Sri Lanka

Donor reps inspect conditions in Northeast

Feb 06

The summary report of Bilateral Donor Group after their visits to Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Mannar, Vavuniya and Jaffna districts.

Reform or Decline?

The LTTE's efforts to halt underage recruitment should be recognised.

The Left and Mahinda

Sri Lankas Left must take up Rajapakse's violent challenge to the forces of progress.

Donors pledge $4.5 billion to Sri Lanka, despite war

Sri Lanka says $4.5 billion worth of overseas aid has been pledged despite donor disquiet over the escalating war. Colombo expects a total of $9 billion in foriegn over the next three years.

Sri Lanka: a graveyard of pacts

Most of the pacts abrogated in Sri Lanka have been on the Tamil question.

Abductions continue in Colombo, Puthalam

Eight Tamils were abducted in Colombo and two in Puttalam over the course of five days. The abductors had released one victim after keeping him blindfolded for a day, but nine are still missing, the Civil Monitoring Commission reported on January 12.

The fate of Professor S. Raveendranath, the Vice Chancellor of Eastern University, abducted December 15 in Colombo's High Security area, remains unknown.

The following details were released to the media:

Army shoots Jaffna Christian priest

The Tamil speaking Christian community in Sri Lanka’s northern city of Jaffna is shocked by the brutal murder of a Protestant Christian Tamil pastor in broad daylight on January 13th.

38 year old pastor of the evangelical Tamil mission church Jaffna , Rev. Nallathamby Gnanaseelan, was shot dead as he was travelling on his motor cycle along chapel street in the heart of Jaffna town.

The incident happened near the Vembaddy road junction at about 10. 30 am on Saturday .