Sri Lanka: Devananda to contest elections under Rajapaksa’s Betel Leaf symbol (TamilNet)
Sri Lankan Minister and General Secretary of Eelam Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP), Douglas Devananda, announced Tuesday in Jaffna that his party will contest the local government elections of Jaffna Municipal Council (JMC) and Vavuniyaa Town Council (TC) under Betel Leaf symbol, the common symbol of the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA), sources in Jaffna said. Mr. Devananda has …
Tamil issue a big problem for Sri Lanka (UPI)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 23 (UPI) — The Sri Lankan military’s victory ending the 26-year Tamil Tiger rebellion is only weeks old, but already the euphoria is giving way to rising international concerns about what awaits the country’s Tamil-speaking minority in the future.
Sri Lanka: Police detains 3 Tamil youths in Colombo (TamilNet)
Three Tamil youths arrested by the Western Province Intelligence Unit of the Sri Lanka Police last week are now detained in the Borella Police Station under a detention order by the Sri Lankan Defence Ministry. Two of them were arrested on a tip off in a house located along Ayurvedic Junction in Borella on June 15 and June 16.
Sri Lanka: Armed Muslim youth in East instructed to surrender their weapons (TamilNet)
Amid announcement by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Eastern Regional Commanding Officer Srinath Rajapakse at a gathering in Kaaththankudi, a traditional Muslim town in the Batticaloa district that all who possess illegal arms should surrender them to Sri Lankan military on or before July 2, Provincial Government Minister Mr.M.L.A.M.Hisbullah publicly acknowledged through media that Muslim youth took …
EU grants 5 million euros for emergency assistance in Sri Lanka (People’s Daily)
The European Commission has allocated 5 million euros (7 million U.S. dollars) to provide humanitarian assistance to war-displaced people in Sri Lanka, the commission said Tuesday. The humanitarian support covers water and sanitation, health and nutrition and non-food relief items including clothes, hygiene kits and mosquito nets, said the commission, the executive body of the European Union …
Tamil MP arrested in Sri Lanka for LTTE links (NDTV)
Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a pro-LTTE Tamil parliamentarian for alleged links to the Tamil Tigers and violation of the country’s Emergency Regulations, a media report said on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka-Maldives to share inteligence info (Asia News Network)
Sri Lanka and the Maldives have agreed to share intelligence information following Maldivian concerns that money laundering and drug trafficking through its territory may be linked to Tamil Tigers activities.
Sri Lanka Navy denies assault on Tamil Nadu fishermen (Daily News)
Attention has been drawn to news reports in the media recently alleging that the Sri Lanka Government was intending to construct a watch tower and a military base on the Katchatheevu Island while also claiming that the Sri Lanka Navy was harassing Tamil Nadu fishermen.
SRI LANKA INVITES MALAYSIA TO REBUILD WAR-SHATTERED ZONES (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
BANGKOK, June 23 (Bernama) — Sri Lanka, fresh from its success in eliminating rebels in the north and east of the island, is inviting Malaysian investors to join efforts to rebuild its war-shattered zones that need at least US$4 billion to US$5 billion in initial development.
Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil lawmaker detained (USA Today)
Sri Lanka has detained an ethnic Tamil lawmaker who was one of few witnesses to the bloody end of the island’s 25-year civil war last month, over alleged links to the now-defeated Tamil Tiger rebels, his colleague said Tuesday.
Sri Lanka: Foreign banks looking for profit in “Bloodbath Bonds,” says Inner City Press (TamilNet)
While human rights groups called for investigations of tens of thousands of [Tamil] civilians killed by the Sri Lanka Government, and urged Colombo to release more than 300,000 Tamils including UN staff members held in internment camps, Citybank and Deutsche Bank are looking to make profits on “bloodbath bonds,” said Inner City Press which covers the U.N. activities in New York.
