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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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| Slain Maheswaran’s brother suffers acid attack |
| 2012-12-30 |
T. Thuwarakeswaran came under an acid attack yesterday by unknown persons in Nallur, Jaffna, reports said. He is the brother of slain UNP Parliamentarian, T. Maheswaran.
Sources said the attack was carried out by masked assailants arrived on motorcycles near the Nallur Temple yesterday morning.
Thuwarakeswaran was admitted to the Jaffna hospital following the attack. Police have launched investigations into the attack.
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| Death penalty: Lanka hangs in balance |
| 2012-12-30 |
Sri Lanka abstained from voting for a heavily-backed UN resolution that supports a global moratorium on the death penalty leading to its eventual abolition. �The resolution was adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 20. The draft was approved in November with 110 countries voting in favour while 39, including the United States and India, voted against.
Sri Lanka was among 36 countries that abstained. �Sri Lanka’s abstention comes amidst highly-publicised moves to hire new hangmen. Although candi
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