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| More Sri Lankan asylum seekers opt to go home |
| 2012-12-31 |
The Topside processing centre on Nauru is temporary home to mainly Sri Lankans. Picture: Brad Hunter Source: News Limited
ANOTHER opted to return home rather than spend time on Nauru, with authorities claiming a win against people smugglers.
They have joined four of their countrymen who made the return trip home last week instead of heading to the Pacific island for the processing of their claims.
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| 'Former military officer Jayakody threw acid' Thuwarakeswaran complain |
| 2012-12-31 |
Former Hindu Cultural Minister Thiyagaraja Maheswaran's brother and leading businessman Thiyagaraja Thuwarakeswaran aged 41, faced an acid attack on Saturday at Nallur.
He was severely wounded in the back and neck area was admitted to Jaffna Teaching hospital. However he had informed, due to dearth of safety at the Jaffna hospital, he got admitted to a hospital in Colombo.
This incident has occurred yesterday at 9.00 a.m in front of Jaffna Nallur Kandasamy temple.</</span>
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| Intelligence ‘eyeing’ 1,000 ex-LTTEers |
| 2012-12-31 |
Security service intelligence operatives are keeping a close watch on around 1,000 ex -LTTE cadres who have evaded rehabilitation and are currently engaged in criminal activities in the North, Jaffna Security Forces Commander, Major General Hathurusinghe said.
He said the TID officers have already rounded up 48 former LTTE operatives, suspected of being involved in criminal activities.
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| Nonis addresses UK Defence Forum |
| 2012-12-31 |
Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the UK, Dr Chris Nonis said the country had adopted a comprehensive program to address the issues of rehabilitation, resettlement and re-integration of former combatants.
He made the comments addressing the recently held Defence and Security Forum in the UK.
Dr Nonis spoke about the challenges Sri Lanka faced and the progress it had made in the post-conflict era. He articulated the comprehensive de-mining and welfare programs carried out to enable subsequent rehabilitatio
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| Untold stories, unseen war |
| 2012-12-31 |
Journalist-author Frances Harrison tells ANJANA RAJAN her book on the human suffering engendered by Sri Lanka’s “hidden war” is written with the belief that if people know, they will care
Light and shade form the nature of life. One man’s blessing may be another’s hell. Celebratory firecrackers to some can sound like gunfire and shelling. So it is that, as midnight strikes to herald the start of 2013, some in our highly networked world will be rejoicing and partying, while others con
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| Flood disaster worsens: Northern Province also hit |
| 2012-12-31 |
The death toll due to the floods and landslides caused by heavy rains that have affected two weeks has reached 40 with more than 400,000 persons affected.
The number of damaged houses has reached 25,865 by yesterday, according to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), with the deaths being reported mainly from the Matale, Batticaloa, Anuradhapura and Puttalam districts.
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| Ven. Dr. Dambara Amila thera speaks of the importance of creating a brotherhood |
| 2012-12-30 |
A programme to provide cooked meals to LTTE suspects at the Welikada Remand Prison was held on Friday.
United National Party Parliamentarian Dr. JayaIath Jayawardena and Ven. Dr.Dambara Amila Thera were also present to provide lunch to the LTTE suspects at the Welikada Prison.
''Those who are in remand custody for being involved in LTTE activities directly or indirectly under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, have not received any relief. Lunch was provided to the Tamil Prisoners as an act of rec
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| Namal Rajapaksa stresses on the need for an education system appropriate for development |
| 2012-12-30 |
United People's Freedom Alliance Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa says that the time has come to introduce an education system that is appropriate for development.
MP Namal Rajapaksa expressed this view at an event held at Temple Trees on Friday.
An event to present scholarships to 1700 university students for the 2010-2011 academic year was organised by the Tharunyata Hetak organizsation.
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| 33 families still in camps |
| 2012-12-30 |
Though eight years have passed since the 2004 tsunami, 33 displaced families in Saindamarudu in Ampara have still not been provided with alternative houses. They are still languishing in temporary huts.
When Ceylon Today queried about the travails of these displaced families, Ampara Divisional Secretary, A.L.M Saleem, said new houses are being built by the government to accommodate the 33 families. Though there was a delay in accommodating them, moves are afoot to provide them with new houses soo
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| Tangalle killings: British MP alleges foot dragging |
| 2012-12-30 |
British Member of Parliament for Rochdale Simon Danczuk has suggested that Prime Minister David Cameron should boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government summit scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka next year.
"Cameron should think twice about attending this meeting while British nationals are being brutally murdered in Sri Lanka with local politicians implicated and their government not even prepared to investigate properly", Danczuk said.
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