Human remains recovered in Batticaloa
Kaaththaankudi police on Saturday evening recovered a fertilizer bag with human remains from an abandoned land close to the office of the Department of Irrigation in Kalladi in Batticaloa district.
Police said a group of boys first noticed that something is buried in the land while they were playing there.
Flooding of Vavuniya IDP Camps-Possible outbreak of Epidemics: PUCL
PUCL expresses concern about reports from the IDP (Internally Displaced People) Camps in Vavuniya area housing Sri Lankan Tamil about severe flooding of the camps following heavy rains for the last 2 days. PUCL apprehends that the IDP camps will turn into `death traps’ unless urgent measures are taken to safeguard lives of the 300,000 inmates.
Government could not win the Tamil people – Mavai Senadhirajah
TNA parliamentarian Mavai Senadhirajah says the results of the Jaffna Municipal Council election showed that the government could not win the votes of the Tamil people even after maximum usage of the state machinery.
The parliamentarian said that while only 18%-26% of the 100,417 registered voters exercised their franchise at the Jaffna Municipal Council election, it was a clear indication of the Tamil people’s rejection to the holding of an untimely election.
Media release of USTPAC on the meeting with US state department officials
Tamil Diaspora Organizations Met US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake and Other State Dept. Officials last week to Discuss Humanitarian and Political Situation in Sri Lanka. Tamil Americans united under US Tamil Political Action Council (USTPAC) issued a media release on this matter.
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The fabricated story of bomb laden van in Mannar
It is has now been revealed that the much publicized story about the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) apprehending a bomb laden van in Uppukulam, Mannar is false. The main aim of the propaganda campaign had been to prevent attention from being focussed on the attack on SLIIT student Nipuna Ramanyake allegedly carried out by CCD Direcotr, Vaas Gunawarndena.
India fears China’s role in Hambantota
The government yesterday rejected Indian navy claims that the presence of Chinese technicians in Hambantota was for military purposes and not just to work on development projects.
“They are here to build the Hambantota Port and it is a development project and nothing to do with military purposes,” Ports Minister Chamal Rajapaksa said.
‘President has not kept promise on Tamil rights’
Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy on Thursday alleged that the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa had failed to keep his promise to confer equal rights to Sri Lankan Tamils on par with the Sinhalese.
Chandrika Kumaratunga entry will create erosion in party: Bandara
UNP MP for the Moneragala district Ranjith Madduma Bandara told the party’s Working Committee recently that there would be a major erosion in the party if the party accommodated former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in the proposed alliance with other political parties.
New LTTE leader in Norway
The name of a Tamil resident of Tamil Vestlan in Norway is being mentioned as a possible new leader of the LTTE, the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten reported yesterday.
The Sri Lankan government has said if the news was true it would request Norway to arrest him and hand him over to Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan government conspiring to destroy the identity of minority – Nimalka Fernando
Sri Lanka Human Rights Activist Nimalka Fernando has heavily come down on the government for its attempt to construct Sinhala colonisation in Tamil areas.
In an interview with “ Kumutham” magazine which is published in India, she said the government is going to do it as part of its conspiracy to destroy the minority community’s identity.
