Rajapaksa expected in Nepal againOctober 5th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who had to cut short his visit to Nepal this spring after an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan, is expected to arrive in the Himalayan republic once more this month to complete his itinerary. Rajapaksa, who had arrived in Kathmandu on a three-day visit in March, curtailed his trip by a day after gunmen fired on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore.
Karunanidhi asks for more relief for Tamilians in Sri LankaAugust 29th, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Saturday asked the Central Government to ensure more help for Sri Lankan Tamils. "The relief and rehabilitation steps being provided to Sri Lankan Tamils are not enough, many of the Tamilians in Sri Lanka are facing hardships and struggling with rain and therefore we demand more attention of the government towards this issue," Karunanidhi told reporters in Chennai.
Sri Lankan Police nab three LTTE propagandistsJuly 16th, 2009 COLOMBO - The Sri Lankan Police said Thursday that they captured three propagandists of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the Eastern Province. The LTTE supporters were nabbed at Serunuwara in the eastern port district of Trincomalee Thursday when they were distributing propaganda materials, the police said.
Safety, welfare of Sri Lankan Tamils most important: KarunanidhiJuly 1st, 2009 CHENNAI - Safety and proper living conditions are the most important issues for the Tamil community in Sri Lanka at the moment, even if it means a change of stand for parties in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said in the assembly Wednesday.
Wrong timing given by aide created confusion about Zardari's addressJune 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's address to the nation was regarded as delayed because a close aide announced the timing of the address without consulting the president. Sources said the timing of the address was to be decided by Zardari.
Nepal PM to address nation todayMay 26th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Newly elected Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal will address the nation on Tuesday afternoon. He will address the nation from his office in Singha Durbar at 4.00 pm.
Indian envoys meet Sri Lankan PresidentMay 21st, 2009 COLOMBO - India's National Security Advisor M. K. Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on Thursday met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and sought a political solution to the Tamil question.
NSA Narayanan to leave for Sri Lanka todayMay 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - National Security Adviser M. K. Narayanan will leave for Sri Lanka today to review the situation in that island nation.
Sri Lankan navy destroys six LTTE sea tiger boats, kills 25 rebelsApril 29th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lankan Navy's elite Special Boat Squadron (SBS) and Fast Attack Craft (FAC) on Wednesday destroyed six LTTE sea tiger boats killing twenty-five sea tigers off Mullaithivu. A Lankan Army spokesperson informed that four suicide craft laden with high explosives and two enemy attack craft mounted with high caliber weapons were destroyed in the Naval gun fire.
Eight arrested in Coimbatore for burning Lanka flagApril 25th, 2009 COIMBATORE - Coimbatore Police on Saturday arrested eight protesters for trying to burn the Sri Lankan flag. Hordes of Tamilians were staging a demonstration against the Lankan military offensive, which has led to the deaths of innocent civilians in the island nation.
Indian officials arrive in Sri LankaApril 24th, 2009 COLOMBO - National Security Adviser M. K. Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon arrived here today to review the situation in the island nation.
Indian PM's secretary meets Sri Lankan presidentMarch 26th, 2009 COLOMBO - Principal secretary to the Indian prime minister T.K.A. Nair, on a four-day visit to the island nation, met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa here Thursday.
Sri Lankan cricket team returns homeMarch 4th, 2009 COLOMBO - The Sri Lankan national cricket team returned to the country Wednesday morning after several cricketers were injured in a shootout in the Pakistani city of Lahore Tuesday, airport officials said. The cricket team arrived at the airport at about 3.50 a.m.
Lankan navy arrests 22 Indian fishermenJanuary 22nd, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lankan Navy has arrested at least 22 Indian fishermen with six boats while fishing illegally in Sri Lanka's northern sea waters off Kankesanthurai (KKS), official sources said here Friday. The sources told IANS that the Sri Lankan Navy has arrested these Indian fishermen trespassing into the Sri Lankan territorial waters late Thursday and handed them over to the KKS police for investigation.
Sri Lankan troops capture LTTE's political hub KilinochchiJanuary 1st, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lankan troops had captured the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) political capital Kilinochchi, President Mahinda Rajapakse announced in an address to the nation Friday. The fall of Kilinochchi, which marks the rebels' biggest loss after the fall of the Jaffna peninsula 13 years ago, was described as an 'unparalleled victory of the entire nation' by the president, who is also commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
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