The provincial council representative for Mullaitivu, T. Ravikaran, held a vigil at his constituency office this morning, for the victims of the Sencholai Massacre.
Vijayakala Maheswaran, the UNP parliamentarian and State Minister for Women’s and Children’s Affairs, has remarked that identifying and slaughtering LTTE cadres would not be questioned. Speaking at a presidential scheme event at the Karaichchi Divisional Secretariat in Kilinochchi on Sunday, the minister spoke at length on the importance of keeping the current ‘good-governance’ government in power and said the previous regime had killed children and the elderly, and should not be allowed to return to power by the international community. “If they are LTTE, then identify and slaughter them, we...
Sri Lankan artists are to begin a Sathyagraha campaign this week urging the government to fulfill the promises it made to the public. "The certain significant marks of the previous regime is visible in the present government and it is the public's duty to force the present government to get back into the right track," film director Dharmasiri Bandaranayake was quoted by Colombo Page as saying. "the Sathyagraha campaign is being conducted to get the government into the proper track," an actor, Nishshanka Diddeniya added. The campaign is to be held on Tuesday in Colombo.
The decomposed body of a man was found on Saturday within at Mani Arasan lake in Kinniya, Trincomalee, Batti News reports. The identity of the man remains unknown. However, local police have said a missing persons complaint was filed three days earlier after a cowherd did not return home. Police are reportedly investigating the death.
The Sri Lankan police have established a special police unit focussed on gathering information for organised crimes, Colombo Page reported. The unit will be located within the premises of the Special Task Force. Members of the public who provide 'accurate information' related to organised crimes and drug trafficking will be provided a financial reward, the paper added.
The Sri Lankan government has pledged to build 2500 houses in Mullaitivu district as part of the 'Samata Sevana' national housing scheme. The chairman of the Housing Development Authority was quoted by Colombo Page as saying the houses would be complete within two months and will cost Rs 12.5 million. One thousands houses are being built in Vavuniya, the paper stated.
A concert set to take place in Jaffna featuring Tamil Nadu-based singer Unnikrishnan was cancelled after threats from supporters of EPDP leader, Douglas Devananda. Posters saying the singer had insulted Douglas and could not “sing on our soil” until he had apologised, were pasted on promotional walls all over Jaffna town. Organisers cancelled the Jaffna concert planned for Friday night, fearing disturbances from EPDP supporters. In 2012, Unnikrishnan publicly apologised for accepting an honour from the EPDP leader at the end of a concert in Nallur, saying he had not been aware at the time...
Sri Lanka is to make its fuel pricing system reflect international prices said the Finance Ministry in a statement today. “The finance minister Manglaa Samaraweera will be introducing pricing formulae to reflect international prices and give the benefit to consumers,” said State Minister for Finance Eran Wickramaratne. As part of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to receive US $1.5 billion Sri Lanka committed to re-introduce an internationalised fuel price formulae by the end of 2016 in and missed the deadline. In its most recent country report on Sri Lanka the IMF outlined...
Sri Lankan soldiers and army officers dominated a temple chariot festival in Jaffna district last week.
The Sri Lankan military declared open a new accommodation block for troops in Kilinochchi this week, declared an official army website . The new accommodation is for trainees at the Ampakamam Training School and was built using troops from the 11th Engineers Services Regiment. In June and November last year the training school had further accommodation buildings constructed.