BREAKING NEWS Fri 21 Nov 2008| Twister in Berathuduwa, 25 houses damaged Fri, 21-11-2008 11:00:00 A tornado occurred between 1:30pm and 1:45pm today, damaging 25 houses in Berathuduwa, near Galle, the Disaster Management Centre reported. |FULL STORY|

LTTE holding Wanni civilians hostage - Strategy Page Fri, 21-11-2008 11:00:00 The LTTE decides who works for the NGOs, and these aid organisations are persuaded, or coerced, to do what the LTTE wants. The families of those who get NGO jobs via the LTTE, are obliged to provide one or more teenage or adult men or women for the LTTE combat units, and these "volunteers" are expected to be diligent soldiers, or else their families will suffer, the respected military website Strategy Page said yesterday(Nov 20). Following are excerpts of the article from the Strategy Page. All adult Tamils are now subject to involuntary military service. Most of these fighters barely know how to operate their weapons, but the LTTE has found a way to make them useful even if they are killed. If some of these fighters are hit by an air strike or artillery, their weapons are taken away, and pictures taken to show "civilians killed by Sri Lankan military." Unable to stop the army advance, the LTTE is trying to manipulate public opinion in India, and thr |FULL STORY| Anti LTTE Rally in Berlin [ Click here ] Mass demonstration against LTTE. Photos:Sisira Maddumage [ Click here ] Law Medical Dinner Dance - Photos by Sisira Maddumage [ Click here ] 3 LTTE bunkers overrun, 2 terrorist bodies recovered- Kilinochchi - 21-11-2008 Accidental Explosion - Nochchiyagama - 21-11-2008 Wanni Prison gates crumbles; civilians breaking out terror rule - 21-11-2008 Norochcholai power plant in Sri Lanka will generate the electricity by 2010 - 20-11-2008 Army goes offensive at Northern FDL; terrorists to lose their first line of defence - 20-11-2008 Task Force 1 captures LTTE Airstrip – Pooneryn - 20-11-2008 Omanthai Entry/Exit point face standstill - 19-11-2008 LTTE receive heavy casualties in confrontations - Kilinochchi - 19-11-2008 LTTE bullet proof version vehicle detected - 19-11-2008 14 Indian fisherman arrested at Keyts - 19-11-2008

Trinco Business chambers meets Soosainathan business issues need to be solved for Economic development Fri, 21-11-2008 11:00:00 The Trincomalee Business Chambers met the Chief Minister of Eastern Province Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan to discuss the key issues facing the business community in the province that need be addressed so that in the year 2009, the Eastern province GDP can drive towards a double digit growth with the support of the private sector. At the meeting it was divulged that during the 2002-2004 then government’s peace initiative catapulted development creating employment and incre... |FULL STORY|

Sri Lankan Tamils in Canada stop LTTE Suicide Bombers Day celebration in Toronto Thu, 20-11-2008 17:00:00 Sri Lankan Tamils in Canada averted an attempted LTTE propaganda event that was scheduled to be held at University of Oshawa (Durham College), Toronto on Tuesday (Nov 18). According to informed sources in Toronto, the Tamil Students Association of the College was the main organizer of the event, scheduled from 3-7 PM at the college premises. "This student organization is under the strict influence of top LTTE terrorists in Canada. They have misled the College authorities that ... |FULL STORY|

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Sri Lankan government to amend Wages Board Ordinance Thu, 20-11-2008 18:00:00 The Sri Lankan government is to amend the Wages Boards Ordinance, No. 27 of 1941, to incorporate provisions relating to 'Contract Labour' and to refer the proposed amendment to the Legal Draftsman to draft the amends to the Ordinance. These amendments are proposed in such a way to protect the rights of labour and also to safeguard the employers in their business dealings. The direction of the Commissioner of Labour, or in appeal the Order of the Special Employment Relations Tribunal ... |FULL STORY|				Sri Lanka Cricket financial position deteriorating: Arjuna Thu, 20-11-2008 18:00:00 An Internal Audit review of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) for the financial years 2006-2007 has found that SLC’s liquidity position had been deteriorating over the period under review, mainly due to high capital expenditure, borrowing costs and infrastructure development commitments, with losses running into millions of rupees, according to the report tabled in Parliament today by MP and Interim Committee Chairman of SLC Arjuna Ranatunga. The loss of revenue by way of broadcasting... |FULL STORY|			Classifieds Ads
EU conducts film festival in Sri Lanka Wed, 19-11-2008 10:00:00 The European Union in collaboration with the Goethe Institute, EU Member State Embassies in Colombo and the National Film Corporation will launch a European Film Festival to commence 28 November through to 6 December 2008 to showcase the rich and diverse culture of Europe as well as the vibrant film industry, through a selection of its finest films. The main initiative would be to establish the EU Film Festival in Colombo as a nucleus that could eventually develop into an event in its ow... |FULL STORY|				Former Thai Foreign Minister H.E. Dr. Tej Bunnag appointed Chairman of the AIT Board of Trustees Fri, 21-11-2008 11:00:00 Former Thai Foreign Minister H.E. Dr. Tej Bunnag was unanimously approved as the next Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) at a meeting of the AIT Board of Trustees held on 20 November 2008. Dr. Tej becomes the seventh chairman in the forty-nine year history of AIT. Preceding him were Professor Puey Ungpakorn, Professor Oscar Mapua, Dr. Thanat Khoman (Chairman Emeritus), M. L. Birabhongse Kasemsri, H.E. Mr. Anand Panyarachun and H.E D... |FULL STORY|