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2013: 2013 May 28 23:51 Colombo plans Sinhala military settlement in Va... 2013 May 28 22:33 SL governor orders removal of Tamil church in East 2011: 2011 May 28 12:54 Amidst renewed SL militarisation, Batticaloa vi... 2011 May 28 11:30 Gang attacks Tamil journalist in Jaffna city 2011 May 28 03:28 Youth wounded in accidental explosion in Vaazha... 2011 May 28 03:05 US urged to use UNHRC for Sri Lanka war-crimes ... 2010: 2010 May 28 18:46 Sinhalese Buddhists celebrate Vesak grandly in ... 2010 May 28 17:58 SLA issues death threat to press owner in Jaffna 2010 May 28 13:16 STF again under SL Defence Ministry 2010 May 28 09:21 4 SLA soldiers killed by lightning during prepa... 2010 May 28 09:03 STF arrests 2 Tamil youths in Batticaloa district 2010 May 28 08:34 Sri Lankan massacre highlights failings of IC: ... 2010 May 28 00:30 Journalists, NGOs unsettle Peiris's US visit 2009: 2009 May 28 23:31 Unprincipled, shameless, "Orwellian" UN resolut... 2009 May 28 20:30 Jaffna Municipal Council election to be held soon 2009 May 28 17:06 SLA-backed paramilitary men abduct Tamil civili... 2009 May 28 16:42 Catholic priest reported missing, another dies ... 2009 May 28 15:50 Mass burial of IDPs in Vavuniyaa 2009 May 28 15:48 Armed men shoot Tamil youth in Colombo 2009 May 28 15:32 TNA MP Jeyananthamoorthy's secretary reported m... 2009 May 28 12:04 'Epidemic waiting to happen' in detention camps 2009 May 28 10:43 SLA delays relocation of Vanni detainees in Jaffna 2009 May 28 09:53 Jaffna traders required to bribe government off... 2009 May 28 02:09 NYT calls for investigation of war crimes in Sr... 2009 May 28 00:47 Access to Sri Lanka detention camps ‘not satisf... 2008: 2008 May 28 22:02 Sea Tigers raid SLN camp close to Jaffna city 2008 May 28 14:57 Teacher shot dead in Jaffna 2008 May 28 14:29 Journalist slain in Jaffna 2008 May 28 11:52 Gotabhaya 'warns' activists of state-owned media 2008 May 28 11:33 Five suspects discharged in Kadirgamar murder case 2008 May 28 11:31 Disarm Pillaiyan group- NMC 2008 May 28 11:29 JVP to launch trade union action next month 2008 May 28 11:27 Youth shot dead in Nelukulam identified 2008 May 28 10:32 300 families displaced in Ea'raavoor 2007: 2007 May 28 20:33 Mother shot dead in Kaaththaankudi 2007 May 28 20:02 Family man reported abducted in Batticaloa 2007 May 28 15:09 SLA troopers on A9 security attacked near Kodik... 2007 May 28 12:39 8 killed, 27 wounded, Bomb blast in Colombo tar... 2006: 2006 May 28 16:35 LTTE protests appointment of military officer a... 2006 May 28 13:49 Two SLA soldiers injured in Thenmaradchy firefight 2006 May 28 12:48 Trader shot dead in Vaddukkoddai 2006 May 28 09:39 Jaffna Rights official receives death threats 2006 May 28 09:28 Tamil youth shot dead in Muttur town 2005: 2005 May 28 18:34 Clinton urges Sri Lankan political parties to s... 2005 May 28 15:24 Clinton meets TRO Director in Colombo 2005 May 28 13:50 Batticaloa Police Sub-Inspector shot and killed 2005 May 28 11:05 Clinton expresses support for Joint Mechanism 2005 May 28 06:48 Clinton visits Kalmunai to inspect tsunami reco... 2004: 2004 May 28 17:48 Poaching by Indian fishermen discussed at confe... 2004 May 28 17:22 FAO honours SL President with Ceres award 2004 May 28 16:42 Solheim meets Rajapakse, Hakeem 2004 May 28 16:05 HSZ in Jaffna illegal - JDHAC 2004 May 28 14:36 LTTE, SLA discuss issues affecting Jaffna 2004 May 28 11:23 US to host multinational peacekeeping training ... 2004 May 28 01:42 Solheim meets Kumaratunge, sides no closer to a... 2003: 2003 May 28 18:34 LTTE, SLA commanders meet in Trincomalee 2003 May 28 13:37 Indian Oil Corp begins operations in Sri Lanka 2003 May 28 11:54 Commander Vinothan's eigth anniversary commemor... 2003 May 28 11:05 North-South peace sports festival to be held in... 2003 May 28 11:02 SLA soldier commits suicide at Thenmaradchchi 2003 May 28 10:56 Bhikku Front holds demonstration opposing IA 2003 May 28 00:15 Committee to hold inquiry into assault on Jaffn... 2002: 2002 May 28 14:16 Sri Lanka details amendments to strength Parlia... 2002 May 28 11:09 Military intransigence, LTTE ban thwart direct ... 2000: 2000 May 28 18:11 Police arrest Tamil journalist 2000 May 28 15:32 SLA silence stymies UNHCR effort 1999: 1999 May 28 19:57 Madhu refugee clearance completed 1999 May 28 19:53 Body of Muslim youth found in jungles 1999 May 28 11:26 SLA-LTTE clash in Vadamaradchi 1999 May 28 08:09 Cholera patient dies in the Vanni 1998:
