The government was formulating a new policy on fuel and petroleum products said Chief Government Whip Minister Dinesh Gunawardene yesterday at the Parliament. In order to face the present fuel crisis in the world, a decision has to be taken on certain categories of vehicles which consume more fuel and restricting the import of vehicles [...]
The government has threatened to acquire all Lanka Indian Oil Company fuel stations in a bid to reduce the impact of losses incurred by diesel sales at Ceylon Petroleum Corporation sheds. Petroleum Resources Development Minister A.H.M. Fowzie responding to a statement made by JVP Parliamentarian Anura Kumara Dissanayake on June 5th told parliament the government [...]
A tiger terrorists’ intelligence wing leader of the Trincomalee South region at Manachchena has been gunned down by troops of SL Security Forces this morning. Soundarajan alias Thangan, was killed when Security Forces carried out a cordon and search operation at Pahala Thopoor area around 9.30 a.m. today (19th). According to security sources Soundarajan was [...]
Associated Press, ROME (AP) _ Police say they have arrested 33 suspected members of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebel group in pre-dawn raids across Italy. Police in Naples said Wednesday that the suspects were picked up in cities including Rome, Genoa, Bologna, Naples and Palermo at the end of a two-year investigation. Two more were [...]
Mahela Jayawardena the Captain of Sri Lanka’s Cricket Team launched his own website last week while Sri Lanka Cricket Team Vice Captain Kumar Sangakkara signed for his website with Cryptodyne. The website www.mahelajayawardena.com takes one to the world of Mahela as to when he began his career, statistics, tour diaries, awards, photos, video galleries and [...]
Four Tamil gang members were convicted for the murder of another Tamil youth by stabbing him 31 times on a London street in the most insensate manner and the Old Bailey said they will be sentenced July 7. The police said gangs of violent Sri Lankan Tamil men in South London area, where illegal fund [...]
After exposing that Voice of Tigers (VoT) is the official radio of the banned terrorist outfit LTTE, the Serbian authorities have taken prompt action to cease the transmission of the radio station which broadcasted its programmes from 1st June up to 9th June. According to reliable sources, the Government of Serbia has terminated the broadcast [...]
Sri Lankan businessmen in Thailand involved in the gem and jewellery sector are requesting that red tape be removed to achieve further growth in the industry. Managing Director Try Once Gems and Jewellery, Bangkok, M. Z. M. Feroze said that sometimes they feel that a Gem Authority is not needed. “The Gem Authority should play [...]
CANADA: A Toronto-based non-profit organisation has been outlawed by Canadian Cabinet under the Anti-Terrorism Act, in what may signal an aggressive new approach to combating terrorist financing in Canada. The decision to add the World Tamil Movement (WTM) to Canada’s list of outlawed terrorist groups marks the first time Ottawa has used the anti-terrorism law [...]
Anti-Sri Lankan politicians again visited India desperately trying to protect the LTTE from sure defeat. However their repeated beggary has gone unheard. India that rushed into Sri Lanka in 1987 uninvited is not so willing to interfere this time. The rise and fall of India is directly linked to the Cold War. During the Cold [...]
