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I’m blessed to be alive: Former LTTE woman fighter

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Kalani

BATTICALOA (IRIN) – Ganeshwary Santhanam, 31, is one of the thousands of women who joined the now defeated Liberation Tigers [...]

U.S. boosts IT sector employment in East

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Kalani

A new software product development centre, Advanced Information Consulting (Pvt) Ltd., has been established in Akkaraipattu, in the Ampara District [...]

Former LTTE bigwig arrested

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Kalani

By Srinath Prasanna Jayasuriya
A former LTTE top brass has been arrested from a house at Kattakulamthiriyaya in Puttalam where he [...]

SL reconciliation panel “holds promise”- Clinton

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Kalani

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday the Sri Lankan post-war reconciliation panel “holds promise,” hoping it [...]

Demonstration against Minister

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Kalani

Hundreds of activists belong to the ‘Nam Thamizhar’ party were rounded up by the Nagapattinam police for waving black flag [...]

SL deprived of patent rights: Environmentalists

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Kalani

By Indika Sri Aravinda
Environmentalists claim that Sri Lanka has been deprived of nearly 200 patent rights over herbals, flora and [...]

Most surrendered LTTE cadres uneducated: Minister

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Kalani

Almost ninety per cent of the surrendered cadres of the Liberation Tigers Tamil Eelam were uneducated. “They have not even [...]

Government refutes TNA claim

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Kalani

By Kelum Bandara
Government, refuting allegations by the TNA that there were shortcomings in the resettlement drive, said yesterday resettlement follows [...]