The remains of an ancient settlements emerged from the Vadamarachchi East area. According to the Department of Archaeology, evidence of three old human settlements in these areas was found. They have spread over an area covering nearly three Km and are vitally important to prove the historical background of Jaffnapeninsula. Clay pots of varied colours, [...]
Dear Chief of Staff, I watched your yesterday’s (Thursday 15 October 2009) 6:30 pm News coverage of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers who are now detained in Indonesia. I urge you to take the following comments into consideration in any future coverage of similar issues: 1. You gave extensive coverage to what the asylum seekers [...]
Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services Minister Rishad Bathiudeen has refuted recent JVP allegations that IDPs at the Vavuniya and Chettiklulam welfare villages were facing a food scarcity and were buying food items from traders at exorbitant prices, including infant milk food at Rs. 2,000 per packet. Adequate quantities of dry rations and infant milk food [...]
The Government of the Russian Federation has donated a consignment worth US$303,000 for the purpose of humanitarian assistance in Sri Lanka. The aid items donated to the government was airlifted to Sri Lanka with a delegation headed by Ms. O. Vorobievskaya, Senior Specialist Expert, Development of International Relations of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of [...]
The Sri Lankan diaspora in Australia warned the shrewed LTTE propaganda machine was worming its way into the Australian Parliament through local sympathisers to distort the country’s image and push for a human rights case against the Lankan Government. Society for Peace Unity and Human Rights in Sri Lanka (SPUR), said the LTTE which was [...]
ISTANBUL: A protestor today (Thursday) threw a shoe at IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn as he delivered a speech to university students in Turkey’s biggest city Istanbul. The protestor, believed to be a student, shouted “IMF, Get out of Turkey!” as he ran towards the stage and threw the white sports shoe which failed to hit [...]
