Wednesday, 14th May 2014 By P. V. Srividya In the wake of bilateral talks between fishermen of Sri Lanka and India in Colombo hitting a deadlock over the use of trawlers by Indian fishermen, fishermen here seek governm ...
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India extends ban on LTTE by 5 years
Friday, 16th May 2014 The Indian government has extended by five years the ban imposed on LTTE, a terror group that was behind the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi and was decimated by the Sri Lanka military in 2009. Indi ...
Man whose ‘disappearance’ evoked Blake’s interest found with suspect: Indian help sought to recover money from woman human smuggler
Thursday, 15th May 2014. By Shamindra Ferdinando Thayapararajah and Uthayakala Several Tamils have sought Indian intervention to help recover their money from a female human smuggler Thayapararajah Ut ...
Saving children the UN way
Wednesday, 14th May 2014. By Shamindra Ferdinando Some delegates attending the World Conference on Youth (WCY) in Colombo demonstrate on Friday (May 9) at the BMICH demanding international action to secure the release ...
Treaty between Sri Lanka and China on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters initialed in Beijing after successful negotiations
Negotiations were held in Beijing from 6 to 8 May, 2014 to discuss and finalize the draft treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters. The objective of the treaty is to improve effectiveness of law enforcement ...
‘Tortured and killed’ LTTEr surfaces in India
Wednesday, 14th May 2014. One of the former prominent LTTE cadres, said to have been tortured and killed by the Sri Lankan security forces in 2009 as claimed by many local and international NGOs, was among the arrested ...
Sri Lanka Ban Splits Overseas Tamil Outfits
By P.K. Balachandran Wednesday, 14th May 2014 The ban on 16 Tamil Diaspora organisations and 425 individuals deemed to be pro-Tamil Tiger, which was imposed by the Sri Lankan government in March under UN Security Counc ...