Eastern, Sri Lanka News

The six Tamils had informed the police station in their area before leaving to the border of the Ampaarai district that their cattle.

A man wandering around the rubble in the commercial centre of the town of Galle, southern Sri Lanka, a month after it was flattened by the Boxing Day 2004 tsunami Desmond Boylan / Reuters COLOMBO // Five years after the tsunami swept over the shores of Sri Lanka destroying everything in its path, victims are continuing to rebuild their lives.

On a recent visit to an American Red Cross supported project in eastern Sri Lanka, the significance of these principles resonated strongly with the American Red Cross monitoring team.

Sat, Dec 19, 2009, 10:36 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 19, Colombo: Sri Lankan Army troops conducting search and clear operations in the northern region recovered a large haul of claymore mines yesterday , the military said.

PUNANI, Sri Lanka - Inside, there are no victims, no killers, and no questions. There are only bright white lights and the click-clack of sewing machines in this new garment factory in war-torn eastern Sri Lanka.

Fri, Dec 18, 2009, 08:28 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 18, Colombo: Since the successful conclusion of the decades-long war Sri Lanka Navy has been providing humanitarian assistance to uplift the conflict-affected villages in Eastern Sri Lanka.

The indigenous Sri Lankan Tamils living in the Northern and Eastern provinces may tilt the balance in the January 26 Sri Lankan Presidential election which is expected to be a close contest between Mahinda Rajapaksa, the incumbent President, and Gen.Sarath Fonseka, the joint opposition candidate.

COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government said Wednesday that three people were killed while 302,835 people of over 83,000 families marooned by floods in the east.

Vaakarai, Vaazhaichcheanai, Kaaththaankudi and Vavu'natheevu are among the worst affected areas in Batticaloa.

None was injured in the blast but the office has been damaged a little. The office has been opened in order to engage in canvassing for the common opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka in the presidential election on January 26.

This Dec. 1, 2009 photo shows an internally displaced Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil man waiting with his children after coming out of a camp for displaced persons in Manik Farm, Sri Lanka.

Fri, Dec 11, 2009, 08:09 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 11, Colombo: Due to continuing heavy rains in the Ampara district during the past few days, over 28,000 families have been affected by floods in the area, the Disaster Management Centre said.

A top United Nations envoy for children held talks with senior Sri Lankan officials yesterday after meeting former child soldiers, an official said.

Food, medical items, gas cylinders and life jackets were recovered from the spot, according to the police, who alleged that a group of people were trying to flee the country by boat.

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has said it welcomed Sri Lankan government's decision this week to allow "increased" freedom of movement for some 135,000 internally displaced people remaining in 20 camps in the north of the country.

The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed Sri Lanka's decision this week to allow greater freedom of movement for some 135,000 internally displaced persons remaining in 20 closed camps in the country's north following the recently-ended civil conflict.

Thu, Dec 3, 2009, 11:05 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 03, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has taken measures to renovate thirteen air strips in the country, the Ports and Aviation Ministry authorities said.

But the tract is of utmost importance to Eezham Tamils in linking the north and east of their historic homeland.

A statue of the Virgin Mary stands among the debris from the tsunami in 2004 one of several disasters that have left Sri Lankans traumatised Room 63 at Trincomalee General Hospital has little to recommend it.

Thu, Nov 26, 2009, 10:50 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka government said that all the displaced civilians from Jaffna who were in the camps have returned to their original homes today and there will be no more Internally Displaced Persons from Jaffna in the Manik farm welfare village.