At least 15 mosquito breeding grounds in Moratuwa university

More Sri Lankans arrive from Australia

Another group of Sri Lankan men were sent home from Christmas Island?in Australia today, the Australian High Commission in Colombo said. This is the sixth involuntary removal to take place in the last week and was made up of 32?Sri Lankan men, all recent arrivals from a number of different boats. This latest group takes to 232 the number of Sri Lankans returned involuntarily since 13?August, the High Commission said. The men were advised of their status and that they were subject to removal f

15 Nov, 2012

Tamil man attempts suicide in detention

A Tamil refugee branded a security threat by ASIO and held in detention in Melbourne has attempted to take his life, following a suicide attempt last week by another Tamil man in Sydney. Managing arrivals from Sri Lanka has emerged as the biggest challenge for immigration authorities, with the latest boat intercepted at Cocos Island on Wednesday carrying 86 people. It comes as international pressure builds for a boycott of the Commonwealth meeting to be held in Sri Lanka next year. More than

16 Nov, 2012

Lanka denies intimidating UN over Tamil deaths

The Sri Lankan government has denied allegations that it intimidated UN staff at the end of the civil war. The claims were made in a UN report leaked to the BBC, in which the UN accused itself of failing the civilian Tamil population in the final stages of the conflict in 2009. The Sri Lankan UN ambassador said it was “absolute nonsense” to say a “small country” could intimidate the UN. Palitha Kohona said his country had worked with senior UN officials. Plantations Minister Mahinda Samarasi

14 Nov, 2012