday that relations with the government have improved since the visit of Secretary general Ban- Ki -Moon and progress is being made in relief operations.
 
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