Eastern, Sri Lanka News

Feb 11, Colombo: Sri Lanka immigration and emigration authorities have taken steps to deport 25 Indian nationals who were illegally employed in Batticaloa area of the Eastern Province.

Feb 05, Colombo: A Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka has vowed to start a fast unto death on February 14 to protest the inaction of the authorities towards the minority Sinhalese in the Tamil dominated Batticaloa city of the Eastern Province.

A Sri Lankan media rights activist holds a poster of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge shot dead in 2009 in Colombo, as part of a demonstration on January 25 in Colombo.

Sri Lanka may have lost up to 40 per cent of the national rice harvest to the two waves of floods that ravaged the country in December and January, and inhabitants of the affected areas will need continued humanitarian support until they recover from the destruction, a United Nations official said today.

Small and medium food processors in Sri Lanka's former eastern war zone have got certification with United States aid that will help them gain better market access.

Jan 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka's major Tamil party, Tamil National Alliance is to participate in the 19th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to be held in Geneva from 27 February - 23 March 2012.

NAGAPATTINAM: The Sri Lankan Navy today released 42 fishermen arrested by it for allegedly violating the International Maritime Boundary Line, a senior Fisheries Department official said here.

Jan 22, Batticaloa: Sri Lanka Sunday ceremoniously reintegrated another batch of 78 rehabilitated former Tamil Tiger rebels to the society.

Jan 22, Trincomalee: Sri Lankan naval troops attached to the Eastern Naval Command have arrested 9 fishermen and seized their vessels.

Jan 21, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government is taking immediate measures to identify inadequacies in the country's universities and to take remedial measures to fulfill the requirements, a Ministry of Higher Education official has said.

The development of the Kankesanthurai harbour, the one-time nerve centre of naval operations in the Northern theatre has reached a crucial stage, with the clearing of about 10 ship wrecks, both in and outside the harbour.

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