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  • TNA accuses Colombo of war crimes

    Jan 09
    Describing several recent escalation in incidents where Sri Lanka Armed Forces have targetted Tamil civilian during festive days between Christmas and Thaipongal, TNA, in a press release said that the "stringent economic, food and medical embargos on the war affected areas, ... are not only War Crimes in contravention of the Geneva Conventions but are also a part of a policy of Genocide that the Sri Lankan State has been carrying out against the Tamil people."
  • Sri Lanka announces subsides with an eye on elections
    Sri Lanka unveiled a 16 billion- rupees ($141 million) stimulus package that includes cutting fuel prices and removing some taxes saying it is needed to stimulate the economy in the face of a global economic downturn.
  • Government takes over private bank; Depositors in limbo
    The Sri Lankan government took control of a private bank saddled with bad debt declaring that the action was required to ‘maintain the stability of the financial system’.
  • Destruction of the economy is part of our defensive war
    The political head of LTTE in an interview with Reuters admitted the organisation had faced some setbacks in the war, but said their options for fighting back included sabotage against Sri Lanka's $32 billion economy.
  • Sri Lankan rupee hits all time low
    The Sri Lankan rupee fell 0.9 percent on Monday, December 29, hitting a record low of 113.80/114.00 per dollar, surpassing the previous low of 113.45/113.55 on September 19, 2007.
  • Top foreign exchange earner in trouble after mass lay-offs.
    Foreign remittance, Sri Lanka’s top foreign exchange earner, is suffering as tens of thousands of Sri Lankans employed over seas are laid off due to the global financial crisis.
  • Sri Lanka reinstitutes ban on Tamil Tigers - govt
    The Sri Lankan government says it has formally outlawed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
  • Back to the Future
    Ethnic enmity is now the very fabric of ‘Sri Lanka’.
  • Tamil Nadu recognises genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka
    Politicians and activists across Tamil Nadu have expressed their opinion that the Sri Lankan state is engaged in genocide against the Tamils on the island.
  • White vans and vanishing men
    Living in constant fear, the Tamils are considered fugitives in Sri Lanka
  • ECONOMY: 'Financial Meltdown Decolonising Asian Minds'
    The year 2008 may well go down in history as a watershed in which the global financial crisis, precipitated by the collapse of Western economic models, ‘decolonised' Asians minds, say observers.
  • Army enters ghost town as LTTE withdraws.
    The Sri Lankan military authorities on Friday January 2 said their forces have occupied the town of Kilinochchi in Vanni, situated 320 km north of Colombo.
  • Nadesan: ‘Freedom struggle not centred on a town’
    The LTTE vowed to fight on even if they lose more territory inside the area they want to establish as a separate nation for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority, reported Reuters.
  • Congress calls for extradition of Pirapaharan
    Showing utter disregard to the sentiments expressed by the leaders and people of Tamil Nadu following the occupation of Kilinochchi by the Sri Lankan security forces, the Congress party asked Sri Lanka to hand over LTTE leader Pirapaharan if he is caught so that he faces trial for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
  • The Credit Crisis Comes to … Sri Lanka?
    “So,” said the driver as we settled into our seats for a four-hour ride to our resort in Sri Lanka’s tea country, “Do you think the economic crisis will get better in 2009?”
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