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Sept 30, The United Nations refugee agency today said it is deeply concerned about the safety of the more than 250,000 displaced people housed in the welfare centers in northern Sri Lanka after reports of few skirmishes between the troops guarding the camps and the civilians.

Sept 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today visited the Anuradhapura Sri Maha Bodi sacred area to inspect the land for a dagoba under a programme to build nine dagobas in each of the nine provinces to symbolize the victory of war against the terrorists.

Sept 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka police in a move to crackdown on underworld crime in the capital arrested two more crime figures.

Sept 30, Colombo: The widening crisis in Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party will get worsen further after a certain ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance victory at the Southern Provincial Council polls, a government minister predicted today.

The UN called on Wednesday on Sri Lanka to investigate an incident in which soldiers fired on war refugees held in a cramped displacement camp, wounding at least two people, including a child.

(Lanka-e-News, Sep.30, 2009, 6.20PM) The Room rent of the Chairman of the controversial ‘Maganeguma’ project is Rs.200.000/- per day!! The Maga neguma which had come under heavy criticism from the Opposition parties…

(Lanka-e-News, Sep.30, 2009, 7.25PM) The Govt. told a blatant lie to the world and the Sri lankans that it has resettled 6000 refugees of the Menikfarm in their villages. They have been re located at Jaffna Kaithady and Mirisuvil,…

(Lanka-e-News, Sep.30, 2009, 7.25PM) Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva addressing a Press briefing at the UPFA election Headquarters today (30) said Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe by highlighting the GSP+,…

Source: IRIN The international community is increasingly worried about the pace of resettling more than 260,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from closed camps in Sri Lanka, a senior UN representative warns.

Source: IRIN The international community is increasingly worried about the pace of resettling more than 260,000
internally displaced persons (IDPs) from closed camps in Sri Lanka, a senior UN representative warns.

Source: AlertNet

The Government is confidently stepping up its lobbying for the extension of GSP+ whilst the main Opposition UNP yesterday reiterated its reservations.

Source: Reuters * 1996 law strengthened as part of Patriot Act in 2001

* "Vital part" of efforts to fight terrorism - US

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on …

Sept 30, Colombo: A collision between an ambulance and an army truck carrying women soldiers early this morning along the Dambulla – Habarana road, killed the driver of the ambulance and injured another 12.

American State Department has requested “Diversity” visas for migration to America in the year 2011. Hence applications are called from October 2nd to November 30th and applications are accepted through the www.dvlottery.state.gov website was according to information.

Sept 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka Army plans to build a wellness resort dedicated to the soldiers who were totally disabled in the war against terrorism.

The British High Commission in Colombo quoted the UK Border Agency as saying that changes will take place in the rules regarding funding requirements for student visa applications with effect from today.

The Education Ministry has introduced Information Technology (IT) to the Advanced Level curriculum as a subject this year in line with the Presidential initiative to arm the younger generation with English and Information Technology knowledge, Education Minister Susil Premajayanth said.

There is no possibility of a tsunami affecting Sri Lanka following the earthquake in Indonesiaaround 3.45 pm, say the Meteorological Department.

Sept 30, Colombo: President Mahinda Rajapaksa today unveiled a life-size statue of Sri Lanka’s film legend, veteran actor and film director Gamini Fonseka at the Maradana Elphinston Theater premises.

Forty-three Tamil political detainees in Anuradhapura prison Tuesday
evening called off their fast unto death campaign on a request by the
Commissioner of Prisons that their problem would be sorted out within
five weeks. The Commissioner of Prison rushed to Anuradhapura prison
and met with fasting Tamil detainees. Tamil detainees began their fast
Monday afternoon demanding their release or to [...]

Sept 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s annual average inflation rate declined to a record six-year low of 6.6 percent in September, from 8.5 percent in the previous month, the Central Bank reported today.

Sept 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka is not in danger of a possible tsunami following the massive earthquake in Indonesia today, the Meteorological Department said.

Minister Douglas Devananda said that he had sought permission from President Mahinda Rajapakse to use the funds in the form of cash and gold jewellery worth around 3000 million rupees lying unclaimed in the banks in the north for the development of the north, sources in Jaffna said. Around 1000 million rupees and gold jewellery [...]

The U.N. called Wednesday on Sri Lanka to investigate an incident in which soldiers fired on war refugees held in a cramped displacement camp, wounding at least two people, including a child.

Source: Reuters NEW DELHI, Sept 30 (Reuters) - India has not issued a tsunami warning after a powerful earthquake in Indonesia, an official said on Wednesday.

"Our model simulations do not show any …

(Lanka-e-News 30.Sep.2009 12.30PM) A group of unidentified persons have arrived at the residence of National mass media Secretary and ‘Irudina’ Journalist Dilisha Abeysundara…

Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka’s inflation slowed to the weakest pace in at least five years in September, giving the central bank room to continue cutting interest rates to support the island’s economic recovery.

Source: IRIN Abbey was a nurse at a French hospital in Madagascar when a recruitment agency suggested to her boss that she
travel to Lebanon for three years to work and learn Arabic so she could better care for the Arab sailors whose ships docked at the Indian Ocean island.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/48601a/overview_of_genera) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan’s new report “Overview of General Hospital Consumables and Cardiovascular Products Market in Sri Lanka” to their offering.

Journalist Dileesha Abeysundera Tuesday lodged a complaint with the Borella Police that she was threatened by a group of unidentified persons around 11.45 p.m. on Monday night, according media reports in Colombo. Ms. Abeysundera works for Irudina, a sister newspaper of the Sunday leader. She is also the Deputy Secretary of the Free Media [...]

Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka’s inflation slowed to the weakest pace in at least five years in September, giving the central bank room to continue cutting interest rates to support the island’s economic recovery.

COLOMBO, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s consumer prices rose 0.7 percent in September from a year earlier, replacing a record record low of 0.9 percent hit in August, government data showed on Wednesday.

COLOMBO, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s consumer prices rose 0.7 percent in September from a year earlier, replacing a record record low of 0.9 percent hit in August, government data showed on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka’s failure to rapidly resettle nearly 300,000 Tamils who survived the government’s final onslaught against the Tamil Tigers and their further suffering under harsh conditions in militarised camps could result in growing bitterness, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake Tuesday - the same day, the UN issued its strongest criticism [...]

Unconfirmed reports indicate that some noted LTTE leaders in the custody of Colombo are likely to be made to collaborate a Colombo-US formula of ‘reconciliation,’ nullifying national aspirations of Eezham Tamils. The recent visit of Colombo’s defense secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and foreign minister Rohita Bogollagama to the US was in fact aimed to discuss the [...]

Sept 30, Colombo: The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka on Monday granted investment approval to Quaestus Lanka to open a BPO/Call Centre in Colombo.

Sept 30, Colombo: Sri Lankan government has allocated 3.5 billion rupees for projects within the Vavuniya District under its ambitious 180-day accelerated development program ‘Uthuru Wasanthaya’ (Northern Spring).

Sept 30, Colombo: The European Union is scheduled to hold discussions on the 15th of October to reach a decision on extending the Generalised System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) trade concession to Sri Lanka.

While the idea of transnational government (TNG) is captivating the minds of Eezham Tamils, their public opinion should be watchful for political moves not slipping in concepts and terminologies and the organisation process maintaining absolute financial independence. Democratically elected country councils widen, strengthen and secure the democratic structure of TNG and help it to evolve [...]

A 5-foot tsunami in Pacific Ocean kills 28 people in Samoa & American Samoa.
No threat to Sri Lanka from quake in Pacific-Met Dept-JNW

It’s been four months since Sri Lanka’s military defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels, but hundreds of thousands of displaced civilians - mainly Tamils - are still languishing in government-run camps.

While a sinister campaign is on overseas to press war crime charges against Sri Lanka, one of our co..

Source: Reuters Sept 30 (Reuters) - A huge sub-sea quake generated a tsunami in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, killing an unknown number of people in American and Western Samoa and sowing fear as far as New Zealand …

327 members of ninety-seven internally
displaced Tamil families from Moothoor east in Trincomalee district
were brought down to Verukal in fifteen State sector buses with police
escort Tuesday morning from Kokkuvil transit centre in Batticaloa
district. Moothoor Divisional Secretariat officials received them at
Verukal Tuesday and transferred them to another transit centre located in
Chinnakku’lam in Moothoor east as their original [...]

The UN yesterday said a violent incident in Sri Lanka’s refugee camps underscored the urgency in stepping up the “very slow” pace of resettlement of thousands of Tamils displaced at the end a 25-year war.

The UNHCR has granted Sri Lanka US $ 5 million to purchase 10 flailing machines to further accelerate the de-mining program in the North.

More than a hundred students of Jaffna Technical College (JTC) went on a protest march Tuesday around 11:00 a.m from JTC accusing the college management for corruption and malpractices, sources in Jaffna said. The protesting students first handed over their memorandum to Minister Douglas Devananda at his office in Jaffna Srithar Theatre and then to [...]

Sept 29, Colombo: The United Nations Secretary-General’s Representative on the human rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Walter Kaelin remains very concerned about the very slow pace of release of Sri Lanka’s IDPs from the welfare camps in the North, a UN communiqué said today.

Around 3,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), originally from the islets of Jaffna held in the internment camps in Vavuniyaa and brought to the islets of Jaffna recently will be continued to be held in detention camps under the control of Sri Lanka Navy, Jaffna Government Agent, K. Ganesh said. The IDPs will be allowed to [...]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa promised the nation that he will not allow anyone to mortgage the Mother..

Source: UNHCR The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is deeply concerned about reports of security incidents taking place inside camps accommodating internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Sri Lanka. The most …

Source: UNHCR The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is deeply concerned about reports of security incidents taking place inside camps accommodating internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Sri
Lanka.

The most …

COLOMBO (Reuters) - The United Nations on Tuesday said a violent incident in Sri Lanka’s refugee camps underscored the urgency in stepping up the “very slow” pace of resettlement of thousands of Tamils displaced at the end a 25-year war.

(Lanka-e-News, Sep.29, 2009, 7.55PM) The Lanka e news is proud to announce that the website which was launched in the year 2005 has until some moments ago had reached…

Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka has received a donation of US$5 million from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to accelerate its de-mining program in the war-torn North, the government media said today.

Source: Reuters By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The United Nations on Tuesday said a violent incident in Sri Lanka’s refugee camps underscored the urgency in stepping up the “very slow” pace …

Source: Reuters By Ranga Sirilal

COLOMBO, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The United Nations on Tuesday said a violent incident in Sri Lanka’s refugee camps underscored the urgency in stepping up the "very slow" pace …

(Lanka-e-News, Sep.29, 2009, 6.45PM) IGP Jayantha Wickremeratne stated that, for the first time in SL’s history of the Police, Tamil youths were…

(Lanka-e-News, Sep.29, 2009, 6.45PM) CAFFE media spokesman Keerthi Tennekoon stated that UPFA candidate for Galle District, Nishantha Muthuhetigama who has since…