Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
July 24, Colombo: Sri Lanka Tourism will be actively involved in promoting the country as a tourist hot spot when the 15th South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation Summit (SAARC) begins in the capital Colombo next week.
Lanka Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
What to discuss at SAARC We Sri Lankans welcome to our country all heads of SAARC countries to attend the forthcoming SAARC Summit, especially the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, due to the following reasons: (1) In our country human rights violations exceed 90%. (2) Those belonging to the minority communities are harassed, threatened and abducted [...]
The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka Tamil Tiger rebels said on Tuesday they would observe a unilateral ceasefire with the military to support the South Asian Regional summit....
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
July 23, Colombo: Sri Lanka Parliament yesterday passed an additional amount of 2.880 billion rupees for the expenses of 2008 SAARC summit which is to be held in the country next week.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
COLOMBO: A fund to manage food crisis and mechanisms to augment resources in the region to tackle the situation arising out of the fuel price hike are to come up for consideration at the SAARC Summit scheduled here on August 2 and 3. At ...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
The SAARC summit in Sri Lanka appears to have some unlikely consequences. Going Global on LTTE announcing a ceasefire during the summit.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
July 22, Colombo: Sri Lankan government today disregarded a truce offer by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the SAARC conference from July 26th to August 4th saying that the government likes to see a firm commitment on the part of the LTTE.
Lanka Page (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Why not use this Rs. 3 billion to subsidise essential food items or increase the much demanded salaries of workers who have been promised increments and not given? If the President and his massive Cabinet of Ministers are truly patriotic and concerned about the plight of the citizens of this country, reduce the jumbo Cabinet, [...]
Reuters (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government on Tuesday dismissed a declaration by Tamil Tiger rebels of a brief unilateral ceasefire from July 26, adding there was no let-up of attacks on rebel positions in the north on Tuesday.
TW news-features (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
About 10,000 persons depending on day labour work in Colombo business district face job losses, due to SAARC security measures, reports Tamil daily Thinakkural, published from Colombo. Thinakkural report further says: Day labourers fully rely on these jobs for daily survival of their families. They perform manual duties in loading and or unloading using carrying on their [...]
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Colombo, July 22 (IANS) The Tamil Tiger guerrillas Monday night offered unilateral truce with the Sri Lankan government between July 26 and Aug 4, as a sign of “goodwill” for the upcoming SAARC summit that opens here Aug 2. Claiming that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was always keen to develop friendship with [...]
Relief Web (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Date: 22 Jul 2008 Source: Reuters
Sri Lanka Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
http://www.dolbajao.com/rss.php (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Reuters - 1 hour agoCOLOMBO, July 22 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka Tamil Tiger rebels said on Tuesday they would observe a unilateral ceasefire with the military to support the South Asian Regional summit. BBC News The Associated Press
i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
On the unilateral ceasefire of the LTTE (By: Ranjith Gunarathne) Republished for information and discussion only. This report does not necessarily reflect the views of Mike Hitchen Consulting The LTTE has announced that it would observe unilateral ceasefire during the period of SAARC. The declaration states further that its aim is to facilitate the conference and to extend goodwill of the LTTE. There...
