The Government has appointed a Committee to look into the activities of national and international NGOs working in the spheres of human rights promotion and humanitarian assistance, in the country. Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights, Mahinda Samarasinghe, addressing the foreign media on Tuesday, stressed that the exercise was not intended as a ‘witch [...]
What price “Freedom of the Press”? : Reporters Without Borders have taken umbrage at the Sri Lanka government’s action in blocking out the BBC Sinhala service “Sandeshaya” programme rebroadcast by SLBC. The Sri Lankan Diaspora welcomes this move by the Sri Lanka Government and the SLBC. This has been a long time coming.
Triggered by fear and anxiety at LTTE’s inevitable defeat at Mullaitivu, some top officials of a renowned NGO and a nexus of pro-LTTE groups have held clandestine discussions to sketch-out urgent and drastic methods to stall the Wanni military operations. According to informed sources, the discussion has taken place in a star class hotel at [...]
The old paradigm had its heart the invincibility of the Tigers and the futility of an endless war that was supposed to get us nowhere other than the perdition of the damned. Not only was this the dithyrambic refrain of the foreign-influenced NGO brigade and its attendant horde of peaceniks, it was covertly endorsed by [...]
A report in the South Asians Media Net on the 23 November, 2008 under the caption ” Gotabhaya wants NGO/INGO funds audited” , is a timely report on the scandalous affairs of these international ” do-gooders”. There had been many articles appearing in the Lankaweb about the NGOs who came after the tsunami, and organised [...]
With the global financial crisis threatening a recession in most developed countries, some NGOs and INGOs operating in Sri Lanka are worried over a possible impact on their fund raising activities eventually leading to a curtailment of humanitarian work. In some African countries, the credit crunch has led to the NGOs and INGOs cutting down [...]
The Government has informed the Project Manager of the controversial ZOA INGO to leave the country before the fifth of this month (October), Minister of Human Rights and Disaster Management Mahinda Samarasinghe informed. The Minister said that while the other INGO and NGO staff members adhered to the Government’s request to relocate in Vavuniya leaving [...]
ZOA informs MoD of its Project Manager’s decision The Kilinochchi Project Manager of an INGO known as ZOA has joined the LTTE to fight the Sri Lanka Army. He, an Italian passport holder, has informed the Colombo-based head of Zoa, in writing, of his decision to fight for the cornered Tigers. The Ministry of Defence [...]
All components necessary to assemble two light air crafts have been sent to an NGO concealed with a load of tsunami aid says sources in the Katunayake International Airport. These components which were packed in thirteen packages have been flown to Sri Lanka by Cathy Pacific and German L.H. air lines. A few weeks ago [...]
(Jan 2005) Sri Lanka ‘s air force on Saturday detained two unassembled helicopters that arrived with tsunami aid supplies, saying they presented a potential threat to national security. The Sri Lanka airport says that one of the two special helicopters detected by them was a jet ranger. Certain parts of this helicopter were concealed in [...]
