Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana CHENNAI: Repeated attacks on Sri Lankan establishments in Chennai have created a climate of insecurity for banks, airlines and other businesses which have ties, however tenuous, with the island nation. And in most cases, it is Indian Tamils employed in these establishments bear the brunt of the hostility, which manifests itself […]
By A Subramani – Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana CHENNAI: The execution of Afzal Guru, the second high-voltage hanging in three months, has sent shivers down the spine of advocates involved in a last-ditch legal battle to save the three death convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case – Murugan, Perarivalan and Santhan. […]
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has asked the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre to move a resolution before the UN Human Rights Council to impose economic sanctions against the Sri Lankan government till the Tamils displaced by the ethnic war are given their rights on par with the Sinhalese. […]
By Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Sudath Silva President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived at the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, India this afternoon on Friday 08 February on a two day private visit for pilgrimage. The President was warmly received at the Gaya International Airport by Chief Minister of Bihar Province, Nitish Kumar and senior state […]
The Sri Lanka Deputy High Commission in Chennai has reported that a mob of around 15 people , carrying iron rods, wooden sticks and knives had entered the office of the Bank of Ceylon Branch at Poonamallee High Road in Chennai at 1.30 p.m. on 7th February 2013. The mob had overpowered two police personnel […]
Multi-million-dollar cricket TV deal hots up as Aluthgamage orders to call for tenders Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Upali Dharmadasa rejected a media release issued by the Sports Ministry yesterday alleging that Dharmadasa had requested the Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage to renew the SLC TV contract with Ten Sports for another seven years without calling […]
Former captain predicts brighter future for women cricketers Sri Lanka’s World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga hailed the efforts of the country’s women cricketers on Tuesday and went onto say that the women were an example for the men’s team when it came to commitment. In the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup in Bombay, the […]
While in Trincomalee for Independence Day festivities, First Lady Shiranthi Wickramasinghe Rajapaksa visited the home of Rizana Nafeek, the young Sri Lankan housemaid who was executed by Saudi Arabia in January after Saudi law found her guilty of killing the child in her care. The First Lady made the visit on Feb. 03, Rizana Nafeek’s […]