By Maya Anthony Terrorist groups worldwide operate through community, welfare, social, cultural, humantarian, human rights and organizations many registered as charities, non profit organizations and NGOs. During the recent sessions, investigations revealled that the world’s most august human rights body – the United Nations Human Rights Council – was infiltrated by the LTTE, a proscribed Read More
Two Chinese were arrested at Pooneryn in Vavuniya on charges of having overstayed their visas and police said that during their stay in the country they had been involved in selling imitation jewellery claiming they were made out of gold.
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Ten years have passed since the once dreaded Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) experienced an internal politico-military revolt spearheaded by its erstwhile Eastern regional commander Vinayagamoorthy Muralidharan alias “Col” Karuna. The revolt lasting six weeks from March 3rd to April 11th 2004 was ruthlessly suppressed through military means by the mainstream LTTE Read More
Police Chief N.K.Illangakoon left for Malaysia to attend the Defence Services Asia Exhibition and Conference which will be held there from April 14 to 17. Senior DIG Gamini Nawaratne has been appointed as the acting IGP in the absence of Mr. Illangakoon.
The Sri Lanka Police Department has sought the assistance of Interpol to arrest Perinbanayagam Sivaparan alias Nediyavan and Segarampillai Vinayagamoorthy alias Vinayagam, both who are virtually handling almost all LTTE overseas network, Police said.
General Rashal Mahmood, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan, called on Professor G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, recently.
Sri Lanka’s military on Friday shot dead three men during an operation against suspected Tamil separatist rebels, in the first major confrontation since the end of the island’s war nearly five years ago, a spokesman said.
A day after three key operatives of the banned LTTE were killed in a major military operation in the northern areas, the Sri Lankan government on Saturday justified maintaining troops in the former war zones.
Relatives of three suspected LTTE operatives, who were shot dead by the military yesterday in Nedunkerni in Vavuniya, today identified the deceased at the Anuradhapura hospital, police said.
The United Nations recalled the commitments made by the Sri Lankan Government in its joint statement with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in May 2009 and urged Sri Lanka to remain committed to its undertaking.
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