1998 May 28 23:59 Three council members resign in Velanai 1998 May 28 23:59 Increased security in Jaffna islands 1998 May 28 23:59 Ratwatte visits Jayasikurui areas 1998 May 28 23:59 Batticaloa youth hit by TELO fire 1998 May 28 23:59 No Jaffna team for 'mini-Olympics' 1998 May 28 23:59 Jayasikirui resumes 1998 May 28 23:59 Police patrol ambushed ![]()
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Know the Etymology: 332 Place Name of the Day: (332 of 500 revised) Koyilā-maṉai/ Kōyilā-maṉai ![]() The temple house; or the house of the temple servants ![]() [28.04.23] Taraki Sivaram remembered: TamilNet remembers with pride the service rendered to the media by Maamanithar Dharmeratnam Sivaram (Taraki), the well-known political analyst and senior editor of TamilNet, on the 18th anniversary of his assassination. Related Story >> ![]() [05.03.18] FIU of CBSL emerges as networked Intel outfit against Tamils in homeland, Diaspora: The so-called Financial Investigative Unit (FIU) of the Central Bank of the unitary State of genocidal Sri Lanka (CBSL), which is led by a Colombo-based ‘Sri Lankan’ Tamil, Indrajith Coomaraswamy, is scheming rigid controls on Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) in the North-East with a ‘counter-insurgency’ role. Related Story >> ![]() [15.02.18] Wives of enforced disappeared exposed to nightmare on Valentine's Day: At a stage event organised by the so-called Families of Disappeared (FoD) operated by Colombo based NGO and diplomatic community, Tamil women from the East were exposed to the traumatic experience of narrating their love stories with their husbands. Related Story >> ![]() [20.01.18] STF, SL departments harass resettled Tamils in Madu: The guards and officials of various SL departments as well as the notorious commandos of the StF are repeatedly harassing the 300 resettled and poverty-stricken Eezham Tamils of Ira'ndaam-kaddai (2nd Mile Post), which is located between Madu Shrine and Sinhala militarised Madu Road Junction in Mannaar district. Related Story >> ![]() [15.01.18] Sinhala Buddhicisation stepped up in Trincomalee North: SL Presidential Secretariat in Colombo is exerting pressure on Tamil Divisional Secretary not to interfere in the affairs of extreme Sinhala Buddhist monks, who are engaged in cultural genocide in Kumpu'rup-piddi in Trincomalee North. Related Story >> ![]() [01.01.18] Colombo demonstrates ‘foremost place’ to Buddhism at Champoor: The SL Archaeology Department, extremist Sinhala Buddhist monks, Sinhala governor and his wife are all jointly working for Sinhala Buddhicisation of Champoor, where SL Navy, groomed by the U.S. Pacific Command under the notion of 'military-to-military' engagement, is having its training base for the marines of genocidal Sri Lanka. Related Story >> ![]() [25.12.17] SL Army wages Sinhala-Buddhicisaton of Baron's Cap in Batticaloa Northwest: With the collaboration of ministries of Fisheries and Tourism, 232 Brigade of the Army of occupying Sri Lanka is Sinhalicising the Kudumpi-malai area of Batticaloa district. Related Story >> ![]() [17.12.17] Enduring psychological disaster of families of enforced disappeared conveyed through film: The story writer and director of the award winning short-film, Uru (Trance), 49-year-old Gnanadas Kasinathar, narrates the depth of psychological disaster as witnessed by him on the ground. The film, shot in Batticaloa, is inspired by the stories of long enduring sufferings of the enforced disappeared families. Related Story >> ![]() [13.11.17] Factoring political solution more important than addressing human rights: Not only did the Sri Lankan regime won the war against the Tamil liberation force, it might even win the propaganda war if the problems of Tamils in the island are exclusively focused on human rights to the neglect of the fundamental question of a long lasting political solution, commented Deputy Chief Minister of Penang state in Malaysia, Professor P. Ramasamy, told TamilNet on Monday. Related Story >> ![]() [08.10.17] SL constitutional discourse seen coupled with ‘Vision 2025’ policy of genocidal Sri Lanka: The World Bank, the IMF and the WTO are behind the agenda that seeks to