The Religious World of Kirti Sri: Buddhism, Art, and Politics of Late Medieval Sri Lanka: Buddhism, Art and Politics of Late Medieval Sri Lanka
ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
I wrote in April 2008 that, “You know there’s something seriously wrong with e-gov when the humanitarian section of official website of the President of Sri Lanka has only a single mention of a human (though one wonders whether the person mentioned also fell into the animal welfare directives of the Mahinda Chintana)…. From the non-functional and [...]
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
BEHIND the razor wire-topped barbed-wire fence of the notorious Menik Farm detention camp, the Tamils of Sri Lanka were yesterday told they would go free. The government i
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
Colombo government bows to international pressure to close internment camps that have held civilians since end of civil war with Tamil Tigers Sri Lanka today bowed to international pressure and announced plans to close the internment camps that are home to more than 130,000 people locked up since the end of the country's bitter civil war six months ago. Two days after the UN's top humanitarian official,...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka said on Saturday it will allow greater freedom of movement to refugees held in military-guarded camps from next month, after facing pressure to speed up resettlement of thousands of Tamils displaced by war.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said Saturday.
H5N1 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Via ColomboPage.com: Sri Lanka Health Ministry orders H1N1 vaccine amid rising death toll. Excerpt:Sri Lanka's Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry has placed an immediate order for the WHO approved Novel Influenza (A) H1N1 vaccine amid the rising death toll from the...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sri Lanka is to release the remaining 136000 Tamil refugees still detained in government camps since the country's civil war ended six months ago a top government official said.
Tamilnet (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
Several American Tamil activists protested in front of the midtown Manhattan New York State armory building where Victoria's Secret catwalk event was being held Thursday evening. While celebrities were arriving to attend the popular event, the protesters highlighted the Corporation's trade with Sri Lanka as aiding and abetting crimes against humanity, and war-crimes. "The New York Police attempted...
Tamilnet (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa's brother and advisor Basil Rajapaksa MP on Saturday announced that the Tamils held in the internment camps of Vavuniyaa would be free, starting from December 01, to go and live wherever they want to or to choose whether they want to continue to remain inside the camps. Tamil sources in Vavuniyaa view the announcement with scepticism describing it as an 'election...
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sri Lanka says refugees held in special camps since the end of the fight against the Tamil Tigers will be free to leave next month.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Nov 22, Colombo: Sri Lankan government has taken measures to provide immediate relief for those affected by the floods Ratnapura district last night.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Nov 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka government has decided to retake the undeveloped lands given to the plantation companies by the government for development.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Nov 22, Colombo: An Indian company has expressed its willingness to assist Sri Lanka to reconstruct the Northern rail track from Omanthai to Pallai in the Jaffna peninsula, the government said.
Tamilnet (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The public bus service from Mannaar to Jaffna has been resumed after twenty years in addition to the bus services resumed to Colombo from Mannaar, sources in Mannaar said. Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) bus leaves Mannaar main bus terminal to Jaffna daily at 6:30 a.m.
Tamilnet (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
A lorry loaded with fertilizer bags on its way to Ooththuuchcheanai in Vadamunai from Vazhaichcheanai in Batticaloa district Friday slipped off the road into a culvert on Velikkanthai main road killing three farmers and seriously injuring fourteen more, sources in Batticaloa said. The condition of Ooththuchcheanai-Vadamunai road, filled with pock marks and pot-holes due to persisting rains, was the...
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wposteruk | 15/10/2009
Watch highlights from the 1st match of the Champions Trophy 2009 – South Africa vs Sri Lanka played on September 22, 2009 at Centurion.Scoreline (Toss – SA): SL 319/8 Dilshan 106 (92), Jayawardene 77 (61), Sangakkara 54SA 206/7 Graeme Smith 58 (44) – Mendis 3 wickets (Rain interrupts and SL win on D/L)
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