- 27 October 2012
Sri Lanka's military expenditure shoots up to $ 2.2 billion
The Sri Lankan government’s Appropriation Bill for budget expenditure for the year 2013 has allocated 290 billion rupees ($US2.2 billion) to the combined defence and urban development ministry. This is a 26 percent increase from 2012 and represents...
- 08 October 2012
'Actions of Int'l Community will decide our future path' : Jaffna Civil Society
Sending a very strong signal to the outside world, the powerful Jaffna Civil Society Organisations have told a visiting UN delegation that “they are no longer prepared to trust the government....
- 20 September 2012
FUTA strike and the conspiracy stories
Some politicians and media officials linked to the government have begun to describe the FUTA strike as an attempt to overthrow the present government. Some have even come out with the fantastic idea that the FUTA....
- 07 August 2012
Sinhala farmers in Sri Lanka's east oppose militarisation
Farmers from Kantale in the eastern district of Trincomalee are condemning moves by the Sri Lankan armed forces to take over civilian administration. On the 5th of July, Sinhala farmers staged a public protest in Kantale....
- 24 September 2012
War displaced urge UN against being removed to transit camps
The United Nations has been called upon to intervene in preventing hundreds of Tamil war displaced families from being removed to transit camps away from their homes in northern Sri Lanka. In an appeal to the UN......
- 14 September 2012
'Systematic Sinhalisation in North' - Tamil politicians
In the name of keeping the security tight in the former war zones, the government of Sri Lanka “is systematically Sinhalising the traditional fishing livelihood of the war-ravaged Tamils in the northern Jaffna and.....
- 07 August 2012
Pakistan Defence Secretary leaves for Sri Lanka
Defence Secretary Lt Gen (Retd) Asif Yasin Malik, will be visiting Sri Lanka from 7-11 August 2012. During his stay in Colombo, Lt Gen (Retd) Asif Yasin Malik will hold discussions with Sri Lankan Defence hierarchy to further strengthen....
