Category: Local News

Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana They were proceeding to Velankanni A group of Sri Lankan nationals proceeding to Velankanni on Sunday were stopped midway by the Tiruvarur district police who advised them to return to avoid any problem. […]

Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana Four suspects have been arrested on suspicion of robbing and murdering a Canadian citizen in Sri Lanka. Andrew Mahendrarajah Antonipillai, a 53-year-old Montrealer, was found slain May 3 in his war-torn homeland. […]

Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana CHENNAI: Objecting to a Sri Lankan minister’s announcement that Lankan fishermen would rally against their Indian counterparts, DMK chief M Karunandihi on Monday described it as a “planned strategy” by Colombo to divert attention from the “tyrannies” of Rajapaksa government. […]

Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana Flaying the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) for their stand on Sethusamudram project, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Sunday said the national party while in power had proposed the alignment for the project which involves dredging of ‘Ram Setu’ or Adam’s Bridge, which […]

PUDUCHERRY: India will vote in support of a US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka proposed to be moved before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva next month, Union minister in the Prime Minister’s Office ( PMO) V Narayansamy said on Sunday. […]

Sri Lankan minister Douglas Devananda has said an inquiry would be conducted into the authenticity of the photographs of the slain LTTE chief V Prabhakaran’s son Balachandran, circulated by a channel. […]

By Shenali Waduge For people who are so passionate about revealing the truth, getting justice and showcasing to the world how horrible Sri Lanka’s armed forces are would there be any need for “sequels”. The best thing would have been to pool everything available against Sri Lanka’s armed forces – mobile phone pictures, videos, eye […]

By Ernest Perera Judging by the flow of articles in praise of the peaceful nature of Islam and the peaceful co-existence of Muslims the general inference is that all the issues have been created by the Buddhist “extremists”. Having read a few articles I realize the issue is becoming misunderstood because the Muslims are evading […]

Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana CHENNAI: It would be ‘constitutionally incorrect’ now to hang the three people sentenced to death in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, said Justice K T Thomas, who headed the Supreme Court bench that confirmed the death sentences. “It was my misfortune to have presided over that bench,” he told TOI. […]

Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana India should demand an independent, high-level, credible inquiry into the atrocities and human rights violations that took place in the last phase of the war in Sri Lanka, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat said on Saturday. […]

Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana DMK president M. Karunanidhi, an ally of the Congress-led UPA at the Centre, on Saturday criticised the reference made by the President in his address to Parliament on improving ties with Sri Lanka. […]

By Shenali Waduge “‘We will teach you a lesson’: Sexual violence against Tamils by Sri Lankan Security Forces” is a 140 page report published on 22 February 2013 giving 75 cases of alleged rape and sexual abuse between 2006-2012 in official and secret detention centers throughout Sri Lanka […]

Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana HRH the Prince of Wales, President of the British Asian Trust, announced the new appointments to the British Asian Trust’s Advisory Councils, at the 5th anniversary dinner of the Trust, held at Windsor Castle on Monday 11th February. Mr Mukesh Ambani – Managing Director and Chairman of Reliance Industries, was appointed […]

Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana Scientists have identified a variety of aromatic rice in Bangladesh with a very low arsenic content compared with non-aromatic rice. The work has been published in Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging. Vast populations in Bangladesh are exposed to arsenic through drinking water and rice, the staple food, grown in soil and water […]

The price of 90 octane Petrol, 95 octane petrol and Super Diesel has been increased by 3 Rupees per litre while the price of Auto Diesel has been hiked by Rs.6 with effect from today. […]

President Rajapaksa Sends Message of Good Wishes to Pope Benedict XVI President Mahinda Rajapaksa has sent a message expressing his gratitude and good wishes to Pope Benedict XVI, following the announcement of the Pope’s resignation. […]