Accusing international non-government organisations of disseminating ‘wrong’ information to media on the civil war with LTTE and rights issues, the government has moved to tighten the visa regime for foreign workers in entering the country.
As fighting intensifies, IDP movement is crippled by various hardships imposed by the GoSL, 134,868 IDPs belonging to 35,353 families are heavily affected by the economic blockade in Kiinochchi district.
Bishop of Jaffna, Dr. Thomas Savundaranayagam, urged the Sri Lankan government to ensure the safety of the civilians and also appealed to all Catholics in the Jaffna peninsula to contribute to a relief fund to assist the internally displaced in Vanni.
Pakistan has pledged to one shipload of the wherewithal every 10 days in coming months to help the Sri Lankan its final push to wipe out the LTTE, according to Sri Lankan media.
President Mahinda Rajapakse and his borhter, the Defence Secretary, Gothabaya Rajapakse predicted imminent victory even as the Army chief predicted great challenges ahead in its campaign against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Despite its track record on human rights and contempt for international laws and practices, Sri Lanka received USD 1.05 billion in the first five months of the year in foreign aid according to a fiscal report published by Sri Lanka’s treasury.
As the SAARC summit comes to an end Ivan Pedropillai, chief editor of the Tamil Writers Guild, argues for international intervention to stop Sri Lanka's "calculated campaign of genocide".
The long awaited showing of a film following a pair of female Black Tigers at the sold out Frontline Club finds the audience in expectant mood given the controversy the film has drawn.
Sri Lanka may win the battle against the Tamil Tigers but not the war as 'they haven't got the Tamil population on their side', says India's National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan.
Documenting that during June and July, an additional 70,800 people registered with the Kilinochchi and Mullaitheevu Secretariats, NESoHR said restrictions imposed by the Sri Lanka Government on taking essential items to Vanni have further hampered assistance given by the humanitarian agencies.
