Meethotamulla garbage mountain collapses, houses buried

Legal action against pro-LTTE events

Legal action will be taken against anyone found to have held events in support of the LTTE in the North this week, the Government said today. The Government said that it is not aware of any events held glorifying the LTTE but if there were such events then legal action will be taken against the organizers. Some members of the opposition had claimed that LTTE cadres killed during the war had been commemorated in the North this week. “If such events were held then they were isolated,” President

20 May, 2015

TNA seeks release of political prisoners

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA)?called on the government to release all Tamil political prisoners who are still in jail. The?TNA said that despite the end of the conflict, the Tamils in the island were disappointed as none of their problems had been addressed or resolved. ?It has been six years but we are very disappointed. Several hundred Tamil political prisoners continue to languish in jail and despite urging the past and present governments to grant them general amnesty, nothing has been

19 May, 2015

Fishermen deny smuggler met President

Members of the delegation of Tamil Nadu fishermen who met President Maithripala Sirisena in Colombo?on May 12 have denied the charge that one of the members of their team was a smuggler, the New Indian Express reported. ?Do you think the fishermen?s delegation could have met the President of Sri Lanka without the members? antecedents being thoroughly checked by his security staff?? asked delegation member B. Jesuraja, Ramanathapuram District Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Mechanized Boat Fishermen

19 May, 2015