The pro-LTTE Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) announced that it will broadcast Radio News to Sri Lanka. The TGTE Radio called ‘Naatham’ was to commence broadcast on Friday on the shortwave frequency. The radio can also be heard in India, Malaysia and Singapore where large number of Tamils live. TGTE says while this broadcast [...]
Women In War Torn Areas Continue To Battle Serious Social Problems By Maryam Azwer Increasing reports of social problems that are plaguing the conflict affected North and East have given rise to much concern. These include issues as grave as child abuse, rape and sexual harassment, and easy access to pornography. Women’s rights activists have [...]
To return to international respectability, Colombo needs to deepen its democracy. By Sadanand Dhume On the face of it, Sri Lanka has much to celebrate this week as it marks the third anniversary of its military victory over the terrorist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). After that scarring 26-year-old civil war, which was [...]
Disappearances occurred on a ‘massive scale’, especially between 2006 and 2009 during the last phase of the war, said Ruki Fernando from the Christian Alliance for Social Action, a local NGO. “At the end of the war, many who surrendered to the army disappeared, including a Catholic priest and several high-profile LTTE leaders.” Fernando includes [...]
By Dinouk Colombage Tea board chairperson, Janaki Kuruppu’s comment that a committee had been appointed to study proposals from both sides regarding the import and blending of foreign tea is being challenged by senior planter Herman Gunaratne. Gunaratne told The Sunday Leader that “as far as we know there has been no committee appointed to [...]
By Maryam Azwer Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has praised Gota’s War, a book by Divaina columnist C.A. Chandraprema, which was launched last evening (May 14). “I think he [Chandraprema] has done a lot of research, and gone through a lot of documents… also he has interviewed many officers who were involved… it is a [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge Mannar Bishop Rev. Rayappu Joseph has been questioned by the police on his statement to the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) regarding disappearances. The Bishop was among several people, including government officials, who had given statements to the LLRC during its public sittings. Bishop Joseph said that police officers had visited [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara The bill for potatoes used at an almsgiving for Buddhist clergy at Temple Trees during Vesak was paid for by Samurdhi Banks in the Nuwara Eliya district. Nuwara Eliya District Secretary D. P. G. Kumarasiri confirmed to The Sunday Leader that Samurdhi Banks had made the payments but he added that trade [...]
By Indika Sri Aravinda The headquarters of the Postal Department located at D. R. Wijeywardena Mawatha is to be shifted to make way for the Lotus Tower. Postal trade unions said that a part of the building has already been demolished and the rest is also to be removed. When The Sunday Leader contacted the [...]
By Indika Sri Aravinda The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) has blamed the government for the increase in the number of treasure hunting incidents. JHU spokesman Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe said that most of the incidents reported could not take place without political backing. He also said that there was a suspicion that some local groups involved [...]
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