permanently lock Eezham Tamils into a Colombo-centric single-unit of genocidal Sri Lanka. The interim report on the constitutional discourse should be seen coupled with ‘Vision 2025’, launched by the Agent State in Colombo in September 2017. Related Story >> ![]() [20.09.17] Sathasivam papers on Sumerian-Tamil connections see the light of day: Four pioneering research papers on the Dravidian connections between ancient Sumerian and Tamil, written between 1964 and 1987 by Eezham Tamil scholar, the late Prof A Sathasivam, gain new significance today because of the current advancements in coupling linguistics with DNA studies. Related Story >> ![]() [04.07.17] Understanding ‘Quisling politics’ and facing it with ‘Navaratnam School of Thought’: Eezham Tamils should grasp the synthesis of the Colombo-centric Quisling politics, which is being brought into them by the global powers and regain their strength to address it through the school of thought embraced by enlightened leaders of Eezham Tamils in the past. Related Story >> ![]() [08.06.17] Netherlands-funded CEPA project wages political ‘counter-insurgency’ on Tamils: Colombo-based NGO outfit, Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA), is tasked to recruit gullible and opportunistic sections of the diaspora expanding Rajapaksa-time ‘KP-Diaspora’ programme. The programme is funded by the foreign ministries of the USA, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, Switzerland and Australia. Related Story >> ![]() [20.02.16] The Tamil Genocide by Sri LankaThe second edition with over 150 new pages traces the ongoing engagement in the Sri Lankan conflict of Professor Francis A. Boyle, an eminent American expert in international law, from the conflict’s last years to the present pursuit of UN recognition of the Tamil genocide and call for reparations. It is the first book to develop an authoritative case for genocide against the Government of Sri Lanka under international law. The book is available from Clarity Press, Amazon in soft cover or in Kindle version. ![]() [11.11.15] South Africa to Singapore: global Tamils grasping geopolitics to act: The South African conference held in Durban has come out with many demands that are dear to the heart of Tamils, such as demilitarisation, stopping Sinhala colonisation, repeal of the 6th Amendment to facilitate free negotiation etc. But the slip was still showing when the conference avoided the term genocide. What was more ironical that betrayed the deception was the slogan of the conference organizers that called the country they want to salvage as ‘Sri Lanka’, boldly written in Tamil. Related Story >> ![]() [04.11.15] Tamil leadership need not shy away or react to unfair challenge coming from Sumanthiran: Eezham Tamil polity seeking pardon from Tamil-speaking Muslims should be unassuming, but it should come in an enlightening way to the edification of the Colombo-centric agenda or the powers-guided agenda, pursued in the past as well as in the present. Otherwise, it may only amount to conferring impunity to the State in Colombo and its abettors. Related Story >> ![]() [06.05.15] Retired land commissioner of Eastern Province on Structural Genocide against Eezham Tamils: The systematic seizure of traditional lands belonging to the Tamil speaking people of the North-East have been widespread under the guise of archaeological, forest and wild-life conservations and subsequently carried out through the acts of demarcating these lands under the purview of the state apparatuses such as the Archaeological Department, Forest Department and the Wild-life Conservation Department, says retired Land Commissioner of the Eastern Province Karthirgamathamby Kurunathan, in an in-depth video interview to TamilNet. Related Story >> ![]() [05.05.15] TNPF rejects ‘domestic investigations’ upheld by USA: The fact that the United States and the US Secretary of State John Kerry would consider the post January 08th 2015 situation in Sri Lanka, with the new government favourable, is understandable. But, for him to suggest that there is a favourable condition for the Tamils, is stretching too far, said Tamil National Peoples Front (TNPF) Leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, responding to a question from TamilNet. Related Story >> |
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