Tag: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka violence claims two more lives
Jan 18, 2007 (AFP) – A soldier and a civilian were killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka’s north as troops and Tamil Tiger rebels traded mortar fire in the restive east, the defence ministry said Thursday.The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) killed one soldier with a rocket-propelled grenade fired at troops manning a […]
Sri Lanka claims rebel base as both sides count heavy losses
COLOMBO, Jan 17, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tigers counted heavy losses Wednesday after a day of intense fighting, as police commandos reported capturing another rebel base.Casualty tolls varied wildly from a maximum of 85 to a minimum of 16 combatants dead on both sides during Tuesday’s battles. The long-range artillery exchanges […]
Graft costs Sri Lanka a billion dollars a year: whistle-blower
Jan 16, 2007 (AFP) – Kick-backs and crooked deals cost Sri Lanka over a billion dollars last year amounting to about a fifth of tax revenue, the country’s top official whistle-blower said. The head of the parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises, or COPE, told AFP corruption and fraud runs deep in the main foreign investment […]
‘s monetary policy
January 16, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank has handpicked few private sector professionals to lend a hand to shape the island’s monetary policy, governor Nivard Cabraal said Tuesday. Economist A D V de S Indraratne will head the Monetary Policy Advisory Committee which also includes Sohli Captain, Cubby Wijetunga, Mahen Dayananda, Prithi Jayawardene, […]
Fresh Sri Lanka violence kills 41: military
Jan 16, 2007 (AFP) – At least 30 Tamil rebels and 11 security personnel were killed in Sri Lanka on Tuesday in an upsurge of violence, officials and the defence ministry said. Sri Lankan troops backed by warplanes launched a fresh offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels early Tuesday, killing at least 30 guerrillas for the […]
Tiger torture chambers found in Sri Lanka: defence ministry
COLOMBO, Jan 16, 2007 (AFP) – Commandos in Sri Lanka have found “torture chambers” used by the Tamil Tiger rebels to punish informants and deserters, the country’s defence ministry said Tuesday.The STF said one trooper was wounded in its recent offensive and claimed that a large number of rebels were killed or wounded during the […]
Rebel “torture chambers” found in Sri Lanka: defence ministry
Jan 16, 2007 (AFP) – Commandos in Sri Lanka have found “torture chambers” used by the Tamil Tiger rebels to punish informants and deserters, the country’s defence ministry said Tuesday. Special Task Force (STF) commandos found the chambers at a rebel camp in the eastern district of Ampara during a nine-day offensive, which ended at […]
Govt-opposition deal in Sri Lanka to end
Jan 16, 2007 (AFP) – A landmark deal between Sri Lanka’s ruling party and the main opposition to bring a political solution to the island’s ethnic conflict collapsed Tuesday as fighting escalated, officials said.Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe met President Mahinda Rajapakse and urged him not to bring opposition lawmakers into the cabinet, a move the […]
Sri Lanka troops kill five Tigers
Jan 15, 2007 (AFP) – Government forces killed at least five Tamil Tiger rebels during long-range artillery exchanges in Sri Lanka where six civilians were also shot dead, military officials said Monday.The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam targeted army positions in the eastern district of Batticaloa on Sunday and troops retaliated killing three guerrillas, a […]
Sri Lanka violence kills 11, commandos take Tiger bases
Jan 14, 2007 (AFP) – At least five soldiers and six civilians were killed in Sri Lanka as Tamil Tiger rebels and government troops traded long-range artillery fire in the island’s restive east, officials said Sunday. The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fired artillery at army positions in Mankerni in the district of […]
Sri Lanka deploys troops as floods kill 16
Jan 13, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s military has been called out to help relief operations in the island’s flood-hit regions where at least 16 people have been killed, the National Disaster Management Centre said Saturday. Military helicopters were deployed to send food for marooned people in the central and and southern regions, which were […]
Scotland Yard for further tests in Sri Lanka assassination probe
Jan 13, 2007 (AFP) – British detectives have removed “exhibits” for forensic tests to try to identify the assassins of a Sri Lankan Tamil legislator, the British High Commission (embassy) here said Saturday. A team from Scotland Yard spent 10 days in Sri Lanka advising local police probing the killing two months ago of legislator […]