Sri Lanka: The Tamil Diaspora (TamilNet)
Much of the recent commentary on the Tamil Diaspora, both in research and media, not only fails to account for the specific reality of Tamil expatriates in the West, it consciously serves to misrepresent and vilify them, with the explicit objective of denying them their rightful place in the resolution of the Tamil question in Sri Lanka, and limiting their role in the islands politics, the Tamil …
Sri Lankan Tamil party to campaign for legitimate rights (People’s Daily)
Sri Lanka’s main political party for the Tamil minority Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said Saturday that it would urge the government of India and the international community to help the Tamil minority to win its legitimate rights. The TNA said in its manifesto for the April 8 parliamentary election that “we will directly take these concerns to India and the International Community urging them …
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-15 07:24 Sri Lanka to issue $100 mln bonds to fund interim budget (Interactive Investor)
COLOMBO, March 15 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka plans to raise $100 million through the sale of dollar-denominated development bonds to finance its interim budget, the central bank said on Monday. Sri Lankan government had announced an interim plan for the first four months of 2010 with expenditure set at 361 billion rupees ($3.1 billion) as it delayed the full-year budget ahead of parliamentary polls …
Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party vows civil disobedience (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party on Saturday vowed to launch a Gandhi-style civil disobedience campaign to press a long-standing demand for regional autonomy for their ethnic minority.
Sri Lankan Tamils drop demand for separate independent homeland (Guardian Unlimited)
Sri Lanka ‘s principal ethnic Tamil political party, formed as a proxy for militants fighting for an independent Tamil homeland, has abandoned its demand for a separate state in favour of regional autonomy.
Sri Lankan Tamil party drops separatist demand (AP via Yahoo! Asia News)
Sri Lanka’s main ethnic Tamil party said Friday it is ready to accept regional self-rule instead of total independence, which it had previously demanded.
Sri Lankan Tamil party to adopt Gandhi-style campaign for equal rights (New Kerala)
Colombo, Mar 15 : Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), has vowed to launch a Gandhi-style civil disobedience campaign to press for equal rights for the community.
Sri Lankan Tamil party drops separatist demand (AP via Yahoo! News)
Sri Lanka’s main ethnic Tamil party on Friday dropped its demand for an independent state and said it is ready to accept regional self-rule, following the defeat of separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in a 25-year civil war.
