Sri Lanka’s key bank on brink of collapse
SRI Lanka’s central bank today placed a troubled private bank in state custody, saying the move was aimed at preventing a collapse of the country’s entire financial sector. Read more
(Updated) Sri Lanka: SLAF Bombs Kills 4 Injures 17 in Paranthan
Killinochchi: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) held area of Paranthan – Mulaitivu road area in a civilians’ settlement came under aerial attacks from the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) on Wednesday morning at 8:00 a.m. The SLAF attack killed four civilians and injured 17 others including a couple, according to the Tharmapuram hospital sources. Dr. Sthaiyamoorthy from Killinochchi hospital was put at red alert on the blood shortage. Read more
Governance and the non governmental sector
The war and its woes aside, recent events have highlighted the issue of governance in the non-state sector. There has been the Interim Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), the resignation of a leading media rights activist from the Centre for Policy Read more
Sri Lanka: SF fires Shells at Killinochchi Hospital; Shells Injures 3 Children from the same Family
Killinochchi: Heavy barrages of shells were fired by the government forces on the Killinochchi government hospital on Tuesday evening between 3:50 to 4:00 p.m. Initial reports reaching the TNS says the hospital building was damaged in the shelling. A telecommunication centre located 300 meters south of Killinochchi hospital was badly damaged in the shelling by the government forces Tuesday morning. Read more
LTTE Political Leader Denies Interview with LTTE Leader Claim by LAKBIMANEWS
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), political leader Mr. B. Nadesan denied the LAKBIMANEWS report that LTTE leader, Mr. Velupillai Prabhakaran gave any exclusive e-mail interview to the media. He further stated that the LAKBIMANEWS only published the e-mail interview which was given by him to the media and claimed that interview as of the LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran’s interview. Read more
Aerial attack in Murasumoddai in Kilinochchi kills four and injures 18 civilians
Aerial attack on Chellaihkadai Junction in Murasumoddai in Kilinochchi around 8.00am today morning killed four and injured fifteen civilians. Another attack at 12.30pm on the same spot injured three more civilians. Read more
GA-Mullaithivu laments the plight of the people under her care
The latest influx of IDPs from Oddusuddan and Keppapulavu are occurring in the Mullaithivu district. Though the IDPs newly arriving bring whatever shelter material they can to put up a temporary shelter, the restrictions on shelter material imposed by the Sri Lankan Government is starkly visible in the new IDP settlement in Puthukudiyiruppu. Most of the newly arrived IDPs say that they have so far not received any assistance from anyone. Read more
65 Tamil youths arrested after Wattala attack
Sixty five Tamil youths were arrested in cordon and search operations conducted by the Sri Lanka Police and Sri Lankan Army (SLA) on Monday and Tuesday following the suicide bomb attack at the Wattala on a camp of the Civil Volunteer Force (CVF). The arrested youths are being detained in several police stations in the Colombo district and are being interrogated, police sources said. Read more
Negombo Saiva temple administrator shot dead
The administrator of Kali Amman Temple in Negombo, who is a Tamil resident in Negombo, was shot Tuesday night around 9.30 p.m. while he was returning home in his motor bike by unidentified armed men. He later succumbed to gunshot injuries Wednesday morning at the Colombo National Hospital, police sources said. Read more
Decomposed male body washed ashore, in Vadamaraadchi
Local fishermen found Wednesday morning a male body washed ashore between Chakkoaddai and Thikkam in Vadamaraadchi in a highly decomposed state. Point Pedro police visited the site and conducted inquiries, sources in Point Pedro said. Read more
