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Girl students sleeping in their hostel in Eastern University found one of their fellow girl student from Mullaiththeevu district hanging dead from a ceiling fan Thursday when they went in search of her on noticing that she did not come into the hostel after going out between 4:30 a.m and 5:00 a.m, sources in Batticaloa [...]

Feb 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka Central Bank today said the country’s inflation rate dropped to a year-on-year 7.6 percent this month from 10.7 percent in January and it would further drop.

A Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bomber was shot down in Mullaiththeevu on Friday at 11:25 a.m., civilians sources in Ira’naippaalai told TamilNet. Several civilians saw the jet explode in mid-air as it was beginning an attack run towards an unidentified locality. A huge plume of smoke followed after the flaming debris fell to earth, [...]

A Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bomber was shot down in Mullaiththeevu Friday at 11:25 a.m., sources in Ira’naippaalai told TamilNet. The SLAF bomber was attacked while it was targeting a locality for bombardment. Several civilians have witnessed that the bomber exploded in the air and went down in Mullaiththeevu. The LTTE is yet to [...]

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) has been engaged in felling thousands of Palmyra palms mostly in private lands in the SLA occupied High Security Zone (HSZ) using the trunks to construct additional sentry posts along Vadamaraadchi coasts, in the last three days, sources from Vadamaraadchi said. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) in Vadamaraadchi north has been [...]

International relief organisations are appealing for more action to secure the welfare of the thousands trapped in the war zone in Sri Lanka

Feb 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka Central Bank today said the downgrading of Sri Lanka’s outlook to negative from stable while affirming the country’s B-plus rating, four notches below investment grade by Fitch Ratings is unwarranted.

Jaffna University Students Union (JUSU) extended an appeal to the government of Sri Lanka to enable Jaffna University students from Vanni held in the detention camps in Government controlled areas to continue their studies in Jaffna University, in a press report Friday. JUSU also said that though it has been said in the media that [...]

A slave camp consisting male and female members ‘chosen’ from the fleeing civilians by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) is reportedly setup in the abandoned Ki’lnochchi hospital building, reported TamilNet correspondent in Vanni, citing unverified information reaching Mullaiththeevu from males who escaped from the camp. According to the sources, men are kept at the downstairs [...]

Mulaitivu: Sixty civilians including children were killed when carpet bombing from fleet of fighter planes from Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) which included the plane shot down earlier over Vanni air space.

A man apparently set himself on fire outside Britain’s Parliament on Friday and he was taken to a hospital with superficial burns, authorities said.

The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) fighter jet exploded Friday was engaged in carpet-bombing civilian pockets at Aananthapuram and Chemma’nku’ndu, according to civilians fleeing towards ’safe zone’ Friday evening. As the declared ’safe zone’ along the Mullaiththeevu coast is a barren stretch and is congested beyond further accommodation, many civilians preferred to stay back in [...]

Feb 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) has questioned a senior journalist…

A Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bomber was shot down in Mullaiththeevu on Friday at 11:25 a.m., civilia..

As the Sri Lanka Army speeds up its advance into the remaining 63 square kilometres of land controll..

The price of a 12.5Kg Shell gas cylinder will be reduced by Rs. 310 to Rs. 1350. Also the price of L..

Feb 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe is facing another crisis in his party…

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and police Friday morning took into custody twelve Tamil youths in a joint search operation conducted in Hatton, Bogawanthalawa, Kottagala and Nuwereliya areas where Tamils live in large numbers, according to complaints lodged with Deputy Minister, P. Rathakrishnan by the youths’ relatives.

Feb 27, Kelaniya: Following the suspension of academic activities of Kelaniya University from last Wednesday the University administration has decided to temporarily suspend all examinations and courses conducted during the weekend at the University.

Feb 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today called on the countries in South Asia to unite as a region to fight against the terrorism as well as the financial crisis.

Feb 27, Batticaloa: Sri Lanka’s Tamil political party, Thamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal Party (TMVP) today released another group of child soldiers who had been recruited for its activities.

Feb 27 Maharagama: The whole staff of Sri Lanka’s only oncology institution in Sri Lanka, including the doctors has commenced a ceaseless strike at the Cancer hospital in Maharagama from this morning.

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - International Many are injured, some with infected wounds that are weeks old. As a result, many people have been maimed for life. Even those who have made it to Vavuniya have no freedom of movement, no access to …

Feb 27, Colombo: The government of France has expressed its willingness to provide humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka, especially for the Northern region of the country, the Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka said.

Feb 27, Colombo: Shell and Laugfs Gas Lanka, the two main gas suppliers in Sri Lanka have decided to reduce its domestic gas prices with effect from today midnight.

Feb 27, Colombo: Ceylinco group Chairman Lalith Kothalawela who was remanded yesterday by Mount Lavinia Magistrate has been admitted to the prison hospital at Welikada this morning.

Source: Reuters By C. Bryson Hull

COLOMBO, Feb 27 (Reuters) — Sri Lankan soldiers battled Tamil Tiger rebels house-to-house in the last town the separatist rebels control, seizing more territory and pushing them …

Feb 27, Mahiyangana: Sri Lanka police found a high power pressure bomb near the training school of Police Special Task Force (STF) in Mahiyangana this afternoon.

Feb 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the current Chair of SAARC today addressed the 31st session of The SAARC Council of Ministers represented by the Foreign Ministers of SAARC member states held at Ceylon Intercontinental Hotel in Colombo.

Feb 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka government has raised the import tax on milk powder with immediate effect.

