• Valvettithurai man arrested at Colombo airport after deportation

    Mar 08
    A man from Valvettithurai, was arrested on arrival by Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigation Department at Bandaranaike International Airport on Tuesday, following his deportation from Australia, reported Ceylon Today Online.

    The man is believed to be 31 years old.

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  • Two arrested in Jaffna for gold smuggling

    The Sri Lankan navy arrested two men in Jaffna for attempting to smuggle gold to India this week.

    The men were attempting to smuggle almost 7kg of gold, worth an estimated 34.5 million Sri Lankan rupees, in the Madagal area according to reports.

    The smuggling of gold is thought to be closely linked to the drug trade in the Tamil North-East, which has been plagued by drug addiction since the end of the armed conflict almost 7 years ago.

  • BBS alleges Sinhalese being ‘chased away’ from North-East
    Sinhala Buddhist organisation Bodu Bala Sena alleged that a plan was underway to “chase Sinhalese people away” from the Tamil North-East, as part of a set of proposals by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to merge the Northern and Eastern Provinces.

    “The initiative was launched from March 4. The Northern Provincial Council and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is backing this move to chase Sinhalese people away and preventing the resettlement of them,” claimed BBS chief Galagodaaththe Gnanasara, whi was arrested last month for hate speech against Muslims on the island.

    “There is an ongoing process of resettling Tamils in lands which were taken from the Sinhalese people forcibly. The TNA had forcibly stopped building houses in Kokilai Sinhala fishing village. Kokilai, Sampath Nuwara and Weli Oya are ancient lands of the Sinhalese,” he added.
  • Gold taken by military from Tamils missing, Ranil orders probe
    The Sri Lankan prime minister on Wednesday called for a probe into 40kg of missing gold from a total of 150kg of gold taken by the Sri Lankan military from Tamils home during the armed conflict as hundreds of thousands had to flee their homes.
  • Sri Lanka military donates land to 'needy' military personnel

    The Sri Lankan Air Force has handed over two plots of land it owns in the south of the island, to "needy, serving personnel", as distress relief.

    The commander of the air force authorised the donation of the land in Ruppawattha, Matara and the deeds were handed over to the servicemen at a ceremony on February 29 in Colombo.

  • Army complete construction of 'model village' for displaced people

    The Sri Lankan military has completed the construction of what it calls a "model village", built for Tamils who were displaced from nearby Keppapilavu village after the army forced them out.

    Sri Lanka Army Engineers and troops serving under the Security Force Headquarters - Mullaittivu (SFHQ-MLT) officially completed the construction of 287 new houses at "Keppapilavu Model Village", in the Mullaithivu District, with the ceremonial opening of the remaining 19 homes and a new medical centre on February 25.

  • Women's Day marked in North-East with demonstrations against sexual violence

    Marking International Women's Day, women's organisations held a demonstrations in Jaffna and Batticaloa on Tuesday, demanding an end to sexual violence against women and children.     The demonstration comes after a number of incidents of sexual violence against Tamil girls by Tamil men in the North-East.

    Batticaloa


    Holding placards and black flags, demonstrators demanded an end to sexual violence against women and girls.

  • Body found in Vaharai
    The body of a young man was found by the Vaharai coast line on Tueday.

    Local police have identified the body as that of a 26 year old driver, named Rasathurai Douglas.

    The body is currently at Batticaloa hospital for post-mortem examination, reported BattiNews.

  • Tamil protestors block military surveyors

    Protestors in Jaffna blocked attempts by the Sri Lankan military to survey an area of land which was reportedly due to be taken over by the government on Tuesday.

  • Families of Tamil political prisoners launch hunger strike in Jaffna demanding their release

    Families of Tamil political prisoners detained by the Sri Lankan security services held a hunger strike on Monday by the Muniyappar temple in Jaffna, calling for their immediate release.

  • Sri Lankan culture minister warns against 'lewd behaviour' in capital
    Sri Lanka's minister of cultural affairs, S B Navinna waned against 'lewd behaviour' at Colombo's Independence Square.

    “Wedding couples also use this area for photographs after getting permission. That is alright. There are warnings against lewd behaviour anyhow,” he was quoted by the Daily Mirror as saying.
  • Ranil tells Hindus to overcome 'pettiness'
    Sri Lanka's prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, marked the Hindu festival of Maha Shivarathri telling Hindus on the island to overcome the 'pettiness' of racial and religious disharmony.

    "With certain elements striving to create racial and religious disharmony, let us make this a momentous occasion to overcome such pettiness and work towards a constructive engagement with all," Mr Wickremesinghe was quoted by Colombo Page as saying.

    "It takes much to achieve freedom, co-existence and equality in challenging times - especially when various attempts are underway to force the country back to dark times."

  • Sri Lanka's civil security dept open Hindu temple in Kilinochchi

    Sri Lanka's Civil Security Department opened a Hindu temple in Kilinochchi on Saturday as well as laying the foundation stone in another temple in Vishwamadu.
  • Sri Lankan govt uses war-time security checks in Colombo
    The Sri Lankan government has reintroduced war-time security checks and road blocks in Colombo, reportedly to deal with organised crime and narcotics trade.

    “The objective is to prevent serious crime and drug smuggling as well as to catch those committing serious crime,” the police spokesperson, Ruwan Gunasekara was quoted by the Guardian as saying, adding that over 100 police stations in Colombo had been ordered to introduce road blocks.
  • Sri Lankan navy arrests 29 Indian fishermen
    The Sri Lankan navy on Saturday arrested a total of 29 Indian fishermen in two separate incidents.

    Officials at the Indian consulate stated that 20 men were arrested near Puttalam together with the impounding of three fishing boats. In a separate incident, 9 fishermen were arrested near Mannar.
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