Srilanka News

Sri Lanka airstrike hits 2 Tamil rebel naval bases

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan fighter planes bombed and destroyed two Tamil Tiger rebel bases in the volatile north on Monday, in the second straight day of government airstrikes against the insurgents' de facto state, the military said. more

 

Sri Lanka: New fighting between military, rebels

Nov 3 (AP) Sri Lankan soldiers fought a series of battles with Tamil Tiger rebels across the country's embattled north, inflicting "severe damage" on the guerrillas, the military said Monday. Government troops have made dramatic progress in recent months, seizing rebel bases and chunks of land, but the rebels have offered stiff resistance as the soldiers close in on their administrative capital, Kilinochchi. more..

 

'Separating Tamil people and LTTE is foolish'

Nov 3 (Rediff) Tamil Nationalist Movement leader Pazha Nedumaran is one of the most vocal supporters of the LTTE and its supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran. In a rare interview to rediff.com's Shobha Warrier, he talks about the civil war raging in Sri Lanka. When I interviewed you in 2000, you stated that the LTTE was a freedom movement and not a terrorist organisation. At that time, it had been banned in India after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. Do you still believe that? more..

 

'No end till we get Prabhakaran'

Nov 3 (LNP) The Government will declare a ceasefire only if the Tigers lay down weapons and surrender, President Mahinda Rajapaksa told India Today in an interview. President Rajapaksa said the Forces have Prabhakaran cornered and he will be caught soon. The day Prabhakaran is caught, military operations would be over. Soon after that we will give a political solution as we did in the East, the President said. more..

 

Tamils issue:'DMK should have exerted more pressure on Centre'

Nov 3 (PTI) Accusing the Tamil Nadu Government of not exerting "much" pressure on the Centre over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, the CPI on Sunday said it will reach out to like-minded parties to press the state administration to convene another all-party meeting on the matter. Party TN unit chief D Pandian said the DMK-led Government should have "exerted more pressure on the Centre" on the Sri Lanka Tamils issue as it was one of the resolutions passed by the all-party meeting on October 14. more..

 

An Open Letter to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa

Nov 3 (DO) Dear President Rajapaksa, I am not too sure how I should start my letter. Should I say Congratulations? After all, your army has just captured the fishing port of Nachchikuda and is closer than ever to the LTTE heartland in Killinochchi? Or should I say ‘have courage and stay the course’? This is because a few days ago the Tamil Eelam Air Force carried out its seventh air strike in Sri Lanka. more..

 

Another food convoy enters Wanni

Twenty nine lorries carrying essential items including flour, sugar, dhal, rice, oil and medicine, needed by civilians in Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu have reached Omanthai entry/exit point this morning.

The food convoy under the UN banner included 68 MT of rice, 208 MT of flour, 76 MT of dhal, 24 MT of sugar, 24 MT of vegetable oil and 38 MT of other dry rations.

The consignments were to be handed over to District Secretaries of Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu to be distributed among the IDPs in Mulleyaveli, Puthukudirippu and Tharapuram.

 

Will relief funds reach Tamils, wonders Jaya

CHENNAI: Former Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Sunday wanted to know whether the fund collected by the DMK Government would reach the suffering Lankan Tamils in the island nation or it would reach the LTTE for its fight against the Sri Lankan Government . more