By Ranga Sirilal and Shihar Aneez COLOMBO | (Reuters) - Angry Sri Lankans killed a police officer on Sunday in the latest outbreak of violence sparked by a fear of nocturnal prowlers known popularly as "Grease Devils" that has gripped rural areas in the island nation over the past two weeks.
Another officer and five other people were hurt in two separate incidents in the northwestern Sri Lanka town Puttalam, after residents gave chase to a suspected "grease devil," police and witnesses said.
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Sri Lanka’s official war report entitled ‘Humanitarian Operation—A Factual Analysis’ devotes considerable effort and space to the LTTE crimes. Now that the Tamil Tigers are history, harping on their brutalities serves no purpose. If the intent is juxtaposing the government campaign against the LTTE operations, it is a crude attempt to white wash the ‘war crimes’ particularly since there are no answers to what had happened to the missing 11000 people. There is no half-way or middle path in Human Rights. Either a comprehensive refutation with evidence to buttress its claims or convincing narrative to justify war theater actions will only bring reprieve to beleaguered Colombo.
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Monday, August 22, 2011
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Sri Lanka: No half-way or middle path in HR concerns
Sri Lanka’s official war report entitled ‘Humanitarian Operation—A Factual Analysis’ devotes considerable effort and space to the LTTE crimes. Now that the Tamil Tigers are history, harping on their brutalities serves no purpose. If the intent is juxtaposing the government campaign against the LTTE operations, it is a crude attempt to white wash the ‘war crimes’ particularly since there are no answers to what had happened to the missing 11000 people. There is no half-way or middle path in Human Rights. Either a comprehensive refutation with evidence to buttress its claims or convincing narrative to justify war theater actions will only bring reprieve to beleaguered Colombo.
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A Multi Billion Rupee Blunder a.k.a The Rajapaksas
Monday, August 22, 2011- $85 million (Rs. 9 billion) sought from China to blast Hambantota port rock
By Indika Sri Aravinda
Sri Lanka has sought more money from China to remove a massive rock in the seabed near the entrance of the Hambantota port.
Hambantota port chief engineer Agil Hewageegana told The Sunday Leader that Sri Lanka has sought US $85 million from China (Over Rs. 9 billion) for this purpose.
He said that the money will also be used to complete some of the work on the port itself, which has been built with Chinese assistance.
Read More »Hambantota port chief engineer Agil Hewageegana told The Sunday Leader that Sri Lanka has sought US $85 million from China (Over Rs. 9 billion) for this purpose.
He said that the money will also be used to complete some of the work on the port itself, which has been built with Chinese assistance.
