Sri Lanka - Indian Fishermen - Arrest At least 17 Indian fishermen were arrested for allegedly straying into Sri Lankan waters at the high-security zone near Jaffna harbor and could face detention for about three weeks, officials said on Wednesday.
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CHENNAI – The Opposition BJP party in India said that Sri Lanka’s refusal to stop the war is an insult to India. Talking reporters, the party’s Tamil Nadu state leader L. Ganesan said if his party elected to power, they will solve the Eelam Tamil issue within six Months.
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Around 71 million Rupees in the accounts of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO) in the Sri Lankan banks have been confiscated by the Sri Lankan Government, according to a press release by the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on Tuesday. The move is widely seen as an act of ’structural […]

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s navy and air force battled Tamil Tiger boats near the eastern port of Mullaitivu yesterday, destroying two craft and killing at least six rebels, the military said.
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Vanni - Tuesday morning 6:15 a.m. two Sri Lankan naval jets along with 12 other special boats Commando unit entered Karuppu Munai, Nayaru, in Mullaitivu area was intercepted by the Sea Tigers. Fierce fighting ensued between the Sea Tigers and the Sri Lanka’s Naval Commando unit.
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Sri Lanka should work in collaboration with private/public partnerships in the logistics and transport sector to be globally competitive Director General, Chartered Institute of Logistics International, Cyril Bleasdale said.
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Twenty seven Tamil civilians, including upcountry and north and east residents, majority of them employed in business establishments and other institutions, were taken into custody in a cordon and search operation conducted by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and the police from dusk of Monday dawn on Tuesday in the Gampaha town, according to police […]

Chennai, Nov 18: At least 28 Indian fishermen have been arrested in Sri Lanka for straying into that country’s waters, police sources said Tuesday. But Sri Lankan diplomats claimed only 17 were arrested and jailed.
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Mumbai, Nov 18: Director Samir Karnik, whose recent release Heroes faired well at the box office, is baffled by a news report that he’s making a film entitled Lanka.
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