Feb 27, Colombo: [UPDATE] Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa swore in the newly elected Chief Ministers of the Central and North Western Provinces at a ceremony held at Presidential Secretariat today.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Up to 85,000 civilians trapped in northeastern Sri Lanka could flee the war zone in coming weeks as the army closes in on rebel-held territory, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.

Source: Reuters By C. Bryson Hull

COLOMBO, Feb 27 (Reuters) - South Asia should push international lenders for a year’s halt on payments and create a network of currency swaps to help weather the global crisis, Sri …

Source: Reuters * UNHCR says up to 85,000 to flee war zone soon * WFP delivers first food supplies in six weeks GENEVA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Up to 85,000 civilians trapped in northeastern Sri Lanka could flee …

GENEVA (Reuters) - Up to 85,000 civilians trapped in northeastern Sri Lanka could flee the war zone in coming weeks as the army closes in on rebel-held territory, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.

Up to 85,000 civilians trapped in northeastern Sri Lanka could flee the war zone in coming weeks as the army closes in on rebel-held territory, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.

Source: Reuters * UNHCR says up to 85,000 to flee war zone soon

* WFP delivers first food supplies in six weeks

GENEVA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Up to 85,000 civilians trapped in northeastern Sri Lanka could flee …

International media organisations have criticised Sri Lanka’s government over the arrest of a Tamil-language newspaper editor

A Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bomber was shot down in Mullaiththeevu Friday at 11:25 a.m., sources in Ira’naippaalai told TamilNet. The SLAF bomber was attacked while it was targeting a locality for bombardment. Several civilians have witnessed that the bomber exploded in the air and went down in Mullaiththeevu. The LTTE is yet to [...]

Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka’s inflation slowed more than economists expected to the lowest in three years, making it more likely the central bank will cut interest rates to bolster the island’s economic growth.

Laugfs gas will reduce price of a 12.5 kg cylinder by Rs 334 and Shell Gas by Rs 310 from midnight today-Ministry official-JNW

People’s Daily Online and other eight Chinese media institutions were awarded for their outstanding service in introducing China’s reform and opening policy to Sri Lanka on Feb 26, 2009. A felicitation ceremony was held on that day in Beijing to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of China’s reform and opening up. Sri Lankan Ambassador to China [...]

(Lanka-e-News Feb 27, 2009, 1.00pm) After the next presidential election executive presidential system to be demolish Mr. Wimal Weerawansa…

(Lanka-e-News, Feb. 27, 2009, 1.30 PM) Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon is expected to meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa to discuss the humanitarian situation in the north amidst…

Feb 27, Colombo: Newly elected Chief Ministers of the Central and North Western Provinces will take their oaths of office before Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today, sources at the Presidential Secretariat said.

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and police Friday morning took into custody twelve Tamil youths in a joint search operation conducted in Hatton, Bogawanthalawa, Kottagala and Nuwereliya areas where Tamils live in large numbers, according to complaints lodged with Deputy Minister, P. Rathakrishnan by the youths’ relatives.

Feb 27, Vavuniya: Sri Lanka Health Ministry has taken measures to provide ultrasound scanning facilities to fleeing pregnant women who reach the government controlled areas.

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(Lanka-e-News 25.Feb.2009 5.27PM) A massive haul of arms, ammunition and explosives, kept secretly buried by vacating Tiger cadres in the general Chalei…

HONG KONG, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Fitch Ratings changed the outlook on Sri Lanka to negative from stable on Friday, expressing worries about its external financial position reflected in the sharp fall in its foreign exchange reserves. The agency said it had affirmed the country’s B-plus rating, four notches below investment grade. Fitch also cited [...]

Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka may need a bailout from international donors to help pay its debts as the island’s 26- year civil war draws to a close.

HONG KONG, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Fitch Ratings changed the outlook on Sri Lanka to negative from stable on Friday, expressing worries about its external financial position reflected in the sharp fall in its foreign exchange reserves.

HONG KONG, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Fitch Ratings changed the outlook on Sri Lanka to negative from stable on Friday, expressing worries about its external financial position reflected in the sharp fall in its foreign exchange reserves.

HONG KONG, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Fitch Ratings changed the outlook on Sri Lanka to negative from stable on Friday, expressing worries about its external financial position reflected in the sharp fall in its foreign exchange reserves.

Expressing extreme shock at today’s forcible arrest of Vithyatharan, the editor
of Sudar Oli, a Colombo-based Tamil daily, the Reporters
without Borders (RSF), a Paris-based media watchdog, sought
gurantee of safety of the arrested Editor from Sri Lanka’s Media minister, Mr. Laxman Yapa, a press release issued by RSF said.

Sri Lanka may need a bailout from international donors to help pay its debts as the island s 26- yea..

Security Forces in their advance to liberate the last LTTE bastion of Puthukudiyiruppu have captured..

UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe is under pressure to step down. A group of UNP Parliamentarians is c..

“We, the undersigned leaders of workers’ parties, demand that the government of Sri Lanka stop attacks that can destroy thousands of Tamils and agree to a ceasefire with
the LTTE to start discussions in order to install an interim government for the Tamil homeland,” said a resolution passed Wednesday at the International Committee of the Fourth [...]

By P. Karunakharan, Colombo, Feb 26 : Reiterating New Delhi’s concern for thousands of civilians caught in the fighting between the military and Tamil Tiger rebels, visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon Thursday said a full-fledged emergency medical unit would be rushed to Sri Lanka to help the war-displaced.