Sri Lanka Conflict Monitor – Britain Lifts Travel Curbs In Sri Lanka (INO News)
Britain Lifts Travel Curbs In Sri Lanka (INO News)
(RTTNews) – Britain has lifted travel restrictions imposed on its nationals in Sri Lanka at the height of the war between the Sri Lankan Army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE).
Return to Sri Lanka – tourism boss begs British tourists (Times Online)
In The Times yesterday, correspondent Jeremy Page argued that Britons should not visit Sri Lanka.
Victims of Tamil Tiger war hit by Sri Lanka tax on aid workers (Times Online)
The Sri Lankan Government is trying to siphon off millions of pounds of humanitarian aid by imposing a 0.9 per cent tax on all funding for aid groups, including the British charities Oxfam and Save the Children Fund, The Times has learnt.
Sri Lanka key issues solution after vote-president (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO, July 6 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who won a 25-year war with Tamil Tigers long viewed as unwinnable, said a political solution to the problems that …
Sri Lanka Govt. imposes tax on charities working for civil war victims (New Kerala)
Colombo, July 6 : The Sri Lankan Government has imposed a 0.9 per cent tax on all funding for aid groups, hampering their efforts to help victims of Sri Lanka’s recent civil war.
Sri Lanka takes slim lead against Pakistan (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Opener Tharanga Paranavitana stood close to his second consecutive half century and helped Sri Lanka gain a slim lead over Pakistan at lunch on the third day of the first cricket test Monday.
Sri Lanka: Sinister thinking behind Tamil incarceration: Doctor John Whitehall (TamilNet)
The Sri Lankan Governments thinking that the concept of Tamil autonomy or freedom or even culture should be beaten to its knees and never rise again can be compared to the actions of Joseph Stalin, said leading Australian Pediatrician Dr John Whitehall, describing government internment facilities as concentration camps, and saying the imprisonment of 300,000 refugees was much more sinister than …
Sri Lanka’s Vaas to quit Tests, says chief selector (INDOlink)
Galle (Sri Lanka), July 4 (AFP) Veteran Sri Lankan seamer Chaminda Vaas has decided to retire from Test cricket, the country’s chief selector Asantha de Mel told AFP today.
Sri Lanka: SL Attorney General conducts workshop in Jaffna for trainees (TamilNet)
Sri Lankas Attorney General (AG) stressing on building up confidence among residents of Jaffna peninsula in Sri Lankas legal and judicial systems sounds not only discordant but also ridiculous when he has conspicuously failed to comment on or discuss the fate of more than a hundred civilians languishing in Jaffna Prison and in Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Special Rehabilitation Camps in the peninsula …
500 cr allocated for Sri Lankan Tamil’s rehabilitation (Press Trust of India)
New Delhi, July 6 (PTI) The Government today set aside Rs 500 crore for rehabilitation of the internally displaced people and reconstruction of areas in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka devastated by the war against the LTTE.
Sri Lanka v Pakistan – 6 July (PA Sport via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
Mohammad Yousuf scored a significant century as Pakistan took a useful lead on day two of the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle.
Sri Lanka records first fatality after ending war (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A Sri Lankan soldier was shot dead by a Tamil rebel in the island’s east, the first military fatality after the crushing of the guerrilla leadership in May, the army said on Sunday.
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